modern dance movies

Center Stage: On Pointe (2016)
6.6 / 10

Music, TV Movie, Drama

Jonathan Reeves is tasked with infusing more contemporary styles and modernism into the American Ballet Academy, and enlists his top choreographers...

Pina (2011)
7.4 / 10

Documentary

Pina is a feature-length dance film in 3D with the ensemble of the Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch, featuring the unique and inspiring art of the...

Night and Day (1946)
5.7 / 10

Drama, Music

Swellegant and elegant. Delux and delovely. Cole Porter was the most sophisticated name in 20th-century songwriting. And to play him on screen,...

Bobbi Jene (2017)
5.8 / 10

Documentary

A love story, portraying the dilemmas and inevitable consequences of ambition. It is a film about a woman's fight for independence, a woman trying to...

Merce Cunningham: A Lifetime of Dance (2001)
0 / 10

Documentary

A history of the work of Merce Cunningham.

Salomé (1969)
0 / 10

Drama

Salome was the daughter of Herod II and Herodias. According to the New Testament, the daughter of Herodias demanded and received the head of John the...

The Making of G.O.L.D. ft. the Outsiders (2014)
0 / 10

Documentary, Comedy

A mockumentary focusing on an art school frat's attempt at recording a music video for their latest party anthem with unwanted dancers and an unruly...

Appalachian Spring (1958)
4.9 / 10

Music, Documentary

A filmed version of Aaron Copland's most famous ballet, with its original star, who also choreographed.

Mari (2019)
6 / 10

Drama

Modern dance is an evocative narrative tool in Georgia Parris' debut, which investigates a young woman's identity and the complex relationship she...

Martha Graham: The Dancer Revealed (1994)
5.7 / 10

Documentary, TV Movie

Released on DVD as part of The Criterion Collection's "Martha Graham: Dance on Film" collection.

Ingmar Bergman Through the Choreographer's Eye (2016)
0 / 10

Documentary

Four of Sweden's most innovative choreographers travel to Ingmar Bergman's home on Fårö to explore and get inspired. The result is a unique...

Dance Rebels: A Story of Modern Dance (2015)
7 / 10

Documentary

The mavericks whose radical ideas created modern dance in the 20th century.

Hunger (2020)
2 / 10

Horror, Drama

A professional dancer struggles with his cravings for human flesh until his 'hambre', or hunger, becomes all encompassing. Accepting his status as an...

Eifman Ballet: The Brothers Karamazov (2016)
0 / 10

Music

The Brothers Karamazov novel is the epitome of Fyodor Dostoevsky’s creative work, the acme of the philosophic investigation carried out by this...

A Dancer's World (1957)
6 / 10

Documentary, Music

A glimpse into the world and methodology of dancer Martha Graham.

Fröken Julie (1981)
0 / 10

Drama, Romance, Music

Birgit Cullberg's 1950 dance adaptation of Miss Julie was the breakthrough for modern dance in Sweden. 30 years later one of her sons plays the role...

We are a conversation (1969)
9 / 10

Documentary

We are a conversation is a 2014 documentary directed by Alexis karpouzos and Spyros rasidakis and written by Alexis karpouzos exploring the unity...

Making Dances: Seven Post-Modern Choreographers (1980)
0 / 10

Documentary

Made in 1980, this film explores the contemporary dance scene through the work of seven New York-based choreographers. They discuss the nature of...

Moving Together (2023)
0 / 10

Documentary

Moving Together is a celebratory love letter to music and dance that brims with kinetic life and energy. This documentary explores the intricate...

Alvin Ailey: Memories and Visions (1974)
0 / 10

Presents selections from the major works of choreographer Alvin Ailey as performed by his City Center Dance Theater to background music ranging from...