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Amorina (1961)
, 1h30Directed by Hugo del Carril
Genres Drama, Musical, Romance
Themes Dance films, Musical films, Tango films
Actors Tita Merello, Hugo del Carril, María Aurelia Bisutti, Alberto Bello, Rodolfo Ranni
Carmen (1983)
, 1h42Directed by Carlos Saura
Origin Espagne
Genres Drama, Musical theatre, Musical, Romance
Themes Dance films, Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Films based on operas
Actors Laura del Sol, Marisol, Cristina Hoyos
Un groupe de danseurs de flamenco met en scène une version très hispanisée de l'œuvre de Prosper Mérimée. Durant les préparations et l'exécution de l'œuvre, Antonio, le chorégraphe, tombe amoureux de Carmen qui en est la danseuse principale. L'œuvre dansée et la vie réelle commencent alors à se mêler.
Dance Kahani (2016)
Origin Pakistan
Genres Drama, Action, Musical
Themes Dance films
"With her dream of pursuing a professional dance career shattered, she must now fight the odds to keep it alive in a society she never wanted to be a part of." This is how Nizzy, an upscale British Pakistani, must survive her predicament.
Dance Card (1937)
, 2h24Directed by Julien Duvivier, Charles Dorat
Origin France
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Dance films
Actors Harry Baur, Fernandel, Marie Bell, Pierre Blanchar, Louis Jouvet, Raimu
Une veuve encore jeune, retrouvant le carnet de bal de ses seize ans, recherche ce que sont devenus ses cavaliers d'il y a vingt ans. De déceptions en reniements, elle comprend qu'il vaut mieux laisser reposer le passé. Mais alors qu'elle va peut-être céder au désespoir, elle apprend que le seul sans doute de ces garçons qu'elle ait véritablement aimé, Gérard, vivait non loin d'elle. Et qu'il vient de mourir. Elle va prendre sous son aile Jacques, son fils de seize ans, s'en faire la marraine et… l'emmener à son premier bal.
Flamenco (1995)
, 1h40Directed by Carlos Saura
Origin Espagne
Genres Musical theatre, Documentary, Musical
Themes Dance films, Films about music and musicians, Documentary films about music and musicians, Documentaire sur une personnalité, Musiques du monde, Musical films
Actors José Luis Gómez, Joaquín Cortés
Flamenco is a documentary that includes performances from some of the best flamenco singers, dancers and guitarists. Helped by cinematography by Vittorio Storaro, director Carlos Saura brings with this film the "Light of Flamenco to the World".
Bala (1976)
, 33minutesDirected by Satyajit Ray
Genres Documentary
Themes Dance films, Films about music and musicians, Documentary films about music and musicians, Documentaire sur une personnalité, Musical films
Actors Satyajit Ray
The film begins with the introduction of Bharata Natyam since its inception. It also explains the various hand gestures, known as Mudra and Bala demonstrates one of them, "Mayura Mudra" ("Peacock Mudra"). Narrated by Satyajit Ray, the film describes Bala's lineage and her debut performance in 1925, at the age of seven, at Kancheepuram at the Kamakshi Amman Temple. A noted Sanskrit scholar and musicologist explains Bala's dancing style and an Indian dancer, Uday Shankar mentions about his association with Bala.
The Ball at the Anjo House (1947)
, 1h29Directed by Kōzaburō Yoshimura
Origin Japon
Genres Drama
Themes Dance films
Actors Osamu Takizawa, Masayuki Mori, Setsuko Hara, Masao Shimizu, Yumeko Aizome, Keiko Tsushima
After Japan's loss in the war, the wealthy, cultured, liberal Anjo family have to give up their mansion and their way of life. They hold one last ball at the house before leaving. The seemingly cold, cynical son secretly grieves for his defeated father and the values that the war destroyed, while the daughter tries to prevent father from taking his life and to find her own place in the new Japan.
At Night, They Dance (2011)
, 1h21Genres Documentary
Themes Dance films, Films about music and musicians, Documentary films about music and musicians, Documentaire sur une personnalité, Musical films
The movie follows the lives of a family of belly dancers living in a small Egyptian neighborhood in Cairo. Reda is the matriarch of the family who passes down her knowledge of the art of belly dancing to each of her children. Her husband died more than a year prior to the making of the documentary, so the viewer sees her in a state of mourning and uncertainty. She represents the authoritative figure, but her seven children often test the boundaries of her power. Each of her children contributes to the family profession through performing at local events, learning the trade during the day, or in the case of her younger son, watching the process of knowledge transition from generation to generation. Only three of her daughters currently perform, typically for all-male audiences. The documentary follows their journeys, from their household to the stage.
