Film Categories: dance

  • Dust

    “Dust” is an interpretation of choreographic work of Julia Sasso. The film portrays the intimate physical relationship of two dancers. The interpretive shooting style of the film unveils the emotional drama between the subjects.

  • Coyote beautiful

    The most beautiful & dangerous woman in European cinema in a dance performance of epic proportions.

  • Tango Para Dos

    A sexy Latino aerobics instructor meets his match when one of his students struts her fabulous stuff, resulting in a battle for the attention of a handsome Hunk who watches their dance-off while lifting weights.

  • Cinema and Visual Pleasure

    The film is constructed upon a short loop, extracted from an old 8mm burlesque film depicting a belly dancer moving against a black background. Her dance consists of little more than a series of languid, circular gestures. Her hips, elbows, wrists and stomach perpetuate endless circles each within their own orbits of motion. The image is black and white, scratched and grainy, and further complicated by the orange bubbles of nitrate decay that speckle the emulsion’s surface. The loop is expanded across the film’s duration through repetition and multiple superimpositions. The film is an exercise in the plastic properties of…

  • Elegy

    “Elegy” is a dance WITH film rather than ON film. The cinematic and choreographic elements work together to evoke a poem of lament or mourning- a poem that explores the inextricable link between life and death.

  • hollow

    A film about the aftermath of loss. One person’s journey through grief and acceptance. Rage, mystery, and peace – all on the waterfront. “Intention and resolution soon become one in this contemplative black-and-white study which is as still and surreal as a painting by Magritte.” – Kathleen Smith, Director, Moving Pictures Festival

  • All the Right Moves

    Fagz vs. straights. Who are really the better dancers?

  • Ginger Beer

    Paul wants to escape the pressures of teaching his homophobic students by entering the fantasy world of ballroom dancing. After a disastrous experience at a straight dancing school, Paul’s life takes a definite turn for the better when he discovers Linda, the glamorous lesbian dance teacher. But who will he be dancing with at the college Xmas party? “Strictly adorable.” – Shane Smith, Inside Out Toronto Lesbian & Gay Film & Video Festival “Absolutely wonderful.” – Jennifer Stark, Palm Springs International Short Film Festival

  • John Porter Sampler

    John Porter uses film as visual art, much like painting or sculpture,. Most of his 300 films are silent, very short and made in series, such aas landscapes, cityscapes, popular rituals, crowd documentaries, local histories, toy stories and “Camera Dances” in which he performs for the camera. Unlike most filmmakers, John shows his original films (no copies) and incorporates performance into the exhibition by miming in front of the screen, moving a hand-held projector around the room, and talking with the audience during the his films. He has been invited to many university film production classes to demonstrate a different…

  • Sink or Swim

    Finally, straight out of the archives, this rare historical footage has been recovered from the National Synchronized Swimming vault. Ballet arms, jazz hands and strangely perfect routines make up the performances of six talented women, the “Sassy Synchronized Swimmers.” This team virtually walks on water during the Golden Cap Championship in the Banff National Park.