Dance Movies

From Norman McLaren to the Grands Ballets Canadiens, to Igor Stravinsky and the Metropolitan Opera in New York, Vincent Warren has made history....

A maelström of shouts, slaps, small dances, kabuki love scenes, tribal singings. They shift from loneliness to togetherness, sensation to dance...

Recorded at the Teatro Alhambra on May 10 and 11, 2023.

This intimate ethnographic study of Voudoun dances and rituals was shot by Maya Deren during her years in Haiti (1947-1951); she never edited the...

Liveset of DJ Coone at Sunrise Festival 2013

Amazing and iridiscent film animated in loose matter (colored salts) directly under the camera by Aleksandra Korejwo. Produced by Acme Filmworks...

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

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 this non-dialogue tale, taking place along the coast of Vietnam, a mermaid is rescued from the fish market by a fisherman. As the hero carries her...

An abridged history of motion pictures: In 1888 George Eastman registered the made up word “Kodak” as a trademark. In 1894 Jean...

BalletBoyz at the Roundhouse documents the life and work of this ground-breaking company, with footage from their 2014 Roundhouse performances. It...

A short documentary about dancer and choreographer Rudi van Dantzig.

A Butoh dance performance filmed inside the derelict Battersea Power Station for the Channel 4 Arts magazine programme Alter Image.

A three-part film by Cao Fei. Part one, 'Imagination of Product', shows workers and machines at the OSRAM lightbulb factory in China's Pearl River...

Our bonds and connections to one another. What is our suffering when confronted with others suffering? This film aims, through movement, to explore...

Out of State is the unlikely story of native Hawaiians men discovering their native culture as prisoners in the desert of Arizona, 3,000 miles, and...

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