Dance Movies

The World Is My Stage follows Dale Crites, Baltimore’s unforgettable street performer known as Madonna Girl Dale, as they turn public spaces into plat...

Saúl, a young bricklayer from Chilpancingo, Mexico, dreams of dancing in Los Tlacololeros dance, but lack of money and family problems prevent him fro...

A woman goes on a strange journey through the woods; Bookended by two dreams.

This film follows the process of creating Eating Your Heart Out. This work of art presented at São Paulo Biennal of Arts in 2004, was the first colla...

Film about the town of Penge featuring local personalities, housing, shopping, traffic and the Penge formation dancers.

Everyday plastic and its impact are the focus of this haunting dance film. Set against Iceland’s silent skies and stunning frozen landscapes, the expe...

An independent documentary focusing on the Blue Monkey and New Monkey nightclubs in Sunderland. The dawn of the rave scene in the late 80s and early...

The Martinez sisters performing a spanish dance

Fred, a successful rockstar going through a difficult time, blows a tire on the road. In front of him, a poster reminds him of a turning point in his...

unknit the ghost is a live show exploring addiction and cycles of trauma. The show combines live performers choreographed by Charlie Jimenez with proj...

On a trip to Angkor Wat in Siem Reap, Cambodia in January 2000, filmmaker Anne Bass came across a sixteen-year-old boy who moved her immensely with hi...

Hand painted directly onto film stock by Margaret Tait, this film features animated dancing figures, accompanied by authentic calypso music.

The Paris Opera trained them from childhood and offered them an extraordinary life, shaped by rigor and passion. At 42, it is time to leave this prest...

Before its transmutation by fire, the Phoenix revisits the places that were a source of joy and hope, but also pain and suffering. It is in a great wh...

Marta Cardoso, a young dancer from northern Portugal, moves through Lisbon with restless energy, between precarious routines, affections, and a daily...

Serpentine dance with stenciled rainbow coloring, in the style of Fuller. Dancer unidentified. Pathé film no. 766a.

Die Schachtel (The Box),1968. 35mm film transfer to videotape, black-and-white, sound; 29 minutes.

“Where We Danced” is the first in a three-part series that chronicles the evolution of American social dance. It tells the story of America’s dance th...