Draco Rosa, who was previously known as Roby Rosa, was part of the Puerto Rican crossover pop group Menudo. DVD covers for the film declare in the opening line of its sleeve notes that Draco Rosa was the ''former lead singer of the super group Menudo''.
The movie in 1989 was nominated for a Razzie Award at the Golden Raspberry Awards. This was for actor Draco Rosa for Worst New Star. But he lost out to Ronald McDonald for Mac and Me (1988).
Showbusiness trade papers such as 'Daily Variety' and 'The Hollywood Reporter' announced actress Magali Garcia as being part of the movie's cast around late January and early-mid February 1988 but she does not appear in the picture's film credits.
The movie was part of a cycle of mid-late 1980s dance movies which included Fame, Flashdance, Footloose, Dirty Dancing, Breakin' aka Breakdance, Electric Boogaloo: Breakdance 2, Fast Forward, Salsa, Beat Street, Heavenly Bodies, Rappin' - with two titles from 1990: Shout! and Lambada.