▁The ▁French ▁film ▁Heart bre aker ▁( 2 0 1 0 ) ▁pays ▁hom age ▁to ▁the ▁film , ▁as ▁a ▁plot ▁detail , ▁with ▁some ▁cli ps ▁from ▁the ▁film ▁shown ▁and ▁a ▁" re cre ation " ▁by ▁the ▁two ▁main ▁characters ▁of ▁the ▁" l ift " ▁scene . ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁first ▁episode ▁of ▁the ▁TV ▁series ▁New ▁Girl , ▁the ▁female ▁lead ▁Jess ▁watch es ▁the ▁film ▁repeatedly ▁after ▁her ▁break ▁up . ▁Jess ▁continues ▁to ▁repeatedly ▁watch ▁the ▁film ▁after ▁various ▁break - ups ▁throughout ▁the ▁series . ▁ ▁Since ▁ 2 0 0 9 , ▁there ▁has ▁been ▁a ▁D irty ▁Dan cing ▁Festival ▁in ▁Lake ▁L ure , ▁North ▁Carolina . ▁ ▁Altern ate ▁versions ▁ ▁Stage ▁version ▁The ▁film ▁was ▁adapted ▁for ▁the ▁stage ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 4 ▁as ▁a ▁musical , ▁D irty ▁Dan cing : ▁The ▁Classic ▁Story ▁on ▁Stage . ▁Produ ced ▁by ▁Jacob sen ▁Entertainment ▁in ▁Australia ▁for ▁$ 6 . 5   mill ion , ▁it ▁was ▁written ▁by ▁Ele an or ▁Berg stein ▁and ▁had ▁the ▁same ▁songs ▁as ▁the ▁film , ▁plus ▁a ▁few ▁extra ▁scenes . ▁Musical ▁direction ▁was ▁by ▁Ch ong ▁Lim ▁( one ▁of ▁the ▁compos ers ▁for ▁the ▁ 2 0 0 0 ▁Summer ▁Olympics ▁in ▁Sydney ), ▁and ▁the ▁initial ▁production ▁star red ▁K ym ▁Valent ine ▁as ▁Baby ▁and ▁Sydney ▁Dance ▁Company ' s ▁Josef ▁Brown ▁as ▁Johnny . ▁Although ▁reviews ▁were ▁mixed , ▁the ▁production ▁was ▁a ▁commercial