Topic: Dancing

Direction Stanley Donen · Gene Kelly

Cast Gene Kelly · Donald O´Connor · Debbie Reynolds · Jean Hagen

Synopsis Singin' in the Rain (1952) is a vibrant musical set in the late 1920s during Hollywood's transition from silent films to "talkies." The story follows Don Lockwood, a dashing silent film star, and his cheerful best friend, Cosmo Brown, as...

Direction Bob Fosse

Cast Liza Minnelli · Michael York · Helmut Griem · Joel Grey

Synopsis Cabaret (1972) is a musical drama set in 1931 Berlin during the rise of the Nazi Party. The story follows Sally Bowles, a vivacious American cabaret performer, and Brian Roberts, a reserved British academic, as they navigate their complex relationship...

Direction Wim Wenders

Cast Pina Bausch

Synopsis A Wim Wenders documentary about legendary German choreographer Pina Bausch using the testimony of her collaborators.

Direction Bob Fosse

Cast Roy Scheider · Jessica Lange · Leland Palmer · Ann Reinking

Synopsis All That Jazz (1979) follows Joe Gideon, a brilliant but self-destructive Broadway director and choreographer, as he balances his chaotic professional and personal life. While pushing himself to finish a major stage production and edit a film, his relentless work...

Direction Arantxa Aguirre

Cast Maurice Béjart

Synopsis The death of the brilliant Maurice Béjart in 2007 is an irreparable loss for the art of dance, but above all, it means a cataclysm for his own company. Forty dancers from all five continents are now orphans and they'll...

Direction Mark Sandrich

Cast Fred Astaire · Ginger Rogers · Edward Everett Horton · Helen Broderick

Synopsis In Top Hat (1935), a charming American dancer, Jerry Travers, travels to London to star in a new show. There, he meets the lovely Dale Tremont, and their instant spark leads to a whirlwind of romantic misunderstandings. After Jerry's tap-dancing...

Direction Stephen Daldry

Cast Jamie Bell · Julie Walters · Gary Lewis · Jamie Draven

Synopsis Billy Elliot (2000) follows an 11-year-old boy from a working-class family in Northern England during the 1984 miners' strike. While his father and brother are consumed by the strike, Billy discovers a passion for ballet after stumbling upon a dance...

Direction Jean Renoir

Cast Jean Gabin · María Félix · Françoise Arnoul · Jean-Roger Caussimon

Synopsis Henri Danglard, proprietor of the fashionable (but bankrupt) cafe 'Le Paravent Chinois' featuring his mistress, belly dancer Lola, goes slumming in Montmarte (circa 1890) where the then-old-fashioned cancan is still danced. There, he conceives the idea of reviving the cancan...

Direction Ettore Scola

Cast Étienne Guichard · Régis Bouquet · Francesco De Rosa · Arnault LeCarpentier

Synopsis 1983: women arrive at a dance hall one at a time. Men enter and couples dance, their personalities on display. With the dancers changing characters, the film travels in time. In 1936, the Popular Front gives energy to the working...

Direction Sydney Pollack

Cast Jane Fonda · Michael Sarrazin · Susannah York · Red Buttons

Synopsis They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969) is a grim drama set during the Great Depression, following a group of desperate contestants in a grueling dance marathon. The story centers on Robert, a disillusioned young man, and Gloria, a cynical aspiring...

Direction Lloyd Newson

Cast Eddie Kay · David Toole · Vivien Wood · Rowan Thorpe

Synopsis A disparate group of dancers, preferring to express themselves through dance rather than speech, clash with each other and members of the local community.

Direction Thierry Demaizière · Alban Teurlai

Synopsis TV Series (2020). 5 Episodes. Discover the brilliant dancers and choreographers who are shaping the art of movement around the world in this documentary series.

Direction Raoul Ruiz

Cast Eric Alfieri · Mathilde Altaraz · Muriel Boulay · Christophe Delachaux

Synopsis Based on a choreography by Jean-Claude Gallotta, this movie shows the sexual repressions existing between the dancers, five males and four women, before a conciliating final.

Direction Bess Kargman

Synopsis A documentary that follows six young dancers as they prepare for the Youth America Grand Prix. Every year, thousands of aspiring dancers enter one of the world’s most prestigious ballet competitions, the Youth America Grand Prix, where lifelong dreams are...

Direction Jacques Demy

Cast Catherine Deneuve · Françoise Dorléac · Danielle Darrieux · George Chakiris

Synopsis In the little town Rochefort lives Delphine (Catherine Deneuve) and Solange Garnier (Françoise Dorléac), two musical twins that teach music and dance to kids. One day, Etienne (George Chakiris) and Bill (Groover Dale) arrive in town, and need the twins...

Direction Paloma Zapata

Cast Helena Kaittani · Adelfa Calvo · María Alfonsa Rosso · Antonia Singla

Synopsis La Singla became deaf at birth. She learned to dance without listening to the music, and used dancing to escape the pain. The young dancer, at just 17 years old, revolutionized the world of flamenco, but before she turned 30...

Direction Linda Saffire · Adam Schlesinger

Cast Wendy Whelan

Synopsis Documentary on the great American Ballerina Wendy Whelan, who was a principal dancer with the New York City Ballet and is a guest artist with The Royal Ballet and the Kirov Ballet and has performed all over the

Direction Thomas Kail · Steven Levenson

Cast Sam Rockwell · Michelle Williams · Kelli Barrett · Norbert Leo Butz

Synopsis TV Mini-series (2019). 8 Episodes. An inside look at the romantic and creative partnership between influential choreographer/director, Bob Fosse, and Gwen Verdon, one of the greatest Broadway dancers of all time.

Direction Jack Haley Jr.

Synopsis A documentary film about dancing on the screen, from it's orgins after the invention of the movie camera, over the movie musical from the late 20s, 30s, 40s 50s and 60s up to the break dance and the music videos...

Direction Levan Akin

Cast Levan Gelbakhiani · Bachi Valishvili · Ana Javakishvili · Giorgi Tsereteli

Synopsis Merab has been training from a young age at the National Georgian Ensemble with his dance partner Mary. His world turns upside down when the carefree Irakli arrives and becomes both his strongest rival and desire.