Dance documentary

She helped develop and popularize a dance form that is both artful and athletic, focusing on touch, gravity and weight sharing.

What’s one myth about her work that Bay Area dance pioneer Anna Halprin would like to dispel? Recalling that New York critics used to tease her for being “touchy-feely,” Halprin answers, “I would like to dismiss the idea that I do therapy. I don’t.” I am sitting with Halprin on her legendary Mount Tamalpais dance […]

Nine years ago choreographer Gina Gibney was on the verge of shutting down her struggling modern-dance company. "I really felt like giving up," she recalled. "I got so close."Since then, revenue at her business—simply called Gibney—has risen more than tenfold, to $6 million a year…

behind the scenes of tech rehearsal for ‘Nothing Really Comes To Rest’ by Anouk van Dijk, performed by LINK Dance Company, 2023

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"How Do I Look" is a ground-breaking vogue dance documentary about Harlem's fabled Ballroom culture and the house-ballroom community.

“The personal is political,” is never more true than in Elvira Lind’s documentary Bobbi Jene, which shines a spotlight on a female dancer who is gambling on security and love, betting on herself and her ideas, using her body as she sees fit—and doing all those things at an age when society discourages women from taking such risks.

From 1961 to 1994, legendary photographer Jack Mitchell captured thousands of moments with Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater. Now, this treasure trove of dance history is available to the public for viewing via the online archives of the Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture.

The movie If The Dancer Dances: trailer, clips, photos, soundtrack, news and much more!