Dance Movies

After the loss of a lifelong friend, a trio processes their grief through dance.

A newly discovered film showing Tamara Karsavina dancing Mikhail Fokine’s ‘La Danse du Flambeau’ (‘The Torch Dance’)....

The movements of the water unite with those of the dance, moving the filmmaker to finally recognize himself in it.

Inspired by the wind in the grass, the song of birds, the tapestry of the forest, two bodies of water and natural erosion, two dancers and a...

A silent color film of Martha Graham dancing extracts of "Lamentation".

A young, gender-questioning teen discovers themselves in a night of dance and music.

A Victorian couple dancing.

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

“By the Leanders. The dress of one consists of a pair of wings and a bow and arrow; the other represents a fairy. Bathers in all stages of...

Miss Hill: Making Dance Matter tells the inspiring and largely unknown story of a woman whose life was defined by her love for dance. Martha Hill...

A variation on the popular Butterfly Dance, released in hand-colored and stenciled versions. The film has the catalogue number 2011 and was likely...

Choreographer Daniel Nagrin performs in a studio and in the sun.

Seen through the voyeurism of glass pane, this is the story of 1960's coiffed etiquette gone awry. Dancing bodies reveal a meaty subtext as all...

A short rhythmic short by Mikhail Tsekhanovsky.

The multi-award-winning dance film Amelia (2002), directed and choreographed by Edouard Lock and performed by the acclaimed dance company La La La...

This short documentary describes the process and inspiration behind the creation and performance of a new Cuban ballet based on Afro-Cuban traditions...

“Hallelujah” is a queer/circus concept about religion and the importance of choosing kindness regardless of our differences or beliefs....