Movies: Dance

Animation by Manabu Himeda....

Thousands of years in a mysterious land called The Middle Kingdom, many legends were created. Martial arts was one of them, made famous by its name Kungfu. In an ancient temple we encounter a little boy. Through practicing Zen Buddhism and Kungfu, ou...

There is a vitality, a life force, a quickening that is translated through you into action,
and because there is only one of you in all time, this expression is unique. 
And if you block it, it will never exist through any other medium and be lost. 
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A short dance film about a hard journey from the sea to the top, and back....

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Tak Lurus, which means “not straight” in Bahasa Melayu, brings about the marriage between technology and the arts. The dance short film uses light refraction technology to create a medium expressing the situations we undergo and emotions we feel, as ...

Make Me Dance takes an in-depth look at one of the most prestigious dance schools in the United States, The Boston Conservatory, and the work of world-renowned, Harlem-born choreographer Darrell Moultrie as he crafts "Winds of Now" for young ballet a...

During a middle school dance, a boy is struggling with his courage when experiencing his first love....

A hybrid short film that merges American Sign Language, contemporary dance, and poetry to tell a deeply personal story about expression, resilience, and the emotional weight of language. Drawing visual inspiration from the experimental dance films of...

A commuter waits for a ride under the sweltering Manila heat. As his impatience grows, he sets off on his walk home, putting on a pair of earphones as he begins listening to some music......

A profile on Moses Pendleton, the founder of the Pilobolus Dance Theater and MOMIX....

Tells of the inner conflict Daniel faces when coming to terms with his sexuality, exploring his acceptance and love through a stylised, surreal continuous movement; battling his denial and faith....

Instructed teaching of social dances for the new millennium in dancing school Urska in Ljubljana....

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Phnom Penh-based dancer Prumsodm Ok—a Cambodian-American and pioneer of the first Cambodian gay dance company Prumsodun Ok & NATYARASA—demonstrates the meticulous form of Khmer dance. This short draws a parallel between the nature of film as a time m...

A short film about the the story of a young woman,Desiree, reflecting on the betrayal of her significant other and her struggle through forgiveness, healing, and restoration in their relationship....

The ballroom dancing the world recognizes today is competitive ballroom dance, sometimes known as dancesport. It is comprised of ten dances, which can all be danced in “closed ballroom” hold. The style danced in BURN THE FLOOR is called “internationa...

A maelström of shouts, slaps, small dances, kabuki love scenes, tribal singings. They shift from loneliness to togetherness, sensation to dance soli, grotesque to subtle movements, from burning to shining, from shedding to getting rebirth. Gerro, Min...

F E R A L – (adj) in a wild state, especially after escape from captivity or domestication – a year-long project by circus artist and writer Daisy Black and her Mind Reader turned Film Maker partner Alex McAleer of Gossamer Thread Circus. A series o...

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