Filmakers - Dance

Dance

21 film(s) found

	American Swan in Paris American Swan in Paris is both a love letter to Paris and to dance. It features the charming Kathleen Thielhelm, from Wisconsin, a recent addition to the Bejart Ballet Lausanne. more »
	The Call of The Jitterbug This engaging film vividly evokes the rich past of the dance craze of the early 30's known variously as the Jitterbug, the Lindy Hop and Swing dancing. more »
	Can't Stop Now This film features six dancers, who at the height of their powers were among the world's most praised artists. Thanks to the vision of Jiri Kylian of Netherlands Dance Theatre III, these superb dancers have been able to continue their careers beyond the age of forty and in remarkable performances break all stereotypes of the older dancer. more »
	Chuck Davis, Dancing Through West Africa A spirited celebration of traditional African dance filmed in the villages and suburban compounds of Senegal and The Gambia. Chuck Davis performs with his company on a trip to West Africa. more »
	Colonel Jin Xing An extraordinary portrait of a Chinese ballet dancer who underwent one of the first sex change operations in China to become a woman. She is now the toast of the Chinese theater, despite having challenged very traditional institutions. more »
	Electric Boogie A portrait of the Electric Boogie Boys, a hip hop dance group from the South Bronx. For them street dancing is a form of self-expression and a way to cope with their environment. more »
	Flamenco School This engaging film shows how a dedicated teacher and community organizer in New Mexico brought a colorful, passionate Hispanic dance to America. more »
	Gil Roman and the Bejart Ballet Lausanne Selected by his mentor to lead the Bejart Ballet Lausanne, Gil Roman is well aware of the dauntingly large shoes he’s expected to fill. His choreography and his leadership must prove worthy to secure the future of the institution, which has never before operated without its founder’s active guidance. more »
	Guguletu Ballet Since 1992 a white ballet dancer has been teaching classes to African children in the township.The program Dance for All has made a difference in their lives more »
	I Named Her Angel The film follows a 12 -year-old Turkish girl, who undertakes the spiritual and physical training to learn ritual whirling, as done by the Whirling Dervishes. more »
	In a Jazz Way: A Portrait of Mura Dehn This delightful film tells the story of Mura Dehn, a Russian-born dancer who came to America in the 1930's, and dedicated herself to preserving jazz dance on film. more »
	In My Hands Dancer and choreographer Ann Reinking, works with a group of teenagers with Marfan Syndrome, a little-known and potentially fatal connective tissue disorder, designing movement and dance that capitalizes on their shaky long bodies and unexpectedly inspires their self- esteem. more »
	Is It Really Me? This delightful film shows ten young women who aspire to to be dancers in musical theater as they take a master class with choreographer Ann Reinking and Gwen Verdon. They share with us their insecurities about their bodies. more »
	Long Story Short In the 1940s, an Asian American couple rose from the Chinatown nightclub circuit to the Ed Sullivan Show, watched by millions of Americans. This film details the couple's story and their struggles in an era of racism. more »
	A New Dance for America This film shares the story of the life and works of Doris Humphrey, a seminal figure in modern dance who forever changed the way dancers move, the conception of choreography, and audiences’ experience of dance. more »
	A One & A Two This is a portrait of Angelo, a widower after thirty-seven years of marriage, as he begins to build a new life. During the process of 'starting over' he discovered afternoon ballroom dancing -- a new passion that is becoming a senior phenomenon. more »
	Rudy Perez This is the portrait of the life and work of choreographer and dancer Rudy Perez, who left Puerto Rico as a teenager, studied with the legendary New Dance Group in New York, and became a postmodern pioneer in the dance world. more »
	The Sunrise Dance This highly visual documentary shows an ancient, sacred Apache coming of age ceremony that marks the passage to womanhood of Apache young women. more »
	Water Flowing Together: Jock Soto Water Flowing Together offers an intimate portrait of a remarkable dancer, Jock Soto, who retired from the New York City Ballet at age forty, after a twenty-four-year career. Soto’s journey as an openly gay man of Navajo Indian and Puerto Rican descent provides a rare glimpse into the life of a dancer and the disparate worlds which shaped this important artist. more »
	We Jive Like This "Culture clubs" sprang up in the townships of South Africa, providing an outlet for the energy of the theater, dance and music that was created there. more »
	The Words of Silence Four deaf performers, an actress, a dancer, a percussionist and a mime explain how their art transcends the spoken word more »