Dance Movies

A filmed concert of song and/or dance numbers filmed largely in natural, exterior locations.

Filmed in 1983, during the presentation of Peter Weiss' play at the Fred Barry theater at UQAM. This document exposes us to a play dealing with the Sh...

The dead and the skeletons, coming out of the ground, indulge in playful dance to the music of Camille Saint-Saëns, and rejoice in the terror that the...

Childish Whim is a commentary on the feelings of angst and rebellion teenagers are inclined to feel. This short dance film is depicts a young teen wh...

Produced by JVC in collaboration with a Smithsonian/Folkways Recordings editorial board of scholars and Multicultural Media, The JVC Anthology of Worl...

Janet Adler's moving 1970 short documentary about dance therapy illustrates a therapeutic approach using body and movements. The most powerful sequenc...

A mysterious film making one think what was real or unreal, visible or invisible.

An exciting dance/video program inspired by the hit film "Flashdance" is performed to some of the day's hottest dance music.

Several young and cheerful children share at Cavancha Beach, while a couple begins to dance a cueca.

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

Daughter of Mobius shows the struggles of an independent women living in the early 80s - an era when it was much more difficult for women to be indepe...

An early short from Gaumont, date and director unknown.

A dance by bodies of shifting colors.

Edison and Lumiere footage of the Serpentine Dance, created by Loïe Fuller, is reworked to follow the poetic interpretations of several artists who ex...

A choreography of Benvindo Fonseca to 19 songs performed live by the music group Madredeus and the dance group Madredeus of Contemporary Ballet of Lis...

A short dance film in Pathécolor, also know as stencil colouring. The editing cuts correspond with the dancers' costume changes. More about stencil co...

A video animation "commercial" on body movement and self awareness. Charming musical score of George Kleinsinger gives a "sing-along" pattern for danc...

A priestess in “Serafisk Sang”, virginal in “Pastorale”, botanic in “Sommertanz” and finally a witch in “Hexentanz”, Mary Wigman is a woman-flower, go...