Movies: Choreography

This hypnotically surreal dance film is set to a single by the psychedelic rock band the Dig....

In a dystopian present, a young Japanese-American man battles the cascading effects of his family's wrongful incarceration in the 1940s....

Seen through the voyeurism of glass pane, this is the story of 1960's coiffed etiquette gone awry. Dancing bodies reveal a meaty subtext as all protocol gets unhinged....

This surreal animated short depicts an impossible synchronized dive....

A love that transports through time and place. Inspired by iconic NYC love scenes from the 1970's, and an ode to Maya Deren's MESHES OF THE AFTERNOON. This meticulous craft of cutting-on-action proposes a dance as if it were literally occurring in fr...

A short dance film about a mother’s relationship to her pregnancy, as she deals with fear and hope about bringing a black baby boy into the world in 2020....

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

Good Night, Everybuds! is a healthy hippie porn. This joyful, dreamy choreography meanders around sensual love, cozy sexuality, and cuddling in the shape of an animated short film by director Benedikt Hummel....

This documentary tells the fascinating story of Vija Vetra, a world-renowned Latvian dancer, choreographer and teacher. At the age of 84, Vetra remains a vital and creative force, and her tale offers inspiration for both artists and lovers of the art...

A piece that tries to keep the imagination in the highest possible state of alert using a minimum of materials, all found to hand inside the creator's workshop space. An adventure of the body and mind in more raw and stripped-back form....

A story told with gestures and glances. The tightness of a car is a perfect space for fantasy. Here two lovers' separate fantasies, “secret rooms” abut....

A young woman stumbles upon a seemingly empty estate. Hesitantly she enters and wanders its chilling insides: a Pandora's Box that entices and haunts her with a series of stylized dance tableaux. History reveals itself in these poignant flashes. She ...

A crew of strangers converge over a quick slice inside a NYC pizza shop - a casual community hub. When a “contaigent” enters, dance turns inconsequential moments into idiosyncratic gestures, toggling between task and Bob Fosse-inspired choreography. ...

With somatic knowledge, Naima Ramos-Chapman sculpts a kinetic monument on the same rooftop in the name of healing and freedom-- where they were arrested at gunpoint as a teen in 2005. Filmed during the pandemic and in the midst of the BLM movement, ...

In an old school dance studio on the Hudson River where Merce Cunningham and John Cage lived for years, one gesture is explored in varying speeds: removal....

Thierry De Mey filmed Rosas danst Rosas in the former technical school of architect Henry Van de Velde in Leuven. The film version is much shorter than the show itself. In his film Thierry De Mey opts for a heavily ‘inter-cut’ version in which, apart...

Sleeping With Frank shows a slice of a morning in Queens, NY. A couple readies for the day. Wake-up, get dressed, eat breakfast. The tableaux are familiar: cozy, rote, intimate and distant. Dance and choreographed gestures reveal a potent underbelly ...

A film crew is shooting a scene. Their gestures gradually slip into dancing, revealing the beauty lying in the choreography of film sets....

To Hold My Love is a short film merging dance, fashion, and spoken words. Through their bodies and their language, the five dancers pull the viewers into their worlds where they explore themes related to women's vulnerabilities, identity, body image,...

This is the first in Lily Baldwin's Paperback Movie Project. Each short film is an interpretation of a novel and explores the fluid relationship between a reader and the characters she is reading. What happens if you you fall into your book? A JUICE ...