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Limber Up: City Swan
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Break'in Through: Dany Dann
Ebinum Brothers: A Better World
Break’in Through
NOWNESS Shorts: Casete Rojo
Toke
Black Midi: John L
BalletBoyz | Yes
Flags & Debris
Sisterhood
Get the Lite
Just Dance: Home With You
Simulacra
Toke
A dance celebration of the resilience of the human spirit
Set in the urban metropolis of London, Toke is an intimate portrait of Danish-born dancer Toke Broni Strandby. Director NONO expertly visualizes the emotionally layered journey we endure to fulfill our dreams while exploring themes of identity, contemporary alienation and acceptance.
The expressive choreography created by Stuart Shugg takes place between London’s highrise buildings and subterranean landscapes. Strandby's voiceover discusses how he has been labeled by some as a "disabled dancer," when the reality is that movement has been his liberation.
An inspiring story about triumph, Toke is a celebration of the beautiful resilience of the human spirit.
October 23, 2024
Above
Brazilian ballet dancer Ingrid Silva moves high above Manhattan, spotlighting the rooftop architecture of the New York Times Building
September 30, 2024
Limber Up: City Swan
Ballet dancer Minami Ando takes on the challenges of finding her feet in New York City, grounded by her Japanese culture
September 19, 2024
HERD(mentality)
Benjamin Jonsson captures dancers from the London Contemporary Dance School in the struggle between collective expression and personal identity
September 18, 2024
Break'in Through: Dany Dann
The French-Guianese breaking champion unlocks the emotional core that drives his storytelling, and the positive moves inspiring a new generation
July 12, 2024
Ebinum Brothers: A Better World
Watch the music video for the Ebinum Brothers' debut single, communicating a metaphor for personal growth through music and movement
July 12, 2024
Break’in Through
In Toulouse, Cyprien Clément-Delmas meets the French youth transforming through movement as breakdance enters the world stage
June 21, 2024
NOWNESS Shorts: Casete Rojo
In rural Colombia, a young girl stops at nothing to dance to Champeta – taking a new risk to wake her father from his grief
June 6, 2024
ATARAXY 33
In a film by Curtis Essel, dancer Noan Alves performs the ecstasy of movement among the majesty that surrounds the Stuttgart Ballet
June 3, 2024
Dancing About Architecture: Yuva
Dora Sarikaya explores the associations of ‘home’, domestic space, and cultural identity through traditional Turkish dance
May 30, 2024
A Visual Essay About Nothing
Mukeni Nel leads Justin Akomiah’s cinematic journey into assemblage and the convergence of art forms
May 13, 2024
Dancing About Architecture: Les Presques
Choreographer Sulian Rios moves through pluralities and incomplete identities from the fluid surroundings of Milan’s Villa Clea
May 6, 2024
An Invitation to Dream: Francesca Hayward
British ballet dancer Francesca Hayward details the test of endurance that enables her to access her dreams in a film created with Moncler
May 2, 2024
Non Dimenticare
Baptiste Honorin journeys into the essence of being, using movement and visual symbolism to express the emotions of two characters
March 7, 2024
Brumation
Mathilde Lin performs the slow static movement of reemerging into the world in a dance short directed by Jack Whiteley
January 5, 2024
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Just Dance: Fureur Collective
Caught in a rhythmic dance, Miranda Chan and Frédérique Rodier capture women evolving from rage to liberation, collectively untamed
December 20, 2023
Grounded: Luminescence
Dancer Rhys Kosakowski follows the sun’s cycle through movement in a journey into nature’s influence by Lester Jones
December 18, 2023
Portrait of a Dancer: Contortion
The Royal Ballet’s Liverpudlian Principal dancer Matthew Ball meditates on his art from the Royal Opera House’s hallowed stage
December 12, 2023
Cameo
Choreographer Charlotte Edmonds expands discussion around dance in a new interview series featuring Holly Blakey, Julie Cunningham and Julia Cheng
November 23, 2023
Restless
Ned Champain explores restless leg syndrome through dance as a man enters a surreal dream state driven by movement
July 13, 2023
Biennale Danza 2023: Dance on Film
Wayne McGregor treads the stage to screen transition with 11 films featuring the artists of this year’s Biennale Danza
January 27, 2023
The Language
Steph Tari Odu spotlights Barcelona’s ballroom scene as a platform for queer identities with Jay Jay Revlon and Gorgeous Jayce Gucci
December 16, 2022
Body Language: Barrio Sonidero
Director Leo Aguirre spotlights New York’s sonidero community, and the transcendental power fueling unification through dance
December 13, 2022
Look at Me
Javier Bardem and Chris Rock transform rage into tenderness in a new short from Sally Potter
December 12, 2022
Aare
Taoheed Bayo visualizes an expansive man through movement, throwing a modern lens on Yoruba practices
November 2, 2022
World Ballet Day 2022: Live from The Royal Ballet
The Royal Ballet live streams the biggest-ever global celebration of dance with contributions from over 60 major companies worldwide.
