Shall We Dance?
This collection brings together films that treat dance on film as both art and language. In The Dance, performance becomes an intimate expression, every gesture carrying emotion. Breath: with Pina Bausch offers a rare encounter with the legendary Pina Bausch, whose choreography forever changed the landscape of contemporary dance films. A Bread Factory Part 2 shows how music, theatre, and dance sustain the life of a community, while Mother of All Shows uses movement and satire to confront family, memory, and spectacle. Tidal mirrors cycles of resilience and survival, using rhythm and movement to reflect the ebb and flow of human experience. Traditional Healing reveals how ritual dance and storytelling in cinema preserve heritage and connect generations.
For those who love the thrill of iconic dance films, these titles extend the tradition of choreography on screen into new realms of indie cinema, ritual, and performance. This is where cinema becomes rhythm, where steps turn into stories, and where every movement is an invitation to see the world differently.
-
A Breath with Pina Bausch
Istanbul Film Festival
A unique record of the visit to Istanbul in 2002 of legendary German dancer and choreographer Pina Bausch, and her Tanztheater de Wuppertal company, a visit which inspired the performance piece 'A Breath.' It provides a fascinating backstage look at a work in progress and ...
-
Tidal
Vancouver International Film Festival
This distinctive short film from directors Chloe Van Landschoot and Niamh Wilson examines the relentless nature of healthcare work, the exhaustion that the job can elicit and the toll it takes on body and mind. Utilising movement, rhythm, and dance, Tidal is...
-
Traditional Healing
A young woman dances in a devastated forest. Then a miracle occurs.
Canada - 2013 - 2m 2s
Directed By: Raymond Caplin