Part 02 | Cindera Che: The Leading Lady of Michael Jackson's Smooth Criminal Video. Where's She Now?
Channel: Xyana ღ In Loving Memory of Michael Jackson
Date: 2023-11-04

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In this video we will continue to talk about Cindera Che, The leading Girl of the "Smooth Criminal" Video.

Cindera Che portrays as the sexy madam in Michael Jackson's music video Smooth Criminal. In the video, Michael dressed in a white fandora hat and white suit enters in the club. Everyone at the club including Che glance at Jackson until he starts the music. The video was adapted in Michael's short film Moonwalker.

Cindera Che was selected from around 900 candidates as per rumors. 
The video and Jackson's white suit and fedora pay tribute to the Fred Astaire musical comedy film The Band Wagon, particularly the "Girl Hunt Ballet" scene. 
The video, directed by Colin Chilvers, was shot between mid-February and April 1987 at Culver City, California, and in the backlot at Universal Studios Hollywood and premiered internationally on MTV on the night of October 13, 1988.

We all remember the Madame of Club 30 in Smooth Criminal! That’s right, she is the boss of the club and her name is Cindera Che.

Cindera Che is an Asian American actor and dancer with a career spanning over thirty years in film and television.

Her career started in 1977 in Taiwan when she was only 12 for a Television Variety Show. Cindera is now a well known Actor, dancer and choreographer and since Moonwalker, she has been busy appearing in multiple TV shows, Back up dancer and movies.

You might have seen her in the TV Series “Brotherhood”, “Big Bang Theory”, “Fresh off the boat” or “Why Women Kill” and in the movies “The Muppets”, “The Wolf of Wall Street”, “John Wick”, “La La Land” or “The Prom”.

She also was seen in the Mariah Carey’s Magical Christmas Special with Eddie Garcia who was also on the Smooth Criminal Short Film or at the Vincent Paterson’s Thriller Dance class with Kevin Stea, Sybil Azur and other MJ Dancers:

Not only Cindera has kept in touch with all MJ dancers, she also very much supports Michael through out her social media.


She tweeted in 2019:
"NOTHING can take away the experience I had working with Michael Jackson. 10 year Anniversary of your passing. Rest In peace. "

Cindera said:
"I remember seeing a notice posted in a dance studio calling for dancers of all shapes and sizes! I attended the audition and was chosen to be one of the 30 dancers appeared in the video. There were rumored to be 900 dancers auditioned for this project.
As a very serious and focused artist, I felt very honored to be chosen for this project. I was not nervous. I just want to do my best.
I was a big fan of Michael Jackson's music prior to working with him. I loved dancing to his music in clubs. I have not been to any of his concerts.
We spent 7 weeks working on the video. The LEAN was a surprise to me!. There were nails on the floor. The men had hooks in their shoe heels that locked onto the nails."

In the video, Jackson and the other dancers perform a lean that appears physically impossible. The dancers lean forward 45 degrees with their backs straight and feet flat on the floor, and hold the pose before  returning upright. The lean moves the body's center of mass further than it can support. The illusion was achieved using cables and a harness. 

Cindera also said:
"I did not stay in touch with Michael after the video. Some of my good friends went on dancing with him in concert tours. Though Michael and I chatted a little on the set, we didn't discuss Taiwan or me being Chinese.
Working with Michael Jackson was definitely a highlight of my career. I am very grateful to continue working as a dancer, actor, choreographer, performance coach in the United States and abroad."

As a professional dancer, it was her biggest success being part of the MJ crew. Cindera became a choreographer and gives online dance classes, her social media filled with information on how one can connect with her regarding the same. 


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