Originally conceived as a collaboration between filmmaker Wim Wenders and choreographer Pina Bausch, Pina ultimately turned into a tribute to Bausch following her death in 2009. Consists primarily of performances of Bausch's works by Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch with brief interviews with Bausch and members of the dance group.

At the film's center is Mathilde Monnier, whose title as head of the Montpellier National Centre for Choreography sends her and an elite group of dancers through numerous, demanding performance pieces, each captured on sumptuous 8 and 16mm images by cinematographers Agnès Godard and Hélène Louvart. Monnier’s significant talents are a clear point of fascination and admiration for the film crew, yet her mysterious aura — that of an artist totally...

Suspended between life and death, a Mexican American mother explores uncertainty through dance. FOREIGN PUZZLE is an intimate documentary that captures the journey of an inspiring Mexican American dancer as she communicates the impermanence of life through dance while juggling the roles of a recently divorced parent of a 6-year-old, a choreographer and a primary school teacher amidst intensive treatments for breast cancer.

Known for her site-specific and cinematic choreography, Noémie Lafrance continues to push the boundaries of performance with “Noir”. Inspired by the genre’s seductive femme fatales, and scenes framed in shadow and suspense, Lafrance takes her audience to a Lower East Side parking garage, for a dance experience based on “film noir” of the 1940’s. The audience watches the performance from their cars, witnessing her choreography through...

A behind-the-scenes look at Moscow's prestigious Bolshoi Theatre as it's rocked by an acid-attack scandal in 2013.. Nominated for Best Documentary at the News & Documentary Emmy Awards.. "The film contains twin tracts of darkness and light, the sordid and the sublime, quite effectively [submerging] the viewer into a closed world." - Laura Bleiberg, The Los Angeles Times

Angélica Liddell’s dramaturgy is considered one of the most avant-garde in contemporary European theater. As Liddell starts working on her new play, director Manuel Fernández-Valdés decides to capture her rehearsal process on camera.. The hallmarks of Liddell’s autobiographical work are her social criticism, heartrending expressionism, purity, and her search for meaning through pain and subversion. The film is an insightful look into the theater...

"You have to give up your old life before you can begin a new one"is the motto of the eight member Roc Kidz Crew, one of the most authentic hip-hop formations ever, and this is their film. The dancers indeed give up their middle-class lives and material expectations of life and make their way as a multicultural break-dancing crew all over Europe, on a tour that promises neither profit nor fame. Theirs is a journey full of surprises and positive encounters:...

Bruk Out! looks deep inside the raw, energetic world of Jamaican Dancehall culture through the eyes of the powerful women at its heart – Dancehall Queens. Often criticized as lewd and aggressively sexual, these daring performers turned Jamaican street dance into a massive global phenomenon. Bruk Out! follows six of the boldest and bravest Dancehall Queens from around the world—Japan, Italy, America, Poland, Spain, and of course, Jamaica—as they...

Bad boy ballet superstar Sergei Polunin was the youngest principal male dancer in the Royal Ballet until stardom pushed him to the brink of self-destruction.

Centered around his 1995 staging of Voluntaries, one of the choreographer’s most beautiful and moving ballets, this documentary presents an eye opening peek into the creative process of dance. “I have always wanted to be free,” says Tetley in this portrait, explaining why he never had an exclusive association with one particular dance company. As a result he led an extremely varied life in dance, working with many superior talents in many places,...