October 31, 2022
Goldfish
From the confines of a station waiting room, Charlotte Edmonds looks to dance as a physical representation of sensory overload
October 28, 2022
Forming
Partnering with Scottish Ballet, co-directors Eve McConnachie and Chloe Rosser explore the experience of living with a neurological condition through movement.
October 18, 2022
Contrasts
Choreography duo Imre and Marne star in this short film by Marsèll, which examines the body and its writhing, disorienting, instinctive movements
October 17, 2022
CIRCLE
Films.dance is back with an analogy between the modern human being, living in mass cities, and the phenomenon of the circle of death
October 17, 2022
Dance or Die
A celebration of the determination of Syria-born dancer Ahmad Joudeh
October 10, 2022
Age Appropriate: Taken by the Hand
Five worlds collide for one unifying dance in this unapologetic account of life and its journey
September 2, 2022
Step by Step: Lauren Cuthbertson
The London Royal Ballet principal returns to dance as a new mother
August 8, 2022
Icarus's Fall
A Super 8 visual poem conceived by US-based photographer and director, Kandice Chavous
July 27, 2022
Just Dance: Unauthorized
A love letter to Fiona Apple from Evan Rachel Wood and Angela Trimbur
July 20, 2022
Just Dance: Homesick
A dynamic portrait of a break-up and the desire for connection
July 14, 2022
Nakhane: Tell Me Your Politik feat. Moonchild Sanelly & Nile Rodgers
Transgressing gender boundaries and authority with Nakhane
July 4, 2022
Just Dance: I’m Here For You
Dance through life’s turbulences with the knowledge you are never alone
June 8, 2022
Dancing About Architecture: Koki Nakano - External Cephalic Version
Marion Motin's kinetic performance on the rooftops of Ricardo Bofill’s Muralla Roja
April 28, 2022
Creativity. It's What Makes Us
A magical escapade through the V&A's iconic central London site
April 4, 2022
A Rhythmic Fever
Jumaane Taylor, a Chicago native tap dancer, performs throughout the streets of Chicago
April 1, 2022
Just Dance: As Above So Below
A dance trio blend Romani heritage with funk and soul in this celebration of creative expression
March 29, 2022
Feel
A personal project exploring how men struggle with emotional vulnerability
March 18, 2022
Melody Gardot & Philippe Powell: This Foolish Heart Could Love You
Flipping the switch on muse and artist at the Musée Rodin
March 4, 2022
Koki Nakano: Port de Bras
Get that ocean feeling with an aquatic dance performance at The Fondation Carmignac
March 2, 2022
Stellar
A fabled astronomical event is retold in this dance tribute to human discovery
February 23, 2022
My Body is a Sculpture
ANEST COLLECTIVE captures the shape of movement in its contemporary SS22 collection
January 31, 2022
Just Dance: 7Y98D
A hypnotic outdoor dance counting down the days till irreversible climate catastrophe
January 7, 2022
Dans Le Noir
Boundless flexing and bone-breaking on the shores of Montauk, New York
January 5, 2022
I Am Mer-Lin
What do we lean towards and what or who do we run away from? A Northern Ballet dance film.
December 13, 2021
Neptune's Dreams
The myth is reborn as dance...
December 6, 2021
Gathering
The desert sun urges three shards of a self together, apart, then forward.
