Directed by Krzysztof Kieślowski • 1978 • Poland
Krzysztof Kieślowski made more than twenty documentaries, including this wryly observed short, which profiles seven ballet dancers, one for each day of the week. From a fledgling student to a star ballerina in her prime to an older dancer now cast out of the spotlight, each miniature portrait offers a glimpse of the grueling work and behind-the-scenes struggles that make up a dancer’s journey through life.
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Cake Walk
Directed by Ulysses Jenkins • 1983 • United States
This video documents “Cake Walk,” an installation and performance piece by artist Houston Conwill, staged in November 1983 at Linda Goode Bryant’s pioneering New York gallery Just Above Midtown. The piece refers to the cakewalk dance that develo...
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About Tap
Directed by George T. Nierenberg • 1985 • United States
George T. Nierenberg’s brilliant and blissful followup to NO MAPS ON MY TAPS is introduced by legendary dancer Gregory Hines, who shares his childhood memories of watching and imitating the tap-dance greats at the Apollo Theater. ABOUT TAP ...
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Liberian Boy
Directed by Mati Diop and Manon Lutanie • 2015 • France, Canada
Starring Jules Langlade
A boy channels his inner Michael Jackson in this experimental dance film set to a pulsing electro-pop beat.
