Movies: Dance

Somewhere between a music-video, a documentary and a fantasy - created with and around a Toronto-based acting-collective called LUSTR....

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 as a performing artist with the almost insurmountable obstacles of life in New York City, from his f...

Amidst the chaos of city life, a woman finds relief through dance....

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A sensuous, celebrating smell, touch, color, skin, poetry, painting, sex, and home decorating; to the point of decadence. A man, tired of the debauched and decadent world in which he has lived becomes a recluse, and aims to create his own universe wi...

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 demands. The famous Vaganova Ballet Academy in St.Petersburg welcomes the most talented and determined y...

Ge Ningning performs a series of solo dances....

An immersion in the creative process of Scene 11, renowned Brazilian contemporary dance group, which completes 20 years of career....

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

In the same vein as Meri's other documentations, this one takes advantage of the glasnost policy to discuss the social and ecologic impact of the Russian oil industry on the natives and the lands they inhabit....

Elementary school students from Rosemont La-Petite-Patrie in Montreal dive into the intriguing past of their school's building....

Prima ballerina Darcey Bussell talks about her life at the top. From tears at ballet school and forgetting the steps, to becoming the Royal Ballet's youngest-ever principal and her favourite roles, Darcey recalls her performing career from its earlie...

dream's debut as an eight member group that contains their live performance at velfarre on February 23, 2003....

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Based on the play A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare, a choreographic film by Jean-Christophe Maillot. Gorgeous dancing – and wildly imaginative sets and costumes – bring to vivid life the ecstatic, elegant eroticism in Shakespeare‘s cl...

A projection on 16mm film....

Men Who Dance is a documentary film by Susanne Svantesson about some men, on the island of Gotland in Sweden, who starts to dance. This is a film about dance, but it's also about curiosity and daring to do something new and unknown....

The film sketches the creative life of the protagonist Kapila. The film’s narrative is structured as one day in the life of a Koodiyattam performer....

A documentary about 15-year-old Oksana who follows her mother's dream to see her become a prima ballerina....

Gopu kesav menon(Hindu upper cast ) and Bilal (Muslim) travel from south to north and on the way they visit Dineshan’s(scheduled cast) home who is an employee of Gopu. When they reach the home there is some preparations happening for an offering to a...