December 6, 2021
Body Language: Guang Chang Wu
An intimate look at the New York City style of Chinese square dancing
December 3, 2021
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Inside Jacob's Pillow
10 films to get to know Jacob’s Pillow, the home of America's longest-running international dance festival
December 3, 2021
Body Language: Bill Shannon
A gravity-defying display of dance with crutches
December 1, 2021
Yingge Boys
The heroic dance that combines martial arts, opera, and Ming dynasty chivalry
November 29, 2021
Mataki
A silent siren song reawakens the Baju tribe in Nigeria and revitalizes a long-forgotten art
November 29, 2021
Exhale
Ed Munro and Harry Alexander flow and flex into their authentic selves with an empowering poem read by Ola Awosika
November 22, 2021
Trawl
A personification of extinction and the natural environment
November 22, 2021
Ep02
Berlin’s FMKF collective strip dance down to its raw components
November 15, 2021
Unison
Travel between space and time through magnetic energy
November 10, 2021
Just Dance: Leaders of a New Regime
Lorde’s climate-conscious track travels to COP26 by wind power with high-flying choreography from Corey Baker
November 8, 2021
Meet the artists by Art Basel: Bárbara Wagner and Benjamin de Burca
The artist duo spotlights the Brazilian dance that is uniting a new generation of LGBTQ+ youth
October 28, 2021
A Kiss
The anticipation of a first kiss put into choreography
October 25, 2021
Cycles
Exploring the topic of circularity through culture, dance, music, and fashion
October 18, 2021
DisInteGrated
A mind-bending meditation of movement and sound, on letting go of what was and surrendering to what is
October 15, 2021
But Where Are You From?
A film created in Cardiff docks explores the fluidity of cultural identity
October 13, 2021
The First Touch
Five windswept dancers get down and dirty with nature
October 4, 2021
Pool Without Water
Cinematographer Nikolay Zheludovich summons the spirit of Russian avant-garde cinema in an enigmatic dance movie
October 4, 2021
Just Dance: Le Groupe
French choreographer Manon Bouquet orchestrates an en masse freakout to Jamie XX’s “Gosh”
October 1, 2021
NYC Ballet Fall Fashion Gala 2021
Discover the designers and choreographers behind the new season in this inspiring featurette
October 1, 2021
NOWNESS Experiments: Magna Mater
A bioluminescent dance that honors Mother Nature and the magic of CGI art
September 29, 2021
Harmónia
Director Isaac Lock embraces freedom, movement and joy in a spirited new film debuting Nanushka's SS22 collection
September 27, 2021
Chambers
Dancing about Dutch architecture in a captivating audio described film
September 20, 2021
Box Out
A basketball court dance-off from director Joy Isabella Brown
September 15, 2021
Ārka
British model Laura Bailey bewitches in a raw and exposing dance that transcends limitations
September 1, 2021
On The Moon
Athena Vlachos captures a social circus dance group fighting the stigma of growing up in Chibolya, Zambia
September 1, 2021
Moya
Brin Schoellkopf shares a South African dance that chronicles gold mining and apartheid
August 27, 2021
Alexander Nate: Save This Dance For Me
Feel the passionate intimacy of a new relationship in a dance directed by Mom
August 10, 2021
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Dadu
Ian Robinson and Nederlands Dans Theater dancers explore abstraction through movement
August 6, 2021
The Way
Urban exploring and dance collide in the shadow of France’s abandoned Aérotrain project
August 5, 2021
Loro Piana
An underwater dance in the world’s deepest pool for the Italian luxury brand’s latest sneaker release
July 27, 2021
Mechanical Animal
A primal dance seeking liberation from an automated world
July 16, 2021
Every Step Is a Prayer
A techno-surrealist journey to the Florida Everglades to celebrate Superblue's first immersive arts space in Miami
July 12, 2021
Just Dance: Back Beat
A slick and stylish doc showcasing how Black kinship is supercharging the hip hop revolution
July 6, 2021
Jungle: Romeo feat. Bas
Directed by J Lloyd and Charlie Di Placido
July 5, 2021
Material Bodies
Reimagining prosthetic limbs at the intersection of dance and design
June 11, 2021
Holly Blakey Presents: Phantom
An esoteric carnival of color and dance
June 11, 2021
Dancing About Architecture: Still, Moving—The Modern Ruins of Athens
Take an alternative tour of these lesser-known cultural landmarks in Greece
June 7, 2021
Lyssa excerpt
A short dance film featuring The Royal Ballet and Nadine Shah, choreographed by Lynne Page
June 2, 2021
Just Dance: Tajabone
A transcendental parade of black french queer empowerment
May 28, 2021
The Shimmering Extraordinary – Mukeni
Be forever happy with dancer Mukeni Nel
May 28, 2021
The Shimmering Extraordinary: Annie
Annie Edwards is a disabled dance artist from Brighton working with hip hop and contemporary dance.
