Susie Bannion är en ung amerikansk kvinna som 1977 reser till det prestigefyllda Markos Tanz Company i Berlin. Hon kommer precis när en kvinna har försvunnit under mystiska omständigheter, och inser att skolan har en mörk och farlig hemlighet. Remake av Dario Argentos klassiker från 1977.
Honey Daniels är en ung, talangfull lärare i hip hop dans. En kväll får den stora musikvideoregissören Michael Ellis syn på henne på dansgolvet på hennes stammisklubb. Han erbjuder henne att vara med i några av hans videos och innan hon vet ordet av arbetar hon som koreograf för några av de stora stjärnorna inom hip hop och R?. Dock börjar fundera på om detta är vad hon egentligen vill.
A group of dancers congregate on the stage of a Broadway theatre to audition for a new musical production directed by Zach. After the initial eliminations, seventeen hopefuls remain, among them Cassie, who once had a tempestuous romantic relationship with Zach. She is desperate enough for work to humble herself and audition for him; whether he's willing to let professionalism overcome his personal feelings about their past remains to be seen.
A Broadway artiste turns a faded film star's comeback vehicle into an artsy flop.
It's time again for California's "Young American Miss" beauty pageant, the biggest event of the year for Big Bob Freelander and Brenda DiCarlo, who give their all to put on a successful pageant. But Brenda is having marital difficulties and Bob's son is up to some mischief. Could this year's pageant be in jeopardy?
Evan Evans är en dansant balettdirektör. I sitt stall har han fjorton av världens främsta och sexigaste balettflickor, som han vakar över dygnet runt likt en tvärilsk hönsmamma. Nåde den klåfingrige karl som kommer i närheten av dem! Ändå slår skandalen ner i truppen under deras långa turné genom Europa. Plötsligt finner Evan nämligen en bebis på sitt hotellrum medan förvecklingarna avlöser varandra på löpande band i denna komedi med härlig 70-talsatmosfär.
Ensemble drama centered around a group of ballet dancers, with a focus on one young dancer who's poised to become a principal performer.
The film suggests Nijinsky was driven into madness by both his consuming ambition and self-enforced heterosexuality, the latter prompted by his romantic involvement with Romola de Pulszky, a society girl who joins impresario Sergei Diaghilev's Ballets Russes specifically to seduce Nijinsky. After a series of misunderstandings with Diaghilev, who is both his domineering mentor and possessive lover, Nijinsky succumbs to Romola's charms and marries her, after which his gradual decline from artistic moodiness to complete lunacy begins.
Pina is a feature-length dance film in 3D with the ensemble of the Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch, featuring the unique and inspiring art of the great German choreographer, who died in the summer of 2009.
Janie lives to dance and will dance anywhere, even stripping in a burlesque house. Tod Newton, the rich playboy, discovers her there and helps her get a job in a real Broadway musical being directed by Patch. Tod thinks he can get what he wants from Janie, Patch thinks Janie is using her charms rather than talent to get to the top, and Janie thinks Patch is the greatest. Steve, the stage manager, has the Three Stooges helping him manage all the show girls. Fred Astaire and Nelson Eddy make appearances as famous Broadway personalities.
A chronological selection from choreographies by Jérôme Bel exploring the political aspects of his dance.
Trots att det var först som 22-åring Ohad Naharin tog sina första danslektioner har han blivit en av den samtida dansens mest intressanta och hyllade dansare och koreografer. Med över 1200 timmar råmaterial har vännen och filmaren Tomer Heymann mejslat fram ett nyanserat porträtt av Ohad – mannen som skapade ett nytt ”dansspråk” kallat Gaga, som kom att rita om hela kartan för den moderna dansen. Hans insatser som konstnärlig ledare för israeliska Batsheva Dance Company fick också danskompaniet att utvecklas till ett av världens främsta.
Every Little Step follows the plight of real-life dancers as they struggle through auditions for the Broadway revival of "A Chorus Line" and also investigates the history of the show and the creative minds behind the original and current incarnations.
American dancer and choreographer Hermes Pan recalls his life and work as he relives the glorious history of the Hollywood musical.
After their getaway goes wrong, two bank robbers (sisters Connie and Sly) set off a nearby car alarm. The siren pulls them into a trance-like state, making them perform a wild, hypnotic dance around the vehicle.
Sixty-six adolescents, residents of Favela da Maré, were selected to participate in a dance show led by the choreographer Ivaldo Bertazzo, which incorporated their own daily experiences. Ten years later, directors David Meyer and Helena Soldberg search for some of the participants of this experience.
Portrait of Lester Horton, a Los Angeles-based dancer, choreographer and teacher who trained many world-reknowned dancers and built the first American theater devoted permanently to dance. Former students and friends, including Bella Lewitzky, Alvin Ailey, and Carmen de Lavallade, help create a picture of Horton through interviews. Includes numerous dance excerpts.
Experience a mystical journey through nature performed by a movement artist. Felix faces the whirling challenges of his inner turbulence with an emotionally charged dynamic, delicate strength, graceful dignity, as well as ecstatic devotion. Behold the fire dancer in the night.
Kristina, a self-named Hungarian female lion tamer, arrives in New York to become a dance choreographer. Kristina, now a middle-class NYC artist concerned about the environment, has a sailor lover named Raoul. The film, a collage work, an essay film, a fictional narrative and a documentary all rolled into one, is one of the most important independent American feminists films made during the 1970's.