Dance Performance Movies

  • 2025
    Is It A Plaisir

    Is It A Plaisir

    Is It A Plaisir

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    'Is it a plaisir' is an experimental short film that explores femininity and the body as a sharp territory, crossed by the tension between desire and...

    Is It A Plaisir
  • 1959
    Lileya

    Lileya

    Lileya

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    The first ballet film made in Ukraine, based on Konstantin Dankevich's ballet from 1940.

    Lileya
  • 1979
    Kate Bush: On Tour

    Kate Bush: On Tour

    Kate Bush: On Tour

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    Aired as part of BBC's 'Nationwide' programming, this documentary captures the leadup to 'The Tour of Life'.

    Kate Bush: On Tour
  • 1957
    The Bolshoi Ballet

    The Bolshoi Ballet

    The Bolshoi Ballet

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    Paul Czinner recorded, using a multiple cameras technique, the performance of prima ballerina Galina Ulanova of the Russian Bolshoi, doing "Giselle,...

    The Bolshoi Ballet
  • 1992
    Rosa

    Rosa

    Rosa

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    A short film based on the work of choreographer Anne Teresa de Keersmaeker.

    Rosa
  • 2015
    San Francisco Ballet: Romeo & Juliet

    San Francisco Ballet: Romeo & Juliet

    San Francisco Ballet: Romeo & Juliet

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    From grand spectacles to poignant close-ups, experience Helgi Tomasson's bravura interpretation of Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet like you've never...

    San Francisco Ballet: Romeo & Juliet
  • 1970
    Hiatos (Gaps) - 2021

    Hiatos (Gaps) - 2021

    Hiatos (Gaps) - 2021

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    Hiatos is a performance art video that treats melancholy as a colonial wound. Through performance and dance, it reveals perspectives of time,...

    Hiatos (Gaps) - 2021
  • 2018
    Húmus

    Húmus

    Húmus

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    A videodance short-film of the avant-garde / experimental dance group of the same name based on the book "Húmus" (released in 1917) by Raul...

    Húmus
  • 1968
    Akropolis

    Akropolis

    Akropolis

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    A performance based on Stanisław Wyspiański’s dramatic epic poem, first presented at Teatr Laboratorium, Wrocław, Poland, ...

    Akropolis
  • 1985
    R.A.B.L.

    R.A.B.L.

    R.A.B.L.

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    RABL combines film, early 3D computer animated human movement, and dance. RABL explores the interaction of human bodies and technology with...

    R.A.B.L.
  • 2023
    Millie's Care Free Day

    Millie's Care Free Day

    Millie's Care Free Day

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    Weighed down and despondent from crushing depression, Millie tries to escape the daily grind by deciding today will be different. However, she must...

    Millie's Care Free Day
  • 2010
    Swan Lake

    Swan Lake

    Swan Lake

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    Ballerina Polina Semionova performs the mythic parts of Odette and Odile (white swan and black swan) with her great partner Stanislav Jermakov. The...

    Swan Lake
  • 2022
    First Movement Form

    First Movement Form

    First Movement Form

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    The rehearsal of a future play. Through the movement of the body, the protagonists form a structure full of tension and try to evoke past stories.

    First Movement Form
  • 2013
    Upaj: Improvise

    Upaj: Improvise

    Upaj: Improvise

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    This is the story of an unlikely friendship. 68 year old Kathak Master Pandit Das (North Indian classical dance) and 32 year old tap star Jason...

    Upaj: Improvise
  • 1986
    Mammame

    Mammame

    Mammame

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    A Ruizian adaptation of Jean-Claude Gallotta's iconic wordless ballet choreography.

    Mammame
  • 1951
    Ensemble for Somnambulists

    Ensemble for Somnambulists

    Ensemble for Somnambulists

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    Ensemble for Somnambulists was a film Maya Deren made while teaching a workshop at the Toronto Film Society. It was never completed, and is...

    Ensemble for Somnambulists
  • 1971
    Un retablo para Romeo y Julieta

    Un retablo para Romeo y Julieta

    Un retablo para Romeo y Julieta

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    A psychedelic combination of Shakespeare, rock & roll and Catholic symbolism in the shape of a Cuban ballet.

    Un retablo para Romeo y Julieta
  • 1969
    Adagio

    Adagio

    Adagio

    01969HD

    Short Polish dance film

    Adagio
  • 1989
    Because We Must

    Because We Must

    Because We Must

    01989HD

    The Michael Clark Dance Group perform to the music of T.Rex, Chopin, the Beatles and the Velvet Underground.

    Because We Must
  • 2014
    Eager

    Eager

    Eager

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    Traditional clay-mation and stop-motion animated film.

    Eager