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|  | Many will remember the golden era of dance on television pioneered by the groundbreaking program during "Penthouse 7" which aired over GMA 7 every Sunday evening.
Probably the only show where parents allowed their children to stay up late on Sunday nights, "Penthouse 7" was also dubbed the Dance Party on Air.
Hosted by Archie Lacson, "Penthouse 7" was credited for setting trends, new fashion, introducing the latest dance and music, launching new artists and personalities, introducing the first music videos, and inspiring recording companies to create their own dance groups.
We remember it being referred to as the dance show authority from 1974 until 1981.
The show was made up of the Latin and Modern Groups. These dancers popularized dance steps like the Robot, the Bump, the Jacksons, LA Walk, New York Hustle, Swing, PopLocking, Locking, The Rock, Errol Flynn, and hundreds of other dance steps.
Throughout the 27 years after "Penthouse 7" last aired, there hasn’t been any other dance show to duplicate that kind of success. Thus, having forged a special bond (rooted in dance), Archie and several members of the original cast have kept the passion burning.
A posting on YouTube of the "Penthouse 7" opening credits by a fan got the wheels turning. Emails started circulating, phone calls and text messages were sent, meetings were set, rehearsals scheduled, pictorials arranged and voila!
"Penthouse 7 (That 70’s Dance Show): The Grand Reunion" April 30, 8 p.m. at the NBC Tent in The Fort, Makati City.
The featured artists for the dance concert include Archie Lacson, Tito Garcia, Poncy Quirino, Nini Morato-Borja, Susan Payawal, Rosie Garchitorena-Gan, Ronnie Henares, Pipo Liboro , Mike Monserrat, RayAn Fuentes, Sandy Hontiveros, Gina Valanciano-Martinez, Ida RamosHenares, Marlyn FelicianoLopez, and Anna Garcia. Guest artists are Milky Evangelista, Jimmy & Joey Teotico, Dingdong Eduque, Manolet Santos, Johnny Quintos, Gigi Barrera-Abong, Fran Riba Ho, Princess Misa-Hernandez, Tigers (Jojo Alejar and Company), Geleen Eugenio and Company, Mel and Ana Feliciano among others.
Direction is by Ronnie Henares.
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Penthouse ‘alumni’ can still dance up a storm
By Nestor Torre
Philippine Daily Inquirer
http://showbizandstyle.inquirer.net/entertainment/entertainment/view/20080427-132963/Penthouse-alumni-can-still-dance-up-a-storm
First Posted 03:27:00 04/27/2008
MANILA, Philippines - For weeks now, the Penthouse 7 dance group, which set the standard for dancing on TV in the ‘70s, has been promoting its grand reunion show set April 30.
The prospect of seeing the group’s members dance together again after 27 long years has excited their fans, but the question has often been raised: How good are they now? Have the intervening years taken too much toll on their vitality, endurance and dancing prowess?
All too often, comeback performances turn out to be disappointments rather than triumphs, because the veteran performers have lost the spark that made them so exciting in their prime. Veteran singers’ voices crack, they forget their lyrics, and the inexorable law of gravity has diminished or weighed down their physical appeal.
Does the same process of deterioration affect dancers as well? In answer to that “dangerous” question, the Penthouse 7 gang guested on GMA 7’s “SOP” last April 20, coming up with a long and difficult dance number that was truly impressive.
Very definitely—and definitively—the Penthouse dancers are still in good form (especially if you do the math and figure out that most of them are already in their 50s or older).
Graying but giving
Even better, they had a great, fun time dancing together for the first time after almost three decades. Yes, some of them were graying, but they came across as vital and giving as ever. If viewers needed some convincing to catch the dance group’s comeback show, its GMA 7 guest stint removed all doubts and must have jacked up ticket sales for the April 30 dance concert in a big way.
Older viewers must also have had a fun time sizing up how their favorite individual dancers have weathered the years—and how the years have weathered them! It’s likely, too, that they were inspired by the veteran dancers’ sustained zest for performing.
It was a timely reminder that other people in their 50s or 60s can also revitalize their lives, each in his own way. We don’t have to whip ourselves up into star dancers, just launch more enthusiastically into the dance of life in our own corner of the world.
Best of all, the Penthouse group’s TV guest stint showed, on point of contrast, how easy and even lazy some of today’s dancers have become. Many new dance fads bank more on repetition than creativity, on standard execution rather than interpretation.
The Penthouse 7 dance group may no longer be young and frisky, but they can still teach today’s dancers a thing or two—or three!
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