Even dancers who love their isolations and hip rolls might be totally unaware of where jazz dance comes from. Uprooted: The Journey of Jazz Dance, which premieres at the Dance on Camera Festival on Sunday, July 19, aims to change that. Directed by Khadifa Wong and produced by Lisa Donmall-Reeve, the feature-length documentary is a […]

Known as the “mother of contemporary African dance,” Senegalese-French dancer and choreographer Germaine Acogny first saw Pina Bausch’s The Rite of Spring performed by dancers of the Paris Opéra Ballet. Presented with the tale of human sacrifice and gender relationships, she couldn’t help but draw parallels between the ritualistic choreography and traditions from her African […]

Modern dance star Bobbi Jene Smith has been making her way into the film world over the past few years—from choreographing for Natalie Portman in Annihilation to starring in Mari—and we have been consistently drooling over the results. Her latest project, Aviva, an independent film from director Boaz Yakin (best known for 2000’s Remember the […]

In the new film Shirley, Elisabeth Moss stars as Shirley Jackson, the horror writer who rose to fame with her 1948 short story “The Lottery.” The controversial hit led to the most mail The New Yorker had ever received about a work of fiction. Jackson went on to write hundreds more short stories and numerous […]

Looking for a change from all that social-media scrolling while you’re social distancing? Check out the Shut In Dance Film Fest, a newly launched opportunity for dancers are home. Helmed by Nicole Berger, Andrew Pearson and Cain DeVore, the all-remote festival is doubling as free training grounds for artists who want to boost their dance-for-camera […]

Feeling a bit…trapped lately? Us, too. This short dance film by Los Angeles dancer/filmmaker Nadav Heyman, titled “as·phyx·i·a·tion,” seems like it was created for the social-distancing era. As Heyman tells us, “It’s about the struggle of aloneness, and the relationship between mental and physical isolation.” Created and filmed during an artistic residency in Thailand last […]

Director Levan Akin’s new movie may have been rejected by the country where it was filmed, but elsewhere in the world, moviegoers are embracing the film like a traditional Georgian dancer, arms raised and elbows bent in an enthusiastic display of bravado. And Then We Danced opens in nine more North American markets this weekend, […]

Colder weather is (finally) here, which means it’s time for a good dance movie binge. But which iconic films should you put on? To narrow your search, we went ahead and ranked 30 of the greatest dance movies of all time. Of course, we know a list like this is bound to be controversial—so if […]