Movies and TvShows featuring "dancers" theme.
Ali, a small-town girl from Iowa, moves to Los Angeles in the hopes of pursuing her dreams. She stumbles upon a struggling burlesque nightclub and decides to become a dancer there. She faces financial troubles and rivalries but perseveres with her passion for music and dance.
In this comedy set in the 1960s, a musical troupe finds themselves on a yacht in the French Riviera. The group faces various challenges including misunderstandings, a police chase, and a discipline-focused choreographer. Along the way, they discover the importance of teamwork, discipline, and the power of music. The story also explores the teacher-student relationship between a ballet dancer and a single mother. With catchy pop music and lively dance numbers, 'The One Man Band' is a feel-good movie that will leave you humming and tapping your feet.
Follow the lives of popular dancers at the World Famous Playground Dance Studio, in Los Angeles.
The last fight put up by remaining forces and a special volunteer nursing corps in 1944-5.
Jamboree adheres to the usual formula of late-1950s rock & roll films: A plethora of musical numbers linked together by the wispiest of plotlines. Kay Medford heads the cast as manipulative showbiz agent Grace Shaw. Hoping to land pop singer Pete Porter, Grace connives to break up Pete's romance with female vocalist Honey Wynn. But who cares? The audience came to see such musical faves as Fats Domino, Count Basie, Jerry Lee Lewis, Jodie Sands, Ron Coby, Slim Whitman, Carl Perkins, Frankie Avalon, Charlie Gracie and the Four Coins. As a promotional tie-in, Jamboree also features appearances by 21 of North America's top rock-and-roll deejays.
The lives of two local professional dancers change suddenly as American soldiers stop in their town hoping to be entertained in accordance with the Broadway style. Effectively, they perform up to their expectations. However, as the army men have to march northward, their moment of glory finishes heartlessly.
When an earthquake strikes Bucharest, a group of eclectic characters find themselves in a chaotic tangle of relationships, singing, and dancing in an apartment building.
Lust in the Dust is a campy comedy western that follows a group of eccentric characters on a quest for buried treasure. As they navigate saloons, shootouts, and Mexican standoffs, they encounter unexpected twists and hilarious situations. This film explores themes of family, love, and desire, all wrapped up in a wild and entertaining adventure.
1942 Soundies musical short starring The King's Men
The owner of a shoe polish company sponsors a radio show that showcases black performers. Since his wife's father put up the money to be the sponsor, she insists on singing on the show. She goes on after the main star, singer Nina Mae McKinney. The wife sings so badly that the sponsor's customers abandon him. He is forced to shine shoes on street corners, while Nina Mae and her boyfriend win a bet on a daily number and end up on easy street.
Hotel with a dozen stories unfolding simultaneously: man with brain tumor, child with leukemia, drug-traffic magnate and his paid escort, rich widow and her paid escort, lesbian seduction scenario, etc etc...
Stories about young Ukrainian dancers and their hasty flight to the Netherlands. You see their new life as refugees. The former conservatory in The Hague is a shelter for them where they collect their lives and find refuge in their profession: dance. The formation of a new ballet company, The United Ukrainian Ballet, is an important foothold in winning back their lives. They find comfort in each other and close friendships develop. In addition, there is the great love for ballet, for the dancers the best way to express themselves.
Two young strangers meet in Naples and begin to flirt and dance in the street.
In 'Loose Ankles,' a man disguises himself as a woman, leading to scandalous behavior, a romantic rival, and a damaged reputation. The film is a hilarious madcap comedy set during the prohibition era.
A synthesis of sound and movement; colourful characters dance and move in repetitive patterns to percussive and melodic elements. A combination of motion and music that is hypnotic and beautiful. At first it feels structured and orderly but as more elements are added becomes quixotically expressive.
Bill Moyers and filmmaker David Grubin give viewers a rare glimpse into dancer/choreographer Bill T. Jones’s highly acclaimed dance Still/Here. At workshops around the country, people facing life-threatening illnesses are asked to remember the highs and lows of their lives, and even imagine their own deaths. They then transform their feelings into expressive movement, which Jones incorporates into the dance performed later in the program. For this documentary, Jones demonstrates the movements of his own life story: his first encounter with white people, confusion over his sexuality, his partner Arnie Zane’s untimely death from AIDS, and Jones’s own HIV-positive status.
Elton John: Visions is a fantasy music biography that explores the life and career of Elton John in 1982, showcasing his performances, music videos, and dance-rock style. It captures the essence of his glam-rock era and popular music of that time.
Donald Hardwick (Dick Powell) is a stuffed-shirt, classical music professor. His family and small-town music college that he works are of equal mindset. When Don visits his black-sheep aunt in New York in order to find a buyer for his Rhapsody he is exposed to her shocking swing music crowd. His life begins to make dramatic changes after drinking a "lemonade" that turns out to be a Hurricane.
Chicago After Midnight (1928)