May 26, 2021
The Shimmering Extraordinary: Hayaat Zahra
How dance helped this trans woman embrace her femininity and cultural heritage
May 26, 2021
The Shimmering Extraordinary: Saul Nash
Embrace your sexuality through dance in this kinetic profile commissioned by Scottish Ballet
May 24, 2021
From Heaven is Cali
Discover Colombia’s sensational salsa caleña in an uplifting behind-the-scenes portrait
May 17, 2021
Sylvan Esso: Numb
Singer Amelia Meath makes her directorial debut in the band's latest track
May 14, 2021
Exit 12: Moved by War
A documentary on how dance can help heal PTSD directed by Mohammad Gorjestani
May 12, 2021
Yemi Alade: Dancina:
The queen of afropop returns with a bonafide dance party starter
May 12, 2021
Forget Me Not
An intimate dance tribute to Armenian culture and identity
May 3, 2021
We Came Here To Dance
Ease those pandemic blues by dancing like nobody’s watching
April 14, 2021
Toke
A dance celebration of the resilience of the human spirit
April 13, 2021
Black Midi: John L
Nina McNeely choreographs and directs an explosive new music video for the London-based band
March 11, 2021
BalletBoyz | Yes
Directed and produced by Michael Nunn and William Trevitt
March 3, 2021
Flags & Debris
Doug Aitken presents a shapeshifting dance on the nocturnal streets of LA for a new COVID-era project
February 27, 2021
Sisterhood
Honor the creative power of women in AGL’s spirited FW21 collection with original music by Låpsley
February 26, 2021
Get the Lite
A Portrait of Chrybaby Cozie, pioneer of the Harlem-founded dance form litefeet
February 19, 2021
Just Dance: Home With You
A symphony of synchronicity set to FKA twigs’ mercurial art-pop hit
February 12, 2021
Simulacra
The synesthetic memories of a Geisha are presented in a multidimensional dance
February 1, 2021
Just Dance: Be Free
A visceral woodland dance embodying the pain, frustration and anger of injustice
January 22, 2021
Suricata: Igwee
A groove-fuelled dance track from the Iberian artist's upcoming album
January 11, 2021
Dancing About Architecture: Dürer
Seven dancers transcend the standstill of 2020 through endless motion in a derelict building
December 16, 2020
Pauli The PSM: Don't Hold Your Breath ft. Tawiah (Kindness Edit)
The musical polymath releases a dreamy new alt-R&B track
December 8, 2020
Traplord Have Mercy
A poetic reflection on Black masculinity in crisis directed and choreographed by Ivan Michael Blackstock
December 4, 2020
Misunderstood
How Mikiel Bruce uses dance to navigate his autism
November 24, 2020
MOVE.unltd
Celebrate dance as the ultimate way to overcome obstacles in this film from Jägermeister
November 13, 2020
Pointe Black
A no-holds-barred portrait of a ballerina finding form in a white-privileged world
October 27, 2020
Desert Heart
Desert Heart tells the story of one man's journey to overcome the trauma of his childhood. Only by learning to love himself will he be able to find peace.
October 26, 2020
NOWNESS Experiments: Censored
Iconoclast Candela Capitán re-releases her transgressive dance piece for The 1975’s banned visualizer
October 15, 2020
Ólafur Arnalds feat. Bonobo: Loom
An aquatic dance sequence set to a elegiac new track from the Icelandic multi-instrumentalist
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