Dance Movies

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...

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...

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...

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

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

"Je danse devant toi..." or the ceremony of farewell. Leaving the other person is also a little like saying goodbye to oneself. Isabelle Martin sends...

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.

A short documentary about dancer and choreographer Rudi van Dantzig.

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...

Thousands of years in a mysterious land called The Middle Kingdom, many legends were created. Martial arts was one of them, made famous by its name...

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...

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

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

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