Ballet (1995)
, 2h50Directed by Frederick Wiseman
Origin USA
Genres Documentary
Themes Dance films, Films about music and musicians, Documentary films about music and musicians, Documentaire sur une personnalité, Musical films
"Ballet" est un documentaire américain de 1995 réalisé par Frederick Wiseman. On y voit des répétitions, le travail chorégraphique, les négociations commerciales ainsi que d'autres moments de la vie de tous les jours de l'American Ballet Theatre. La plupart des images proviennent de la saison 1992. Le film contient également des séquences provenant de la tournée européenne de la troupe, en Grèce et à Copenhague.
Flamenco (1952)
, 1h15Directed by Edgar Neville
Genres Documentary
Themes Dance films, Films about music and musicians, Documentary films about music and musicians, Documentaire sur une personnalité, Musical films
Suspiria (1977)
, 1h38Directed by Dario Argento
Origin Italie
Genres Thriller, Fantastic, Horror
Themes Dance films, Films about magic and magicians, Medical-themed films, Witches in film, Films about disabilities, La cécité, Children's films
Actors Jessica Harper, Udo Kier, Stefania Casini, Flavio Bucci, Miguel Bosé, Alida Valli
Suzy Bannion, an American ballet student, arrives from her flight in Munich, Germany on a stormy night to enroll in a prestigious dance academy in Freiburg. After Suzy is unable to gain access into the academy, she spends the night in town. Pat Hingle, a student who is expelled from the academy is seen by Suzy leaving and looking frightened. Pat finds refuge at a friend's apartment in town. After she locks herself in the bathroom, a mysterious arm smothers her against the glass. Her friend hears this and tries to scream for help but Pat is repeatedly stabbed and bound with a cord before she is hung in mid-air. Her friend is killed directly below by the falling glass and metal.
Holiday Inn (1942)
, 1h40Directed by Fred Astaire, Bing Crosby, Charles C. Coleman, Mark Sandrich, Oscar Rudolph
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Musical theatre, Musical, Romance
Themes Dance films, Films about music and musicians, Christmas films, Musical films
Actors Bing Crosby, Fred Astaire, Marjorie Reynolds, Walter Abel, Virginia Dale, Irving Berlin
Jim Hardy (Bing Crosby), Ted Hanover (Fred Astaire), and Lila Dixon (Virginia Dale) have a musical act popular in the New York City nightlife scene. On Christmas Eve, Jim prepares to give his last performance as part of the act before marrying Lila and retiring with her to a farm in Connecticut. At the last minute, Lila decides she is not ready to stop performing, and that she has fallen in love with Ted. She tells Jim that she will stay on as Ted's dancing partner. While heartbroken, Jim follows through with his plan and bids the act goodbye.
Fish Tank (2009)
, 2h4Directed by Andrea Arnold
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama
Themes L'adolescence, Dance films, Films about children, Films about families, Films about music and musicians, Hip hop films
Actors Katie Jarvis, Michael Fassbender, Kierston Wareing, Harry Treadaway, Joanna Horton, Jason Maza
Mia Williams is a volatile and socially isolated 15-year-old. She lives on an East London council estate with her single mother, Joanne, and younger sister, Tyler, and is highly antagonistic toward both of them. Mia is a loner, appearing to have had a falling out with her best friend Keely. She provokes Keely's other friends and head butts another girl when Mia criticises their dance routine. Mia regularly practises hip-hop dance alone in a deserted flat.
Romeo & Juliet (1955)
, 1h33Directed by Leo Arnchtam
Genres Drama, Musical, Romance
Themes Dance films, Films about suicide, Théâtre, Musical films, Romeo and Juliet, Films based on plays, Films based on works by William Shakespeare
L'intrigue est celle de la pièce Roméo et Juliette de William Shakespeare.
Easter Parade (1948)
, 1h47Directed by Charles Walters
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Dance films, Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Judy Garland, Fred Astaire, Peter Lawford, Ann Miller, Jules Munshin, Liza Minnelli
In 1912, Broadway star Don Hewes (Fred Astaire) is buying Easter presents for his sweetheart, starting with a hat and some flowers ("Happy Easter"). He goes into a toy shop and buys a cuddly Easter rabbit, after persuading a young boy to part with it and buy a set of drums instead ("Drum Crazy"). Hewes takes the gifts to his dancing partner, Nadine Hale (Ann Miller), who explains that she has an offer for a show that would feature her as a solo star. Don tries to change her mind and it looks as if he has succeeded ("It Only Happens When I Dance With You"), until Don's best friend, Johnny (Peter Lawford), turns up. Nadine reveals that she and Don are no longer a team and it becomes obvious that Nadine is attracted to Johnny. She does continue to try and pursue him, but he politely refuses her relationship out of respect for Don.