Dance Movies

The first Hirde Dyama National Festival of Culture of the Republic of Guinea was held in March 1970 in the country's capital city of Conakry. The...

Released on DVD as part of The Criterion Collection's "Martha Graham: Dance on Film" collection.

Featuring dozens of performances from the living rooms, backyards, and unconventional venues throughout Athens, GA, the first Athens Rising film...

A history of the work of Merce Cunningham.

Part of the larger filmic Four Journeys Into Mystic Time, in this work director Shirley Clarke makes use of a dancer’s body not only as the...

Filmed in May 1971 in Niger, this short documentary records a possession ritual performed by the Simiri people in response to a locust invasion. The...

At a school in the Himalayas, fifteen-year-old Sachin is bullied for cross-dressing in a folk dance performance. Anju, the middle-aged vice principal...

Year 1966 Vimazoluleka is the first play that Levy Rossell staged at the Ateneo de Caracas (Quinta Ramia) starting on August 18, 1966. He moved to...

This observational documentary was realized by filmmakers at the State University of Paraná. It follows the Federal University of...

Someone is killing off contestants of a skimpy dance off.

A performance film following the young ballerinas of Na Ponta dos Pés, an art school founded by Tuany Nascimento in Rio de Janeiro.

The story of a young girl who won't give up on pursuing her dream of becoming a professional dancer.

After having an otherworldly vision, a spirited Indian-American boy convinces himself he's the reincarnation of Krishna. Turns out he's just gay.

In a living room, four contemporary couples from the time the film was shot dance a waltz under the direction of a violinist (Linder). They begin a...

"Luis of Charme" promotes an encounter between father and daughter to address paternity through the memories of a man that dedicates his life to...

A skeleton dances joyously, often collapsing into a heap of bones and quickly putting itself back together.

A group of near-naked women dance and leap about on a beach.

A disparate group of dancers, preferring to express themselves through dance rather than speech, clash with each other and members of the local...