Dance Movies

Hussein learnt to breakdance from a soldier in Iraq as a kid, then chased his American Dream to NYC. Now a choreographer, he mistakes a shot at...

In 1960, American dancer and actor Gene Kelly created for the Paris Opera Ballet an original choreography that was highly acclaimed at the time, yet...

Blood starts flowing as Linnea Quigley leads viewers through exercise routines while looking back on the films that made her a legend.

Ida, Olympe, Jeanne and Marie dance to the music of pianos, symphonies, contemporary pieces… in ballet school studios, in the streets, even in...

Two adopted brothers filled with resentment for each other after the loss of their mother, united in their love of breakdancing, find themselves...

Eva, an indecisive dancer, is going to an audition for a famous dance school in a week. What Eva wants to dance is not the same as what her teacher,...

Aeterna is a movement-based film that explores the feeling of personal insignificance when confronted with the complexity of human existence. By...

Turtle Dreams, produced for WGBH-TV, originally aired September 2, 1983. Shot by Ping Chong. Composed by Meredith Monk, performed by her and her...

A young girl leaves her Nigerian village to attend a ballet school in England. Fascinated by Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake, she dreams of performing as...

A grieving choreographer tries to connect with her deceased partner through ritual dance, pushing her body beyond its natural limit until it breaks.

A dance troupe prepares for and completes a dress rehearsal of Federico García Lorca's tragic play "Blood Wedding," which is about a bride who...

Sara, a young ballet dancer, drifts through boredom as a constrained classical dancer until she meets Jean, a West African plumber from the opposite...

A documentary film that highlights two street derived dance styles, Clowning and Krumping, that came out of the low income neighborhoods of L.A.....

A child wandering alone in a desolate realm meets a faceless, militaristic lineup that transforms her into a woman.

A slow-motion study by Norman McLaren of the pas-de-deux adagio, one of the most exacting and difficult dances of classical ballet. A ballet...

What remains of dance when it is no longer seen? As a performance unfolds out of frame, we are invited to reimagine dance through sound, language and...

Contemporary flamenco artist Carmen Avilés brings a raw, fast-paced performance to the streets of Seville.

When a disenfranchised, world-famous photographer is interviewed by university students and presented with a portfolio of his life's work he is...

The arduous process of getting a new medical procedure approved by a bureaucracy plays havoc in the lives of a young neurosurgeon with a breakthrough...

Rumba Rules, New Genealogies offers an enjoyable, rough-edged glimpse into the music scene of Kinshasa, with impromptu shots drawing the viewer into...