Modern Dance Movies

The Brothers Karamazov novel is the epitome of Fyodor Dostoevsky’s creative work, the acme of the philosophic investigation carried out by this...

Chantal Akerman followed famous Choreographer Pina Bausch and her company of dancers, The Tanzteater Wuppertal, for five weeks while they were on...

A history of the work of Merce Cunningham.

A filmed version of Aaron Copland's most famous ballet, with its original star, who also choreographed.

A contemporary dance film by choreographer Talia Miharu inspired by Gustav Klimt's painting, "The Kiss", starring Kaben Benavides and Gabriel Tolmer.

While most of Ken Russell's documentaries for the BBC's Monitor arts strand focused on a single creative figure, he would also occasionally make more...

In 1984, a fashionable young woman spontaneously lectures her friend about good oral hygiene. Produced by the American Dental Association.

We are a conversation is a 2014 documentary directed by Alexis karpouzos and Spyros rasidakis and written by Alexis karpouzos exploring the unity...

This documentary tells the fascinating story of Vija Vetra, a world-renowned Latvian dancer, choreographer and teacher. At the age of 84, Vetra...

The mavericks whose radical ideas created modern dance in the 20th century.

Portrait of Lester Horton, a Los Angeles-based dancer, choreographer and teacher who trained many world-reknowned dancers and built the first...

Somewhere between a computer program, a troubadour romance, the Pietà and a Roman mystery cult - a boy and girl meet.

Palucca follows the legendary Dresden dancer and dance teacher Gret Palucca (1902–1993) as she introduces her students to dance as an art form....

A jazz/dance film featuring the Martha Graham Dancers.

Born Jerome Wilson Rabinowitz, Jerome Robbins was a dancer and choreographer. Starting his career as a modern dancer, he began to appreciate the...

"The action of committing suicide" - is the most extreme action that somebody can do to themselves. High places to jump from: windows, abysses,...

Filmmaker Maia Wechsler follows choreographer Stephen Petronio as he prepares dancers to restage the 1968 production of "RainForest."

A film that immerses its audience in subjective states of consciousness they might experience when they die, imagining what they can see and think...

Nate, a workaholic drummer, spends all his time practicing, always striving for perfection. After he meets Yazmine, a like-minded, dedicated modern...

A dance performance salute to choreographer-dancer Lester Horton with Alvin Ailey, Carmen de Lavallade and James Truitte, all former members of his...