Dance Movies

Leaf lives a solitary life, in harmony with nature. Her world takes an unexpected turn when she discovers a mysterious red stiletto. Upon inspection,...

This short documentary describes the process and inspiration behind the creation and performance of a new Cuban ballet based on Afro-Cuban traditions...

Bubble is a short film performed by Zeena Parkins and the Plastic Girls, Eleanor Hullihan and Erin Cornell in a public park in Brooklyn, NY.

Focuses on the dancer, choreographer, and composer Ernest Berk (1909-1993), who at the time the film was made was 81 years old. Using choreography...

An immersive look at São Paulo Dance Company

This experimental dance film employs a bastardized version of the 1930s three strip Technicolor process. Shot entirely on black and white film...

Something has gone wrong for a typical Singaporean family. After a man loses his job and the respect of his wife and teenage son, he tries to...

Plastic artist Leo invites young Dante to his art studio and proposes a peculiar game to leave all tension behind.

Damon, a talented stage director, is having the worst day of his life: nothing goes well, one of his dancers is missing, and his boyfriend, Jhongwei,...

A dance by bodies of shifting colors.

An early short from Gaumont, date and director unknown.

A whistle blower counts the steps. The steppers share glances. The whistle blower stops blowing the whistle and attempts to steal their glances....

Tamara Rojo, dancer and artistic director of English National Ballet, explores Giselle - the first great Romantic ballet, and a defining role for any...

Early Balkan footage.

Charlene and her teenage son (Quincy) are forced to relocate to Memphis with her estranged sister (Gwen). Tensions quickly escalate between the...

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...

Trace (the film) is inspired by a 1984 show by Noemi Lapzeson. A dance film for the camera, directed by Daniel Böhm

The use of human hands as characters in a dance inspired narrative are used to explore female experience and representation. By drawing upon...