▁Leg acy ▁ ▁Se quel ▁There ▁were ▁discuss ions ▁about ▁a ▁sequ el , ▁but ▁the ▁film ▁was ▁never ▁made . ▁Be als ▁turned ▁down ▁an ▁offer ▁to ▁appear ▁in ▁a ▁sequ el , ▁saying : ▁" I ' ve ▁never ▁been ▁drawn ▁to ▁something ▁by ▁virtue ▁of ▁how ▁rich ▁or ▁famous ▁it ▁will ▁make ▁me . ▁I ▁turned ▁down ▁so ▁much ▁money , ▁and ▁my ▁agents ▁were ▁just ▁losing ▁their ▁minds ." ▁ ▁Musical ▁adaptation ▁In ▁March ▁ 2 0 0 1 , ▁a ▁Broadway ▁musical ▁version ▁was ▁proposed ▁with ▁new ▁songs ▁by ▁Giorg io ▁Mor oder , ▁but ▁failed ▁to ▁material ize . ▁ ▁In ▁July ▁ 2 0 0 8 , ▁a ▁stage ▁musical ▁adaptation ▁Flash d ance ▁The ▁Musical ▁premier ed ▁at ▁the ▁Theatre ▁Royal ▁in ▁P ly mouth , ▁England . ▁The ▁book ▁is ▁co - written ▁by ▁Tom ▁Hed ley , ▁who ▁created ▁the ▁story ▁outline ▁for ▁the ▁original ▁film , ▁and ▁the ▁ch ore ography ▁is ▁by ▁Ar l ene ▁Phill ips . ▁ ▁Flash d ance ▁and ▁the ▁MTV ▁connection ▁Flash d ance ▁is ▁not ▁a ▁musical ▁in ▁the ▁traditional ▁sense ▁as ▁the ▁characters ▁do ▁not ▁sing , ▁but , ▁rather , ▁the ▁songs ▁are ▁presented ▁in ▁the ▁style ▁of ▁self - cont ained ▁music ▁videos . ▁Its ▁success ▁has ▁commonly ▁been ▁attributed ▁in ▁part ▁to ▁the ▁recent ▁launch ▁( in ▁ 1 9 8 1 ) ▁of ▁the ▁cable ▁channel ▁MTV ▁( Music ▁Television ), ▁based ▁on ▁the ▁cont ention ▁that ▁it ▁was ▁the