Director & choreographer
Kenny Ortega
Dirty Dancing, High School Musical and the Michael Jackson tour rehearsals.
Kenneth John Ortega is an American director, producer, choreographer, and concert creator. He is best known for his work with Disney Channel, notably the High School Musical film trilogy, cult classics such as Newsies and Hocus Pocus, The Cheetah Girls 2, and the first three Descendants films. In 2019, he signed a five year deal with Netflix, producing the original series Julie and the Phantoms, which was cancelled after only one season. He has also choreographed multiple iconic 1980s films such as Xanadu, One from the Heart, St. Elmo's Fire, Pretty in Pink, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, and Dirty Dancing. Ortega has worked on multiple music videos and produced concert tours for the likes of Kiss, Olivia Newton-John, Cher, Madonna, Miley Cyrus, and Michael Jackson, notably the cancelled This is It concert residency. He also wrote, directed, and produced Jackson's posthumous documentary film, Michael Jackson's This Is It. For his work, Ortega was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and a Disney Legend Award in 2019.
- Born
- 1950-04-18, Palo Alto, USAA Tuesday
- At birth
- Sun in Aries, Moon in Taurus
- Nationality
- United States
- Birth-time source
- No birth time on record: Rodden X
Born
At birth
Nationality
Birth-time sourceBirth Chart
1950-04-18, Palo Alto, USA · time unknown, noon chart
America/Los_Angelesthe zone used then
America/Los_AngelesThe chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Aries | 28°12′ | Direct |
| Moon | Taurus | 14°16′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Taurus | 17°29′ | Direct |
| Venus | Pisces | 12°02′ | Direct |
| Mars | Virgo | 23°25′ | Retrograde |
| Jupiter | Pisces | 0°37′ | Direct |
| Saturn | Virgo | 13°10′ | Retrograde |
| Uranus | Cancer | 1°38′ | Direct |
| Neptune | Libra | 15°39′ | Retrograde |
| Pluto | Leo | 15°47′ | Retrograde |
Kenny Ortega is alive, so there is one chart here rather than two. The death chart is cast for a documented moment of death and there is nothing to cast one for, which is the point: this site does not estimate either end.
Their Astrocartography
Where each planet sat on one of the four angles at the moment Kenny Ortega was born. Tap a line to read what the tradition associates with it.
Cast for noon, as the birth time is unknown, so the longitudes are approximate.