Dance Movies

A kaleidoscopic view of Black unity through dance, Jersey Club music and its radical history.

In 1791, in Haiti, Dutty Boukman presided over a Vodou ritual in Bois-Caïman that led to the creation of the first Black republic. Since then,...

Short dance film, based on everyday gestures. Four people dance in a sailors bar called Courzand.

At the Katnip Kollege, we see a roomful of cats taking a course in Swingology. Everyone swings except Johnny, who can't cut it and has to sit in the...

In WOODSMAN, young couple Alan and Lottie make do with what they've got: each other. After an accident has left Lottie bedridden and nonverbal, the...

Hailed as a masterpiece of 21st century dance, Akram Khan’s Giselle comes to cinemas for the first time with Artistic Director, Tamara Rojo,...

A jazzy exercise in pure movement.

Every weekend for six years, Jessica takes a bus from NYC, where she lives and works as a set decorator, to Boston, her hometown, where she cares for...

A celebration of dance, music, movement, language, and animation.

Interview with multi-disciplinary artist Liv Edwards discussing her work The World Turning Honest which focuses on Women's reproductive rights,...

Given its premiere by The Royal Ballet in 1965 with Rudolf Nureyev and Margot Fonteyn dancing the title roles, Kenneth MacMillan's first full-evening...

A young woman cannot escape the daily exploits of lustful patrons.

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...

The earnest efforts of an event organizer are stifled by the selfish aims of her lead dancers in the hours leading up to a once-in-a-lifetime charity...

Two friends dealing with the peer pressure in a desolate swimming pool. How far can they go and is their friendship important enough?

Narrated by Terence Stamp, this TV program documents the life and career of famed ballet dancer Rudolf Nureyev, through interviews with friends and...

Exploring the chaotic and unifying synthesis of music, sound, and dance within London's busy and maddening cityscape.

Two kindred spirits are drawn to each other by fate, and their wills and souls are tested by the punishment of life’s misfortune.

After years on the margins of a ballet company because of her skin color, a young Black dancer finally takes the lead role. As her body is exoticized...