That's Dancing!

Jan 18, 1985

1h 45m

★ 7.0

Overview

A documentary film about dancing on the screen, from it's orgins after the invention of the movie camera, over the movie musical from the late 20s, 30s, 40s 50s and 60s up to the break dance and the music videos from the 80s.

Genres

Documentary

Music

Production Companies

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

That's Dancing! Trailers

Cast

Self - Host

Mikhail Baryshnikov

Self - Host

Ray Bolger

Self - Host

Sammy Davis Jr.

Self - Host

Gene Kelly

Self - Host

Liza Minnelli

'West Side Story' dancer

Tommy Abbott

Self (archive footage)

Fred Astaire

'West Side Story ' dancer

Robert Banas

Jennifer Beals

'West Side Story' dancer

David Bean

'West Side Story' dancer

Francesca Bellini

Self (archive footage)

Busby Berkeley

County Durham, England, 1984. The miners' strike has started and the police have started coming up from Bethnal Green, starting a class war with the lower classes suffering. Caught in the middle of the conflict is 11-year old Billy Elliot, who, after leaving his boxing club for the day, stumbles upon a ballet class and finds out that he's naturally talented. He practices with his teacher Mrs. Wilkinson for an upcoming audition in Newcastle-upon Tyne for the royal Ballet school in London.

7.3

Dirty Dancing

Aug 21, 1987

Expecting the usual tedium that accompanies a summer in the Catskills with her family, 17-year-old Frances 'Baby' Houseman is surprised to find herself stepping into the shoes of a professional hoofer—and unexpectedly falling in love.

6.8

Dancing Lady

Nov 24, 1933

Janie lives to dance and will dance anywhere, even stripping in a burlesque house. Tod Newton, the rich playboy, discovers her there and helps her get a job in a real Broadway musical being directed by Patch. Tod thinks he can get what he wants from Janie, Patch thinks Janie is using her charms rather than talent to get to the top, and Janie thinks Patch is the greatest. Steve, the stage manager, has the Three Stooges helping him manage all the show girls. Fred Astaire and Nelson Eddy make appearances as famous Broadway personalities.

10.0

Danser sa peine

Jan 1, 2019

No overview available.

6.1

Thank Your Lucky Stars

Sep 25, 1943

An Eddie Cantor look-alike organizes an all-star show to help the war effort.

10.0

Functional Block Diagrams

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A synthesis of sound and movement; colourful characters dance and move in repetitive patterns to percussive and melodic elements. A combination of motion and music that is hypnotic and beautiful. At first it feels structured and orderly but as more elements are added becomes quixotically expressive.

7.1

El Cantante

Sep 12, 2006

The rise and fall of salsa singer, Héctor Lavoe (1946-1993), as told from the perspective of his wife Puchi, who looks back from 2002.

6.1

De-Lovely

Jul 2, 2004

From Paris to Venice to Broadway to Hollywood, the lives of Cole Porter and his wife, Linda Lee Thomas were never less than glamorous and wildly unconventional. And though Cole's thirst for life strained their marriage, Linda never stopped being his muse, inspiring some of the greatest songs of the twentieth century.

6.6

Breakin'

May 4, 1984

A struggling young dancer joins forces with two breakdancers and together they become a street sensation.

5.1

The Way She Moves

Aug 29, 2001

In Houston, the aspirant to photographer Amie receives a complete Salsa and Mambo dancing course from her close colleagues and friends as her wedding gift. Her wedding with the wealthy and arrogant Jason is close and she intends to dance...

6.1

Head

Nov 6, 1968

In this surrealistic and free-form follow-up to the Monkees' television show, the band frolic their way through a series of musical set pieces and vignettes containing humor and anti-establishment social commentary.

6.5

Brigadoon

Sep 8, 1954

Americans Jeff and Tommy, hunting in Scotland, stumble upon a village - Brigadoon. They soon learn that the town appears once every 100 years in order to preserve its peace and special beauty. The citizens go to bed at night and when they wake up, it's 100 years later. Tommy falls in love with a beautiful young woman, Fiona, and is torn between staying or going back to his hectic life in New York.

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0.0

Disco

Jan 1, 2016

Two dancers in an animated short, drawn by hand. Beautifully animated in 1250 drawings.

6.3

Bootmen

Oct 5, 2000

Sean Odkin loves to dance—much to his fathers distain. When the woman he loves cannot return his love, he goes in search of the only thing that can make him whole again—dancing.

4.8

Naked Boys Singing!

Oct 5, 2007

This whimsical Off-Broadway hit musical is aptly reworked and transferred to the screen. The self-descriptively titled Naked Boys Singing is a musical revue of songs that poke fun at gay life, body image, love, loss and yearning.

8.0

Contrastes

Sep 19, 2021

The magic of the dances of Mexico. A tour of Sinaloa, Michoacán, Zacatecas, Nayarit and Veracruz in one place.

5.8

Second Chorus

Jan 3, 1941

Danny O'Neill and Hank Taylor are rival trumpeters with the Perennials, a college band, and both men are still attending college by failing their exams seven years in a row. In the midst of a performance, Danny spies Ellen Miller who ends up being made band manager. Both men compete for her affections while trying to get the other one fired.

6.9

An Open Secret

Nov 14, 2014

An investigation into accusations of teenagers being sexually abused within the film industry.

7.7

A State of Mind

Aug 10, 2005

Two young North Korean gymnasts prepare for an unprecedented competition in this documentary that offers a rare look into the communist society and the daily lives of North Korean families. For more than eight months, film crews follow 13-year-old Pak Hyon Sun and 11-year-old Kim Song Yun and their families as the girls train for the Mass Games, a spectacular nationalist celebration.

7.2

Cats Don't Dance

Mar 26, 1997

An ambitious singing and dancing cat in 1939 Hollywood overcomes several obstacles to fulfill his dream of becoming a movie star.