Dance Movies

After Awesome Tapes From Africa's Brian Shimkovitz found the energetic, ecstatic music of Ghanaian musician Ata Kak, the tunes became beloved around...

A narrative dance film about the hopes and dreams we carry for the future and what happens when they do not come to fruition.

This documentary tells the fascinating story of Vija Vetra, a world-renowned Latvian dancer, choreographer and teacher. At the age of 84, Vetra...

Life. Before and after your morning cup of coffee.

A mysterious film making one think what was real or unreal, visible or invisible.

In the film "You Don't Need Feet to Dance," African immigrant Sidiki Conde, having lost the use of his legs to polio at fourteen, balances his career...

Tonight I danced with your ashes for the last time and killed you again, but this time for myself. I hid your ashes in a black glass until the day I...

Many young girls dream of becoming ballerinas, but only very few are prepared to apply the all-out effort and make the sacrifices that this dream...

A documentary about dancer Heinz Bosl who died in 1975 - aged 28.

Janet Adler's moving 1970 short documentary about dance therapy illustrates a therapeutic approach using body and movements. The most powerful...

A boy will do everything he can to get into a dance academy and honor his mother's legacy. Meanwhile, he will try to find out the presence of two...

Sharing is a documentary that will show the process of building a video dance performed by four female artists who have a connection not only with...

One port, the discovery and two bodies in motion.

A group of women dressed up as Commedia dell'Arte characters dance together.

Three sisters dance the Mikado in this very early film from the Edison company.

Olivier Assayas’ Eldorado is a riveting documentary chronicling the efforts of Ballet Preljocaj to choreograph an otherworldly icon of 21st...

Joan Denise Moriarty doggedly followed her dream of bringing ballet to every corner of Ireland. A pioneer of early 20th century Irish dance, she...

After being invited by Benjamin Millepied to a rehearsal for the L.A Dance Project's premiere performance, Oscar-nominated director Alejandro G....

In 1963 Boultenhouse wrote, produced, and directed Dionysius,which he described as a “free treatment of Euripides' The Bacchae.”It...

A chronological selection from choreographies by Jérôme Bel exploring the political aspects of his dance.