Dance Movies

Blood starts flowing as Linnea Quigley leads viewers through exercise routines while looking back on the films that made her a legend.

Ida, Olympe, Jeanne and Marie dance to the music of pianos, symphonies, contemporary pieces… in ballet school studios, in the streets, even in...

A unique hybrid of documentary, silent film, drama and dance, 'Breaking Plates' puts revolutionary women of the past on the screen with present day...

Two adopted brothers filled with resentment for each other after the loss of their mother, united in their love of breakdancing, find themselves...

During European Heritage Days, France’s most famous castle becomes the setting for a spectacular event where heritage, music, and contemporary...

Aeterna is a movement-based film that explores the feeling of personal insignificance when confronted with the complexity of human existence. By...

Turtle Dreams, produced for WGBH-TV, originally aired September 2, 1983. Shot by Ping Chong. Composed by Meredith Monk, performed by her and her...

A young girl leaves her Nigerian village to attend a ballet school in England. Fascinated by Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake, she dreams of performing as...

A man stands paralyzed while a battle between his friends and his bladder controls his night, fearful of pissing either of them off.

A pair of thieves enjoy the heist of their lives. But a cunning detective threatens to ruin their game. On this board of deceit and passion, every...

Sara, a young ballet dancer, drifts through boredom as a constrained classical dancer until she meets Jean, a West African plumber from the opposite...

A grieving choreographer tries to connect with her deceased partner through ritual dance, pushing her body beyond its natural limit until it breaks.

A child wandering alone in a desolate realm meets a faceless, militaristic lineup that transforms her into a woman.

A slow-motion study by Norman McLaren of the pas-de-deux adagio, one of the most exacting and difficult dances of classical ballet. A ballet...

Contemporary flamenco artist Carmen Avilés brings a raw, fast-paced performance to the streets of Seville.

When a disenfranchised, world-famous photographer is interviewed by university students and presented with a portfolio of his life's work he is...

The arduous process of getting a new medical procedure approved by a bureaucracy plays havoc in the lives of a young neurosurgeon with a breakthrough...

Rumba Rules, New Genealogies offers an enjoyable, rough-edged glimpse into the music scene of Kinshasa, with impromptu shots drawing the viewer into...

The film is based on a scene in Beethoven’s opera Fidelio. The inmates of the Seville prison are kept in dark cells without daylight. Now, for...