Dance Film Festival

Latest reviews

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  Thursdays Fictions

  Review preview for Thursdays Fictions

  Conceptually and cinematically, it is no less than a work of genius.

  In a world where everyone lives for only one day each, Thursday tries to break the rules.
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  Routes

  Review preview for Routes

  Editing and cinematography are excellent, occasionally innovative.

  An exploration of the folk music of the American Deep South.
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  In Cuba They're Still Dancing

  Review preview for In Cuba They're Still Dancing

  The film elicits a visceral sense of the roots of rumba.

  A Glaswegian woman visits Havana and discovers shared creative and political passions.
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  Ceolchuairt: Nua Eabhrac (Hoofin' Irish Style)

  Review preview for Ceolchuairt: Nua Eabhrac (Hoofin' Irish Style)

  Seosamh Ó Neachtain's enquiries, both verbally and with his dancing feet, are intelligent and illuminating.

  Exploring the connection between traditional Irish dancing and New York-style tap.
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  Tuesday

  Review preview for Tuesday

  Something of an oddity.

  A man dances for video cameras.
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  Swimming Pretty

  Review preview for Swimming Pretty

  See it if you get the chance.

  Synchronised swimming Busby Berkeley style.
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  Blind Passion - Raw Cut

  Review preview for Blind Passion - Raw Cut

  They don’t seem to have quite decided whether the dance is to be eroticised or, as it would appear, not.

  Naked dancers perform a tango-inflected routine.
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  Bohemios

  Review preview for Bohemios

  Bohemios has conceptual depth and effortless, exquisite execution.

  Youth, age and exhaustion examined through tango.
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  Helioscope

  Review preview for Helioscope

  This is a beautifully composed work. Beautifully danced. Beautifully photographed.

  Join a dancer on her journey.
• Pictures On Wax

  Review preview for Pictures On Wax

  The dancers have a grasp that is no longer than their reach, so whatever gets onto camera is done well.

  Music video showcasing dance.

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Features

• Making Flashdance look flashy
  We take a look at choreography on screen.
• Care to Tango?
  As the Dance:Film festival continues, we take a passionate look at tango at the movies, from Valentino to Schwarzenegger.
• Bringing dance film to book
  Tap into knowledge with our suggested reading list.
• Tap into some movie dancing moves
  We take a look at some of the events running at the Dance:Film Festival.
• Tracing the timeline of dance in film
  We take a waltz through some movie milestones.
• 10 of the best
  We celebrate the films of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers.
• Let's dance
  We look back at the partnership of dance and film and forward to the Dance:Film Festival