Birthday: 18 April 1950, Palo Alto, California, USA
Birth Name: Kenneth John Ortega
Height: 178 cm
Kenny Ortega was born on April 18, 1950 in Palo Alto, California, USA as Kenneth John Ortega. He is known for his work on This Is It (2009), High School Musical (2006) and Hocus Pocus (1993).
There's an old Fred Astaire movie where the stage becomes bigger and deeper and more complex. Moment...Show more »
There's an old Fred Astaire movie where the stage becomes bigger and deeper and more complex. Moments like that really did impact on me and influence me. I want to bring a little of that to High School Musical 3: Senior Year (2008)--that the whole world is a stage. Show less «
[on what he learned from his mentor, Gene Kelly] If you didn't understand how to design your choreog...Show more »
[on what he learned from his mentor, Gene Kelly] If you didn't understand how to design your choreography for the camera, then you were shortchanging yourself and would never come to fully realize your worth. It would have meant very little if I hadn't come to understand technically how to put the work up. Show less «
