Filipino Prison Dancers Are Back With A New Jacko Routine

Cebu inmates dancing

The dancing Filipino inmates from Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center (CPDRC), a maximum security prison, were treated to a visit by Michael Jacksons long-time choreographer Travis Payne and dancers Daniel Celebre and Dres Reid to learn performances from This Is It.

Payne flew to the Philippines to teach a four-minute routine to 1,200 prisoners – in a single day.

The performance, which includes ‘They Don’t Care About Us’ and new choreography for ‘Bad’, was uploaded to YouTube last Friday ahead of the ‘This Is It’ DVD launch, and has already been viewed over 1.5 million times.

The prisoners of the maximum security prison achieved worldwide fame with their jail yard version of the ‘Thriller’ video, which has generated over 37.5 million hits since it was uploaded to YouTube in 2007.

Posted on January 27, 2010 | Filed Under Life