Dance Movies

Artist Statement: "Lovesick" is an abstract analysis of idealization, objectification, and the Other; a dark fantasy peering into how we view and...

"La Gigue" (Gaumont #590) is part of the "Miss Lina Esbrard. Danseuse cosmopolite et serpentine" series of 4 films, and should not be confused with...

This athletically vibrant and sensual experience explores love across a lifetime. Using dance to inhabit a common mortal story of love born, lived,...

Charlene and her teenage son (Quincy) are forced to relocate to Memphis with her estranged sister (Gwen). Tensions quickly escalate between the...

A re-creation for film of Meredith Monk's seminal dance/theater work incorporating film and original music, voice, guitar, and audiotapes. Originally...

Animation by Manabu Himeda.

Four dancers perform in a violent, wild and organic landscape. A metaphor for what unites human with the biosphere.

A variation on the popular Butterfly Dance, released in hand-colored and stenciled versions. The film has the catalogue number 2011 and was likely...

Animation by Manabu Himeda.

Odette dreams of becoming a ballerina, but the onset of scoliosis threatens that dream.

The ballet tells the story of a peasant girl named Giselle whose ghost, after her premature death, protects her lover from the vengeance of a group...

Bubble is a short film performed by Zeena Parkins and the Plastic Girls, Eleanor Hullihan and Erin Cornell in a public park in Brooklyn, NY.

A piece that tries to keep the imagination in the highest possible state of alert using a minimum of materials, all found to hand inside the...

A young woman on the run from her past finds solace in the arms of a mysterious dancer.

A blond and a raven-haired beauty move with verve and style through a changing landscape. The fabric of their dresses flows and floats, adding to...

By a quiet gas station in rural Buenos Aires, a young kid, Ernesto, confesses to his friend that he wants to be a dancer when he grows up. But in the...

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

Three young women with dark, curly hair stand on a stage with a black background and patterned carpet or tile underfoot. They wear tights, ballet...

Early Balkan footage.