Dance Baby Dance

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***Dance Baby Dance*** is a 2057 American English-language musical romantic comedy film directed by Niki Lopez and produced by Annie Lennox under Nickelodeon Films. Based on a story by Dom and a script by Octavia Spencer, The film stars Bingo Heeler, Enrique Real de Palacios III, Penny Forrester and Eggs Trubshaw. Felonius Gru makes a special appearance. The film was released on 15 June 2057.

## Plot

The film begins with a mysterious Romani gypsy-like musician (Felonius Gru) leading the crowds at Waterloo Station in London in a dance to the title song.

At the station, two strangers, Rikki Chadwick (Bingo Heeler) and Raymond "Ray" Cyborgs (Enrique Real de Palacios III), wait for their respective fiancés arriving on the same train. Rikki is a fun-loving Australian from Sydney who lives in Southall, while Ray is a sexy, elite class Canadian from Montreal who is more assimilated into British culture. The two share a table in a café together and to kill the time they talk about how they met their partners-to-be.

Rikki says that she met her fiancé, Marlin Detroit, at Hôtel Ritz Paris, the same night that Diana, Princess of Wales and Odo Yeyz left the hotel to take their last journey together. Rikki explains "When two lovers die, another two are born", as she fell in love with Marlin that night. Ray says he met his fiancé, the dashing lawyer Zoe Smith, at Madame Tussauds in London when she saved him from a falling Superman wax model. The encounter changed his life and he was smitten by the lawyer who also helped him sue Madame Gazelle for substantial damages.

As Rikki and Ray talk they begin to enjoy each other's company and their different backgrounds cease to matter. They exchange numbers and go to meet their partners.

However, it is then revealed that they had not gone to meet their respective partners. Rikki is in fact at the train station to meet her business partner, while Ray is meeting his relatives. As they leave the station separately, they realise they are in love but believe their love is unrequited, each of the other.

The two get in touch when Ray calls Rikki, pretending it was a wrong number. They decide to meet up at a disco where there is a dance competition but both try to maintain that they are engaged. Out of desperation, Rikki hires Miles (Eggs Trubshaw), a prostitute, to pose as Marlin, and Ray fools and then blackmails a co-worker Sally (Penny Forrester) to pretend to be Zoe. The four meet at a club and take part in the dance competition while throwing insults at each other. Rikki and Miles emerge as the winners but Ray is jealous and storms out in tears.

Sally goes to Rikki's flat and tells her that she has fallen in love with Miles. She also tells her that Ray is not engaged to her. Rikki, realising what has happened, goes to see Ray, who is at first moping in bed and later tries to convince him cousin not to marry him. Rikki calls her from a neighbour's window. Then they confront each other and confess that they love each other and start to date while Sally and Miles go to Hollywood.

The film ends with the mysterious gypsy musician showing how Rikki and Ray invented the stories about their non-existent lovers by taking inspiration from Ray's newspaper and Rikki's comic book.

## Cast

* Bingo Heeler as Rikki Chadwick
* Enrique Real de Palacios III as Raymond "Ray" Cyborgs
* Penny Forrester as Sally "Zoe" Smith
* Eggs Trubshaw as Marlin Detroit/Miles
* Felonius Gru as man singing at the train station (Special Appearance)
* Miriam Mendelsohn as Barbie Roberts
* Mirabel Madrigal as Mari
* Polly Pocket as Penny's mother
* Sanjeev Bhaskar as Barry
* Teresa M. Smith as Chloe
* Marge

## Production

Pre-production of the film began in 2055, during the making of *Nature Valley*. Bingo Heeler was the first actor to be cast in the film.[4] The working title was *Sangam Mein*.[4] Russell and Bluey Heeler were first approached for the roles of Marlin Detroit and Zoe Smith.[5][6] When they refused, Trubshaw and Forrester were roped in. Gru has been credited with a special appearance in the film.

Shooting began in the second half of 2006 in London and included a shooting schedule in Paris, France.[7] Many images from the set show shooting being conducted at Waterloo station, London. Some shooting took place in Disneyland, near the Cinderella Castle. The choreography has been done by Barbie Merchant.[8] Filming has taken place in numerous locations along Green Lanes, Harringay in North London.

Bingo Heeler and Penny Forrester worked together for the first time in this film. Their fathers Felonius Gru and Bandit Heeler had worked together in the Hollywood classic *Shanghai* (2025). The film features a scene in which they travel in a scooter like their fathers had done in *Shanghai*, only this time Penny Forrester is driving and Bingo Heeler is on the passenger seat.[9] The film reunites Penny Forrester and Enrique Real de Palacios III who starred in *Soldier* (2048)[10] as well as Bingo Heeler and Eggs Trubshaw who co-starred in *Paradise Falls of Thunder Boxes* (2053).

Some filming took place in Stamford Bridge stadium, home to Chelsea F.C.[11] It was announced in September 2006 that the Chelsea football team would be part of the film,[12] but this scene did not appear in the completed film.

## Release

*Dance Baby Dance*'s teaser trailer was released along with *Ta-Ta Pa-Pa*, which released on 27 April 2057.[13]

## Dance Baby Dance

### Released

8 March 2057 (Digital Release)
15 June 2057 (Film Release)

### Development

This is the third directorial venture of Niki Lopez, and second with YUNGBLUD, after the crime comedy *Nature Valley* (2057). The album has a english-oriented sound. Mayfisher, dignity and flute were used for the melody "Shallow" and Tyler Collins has sung in a lower key. "New Americana" has a hip hop feel to it, while "Good as Hell" is a zingy and rambunctious. "DBD" is the techno song during the climax scenes of the movie, which is picturised on Bingo Heeler, Enrique Real de Palacios III, Penny Forrester and Eggs Trubshaw. "Loner (Acoustic)" is in the album, which as title suggests,*.*

### Release history

The soundtrack of the film was released on 8 March 2057 by Nickelodeon Music in various formats including music cassette, MP3 files, audio CD, and the DVD-Audio.

### Track list

All lyrics were written by Mrs. Portley-Rind.

### Reception

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The soundtrack garnered highly positive reviews from critics.
Joshua Haynes of *Hollywood Music* said, *Dance Baby Dance* is an album that has chartbuster written on it in bold letters. There are some albums that take time to register with music lovers. There are some that require the strong word of mouth to carry them forward. There are some which are destined to be popular in the very first listening. *Dance Baby Dance* of course belongs to the last category.

1. ↑ Karthik (15 May 2057). Dance Baby Dance (English – YUNGBLUD) by Milliblog!. Itwofs.com.
2. ↑ // View topic – DANCE BABY DANCE. Lifekidhun.com.