GMU Free to Dance Documentary Dance Analysis Discussion

Please watch a dance documentary instead please and write your response paper on the documentary. 

Here is a list of approved documentaries: 

Pina (about the life and work of Pina Bausch) 

Mr. Gaga (about the life and work of Ohad Naharin of Batsheva Dance Co.)

Free to Dance: The African American Presence in Modern Dance (can be found in 3 parts on You Tube)

Every Little Step (a detailed following of the casting process for the 2006 revival of A Chorus Line)

Hamilton’s America: (PBS doc on Hamilton)

First Position (following young ballet dancers)

Mad Hot Ballroom (young dancers in Washington Heights, Manhattan)

That’s Entertainment (dance in Hollywood and film)

Dancemaker (the life and work of Paul Taylor)

He Makes Me Feel Like Dancin’ (following Jacques d’Amboise and his mission with National Dance Institute)

A Ballerina’s Tale (Misty Copeland’s rise to Principal dancer at ABT)

Restless Creature (the life and work of ballet dancer Wendy Whelan)

Afternoon of a Faun (ballet dancer and tragic life story of Tanquil Le Clerq’s)

Ballet Russes (in depth look at the famous Ballet Russes)

Ballet 422 (close up look into the life and work of ballet dancer/choreographer Justin Peck)

MOVE- Netflix documentary series on several modern and contemporary choreographers who are shaping the current landscape of dance. 

Ailey’s Revelations documentary: https://vimeo.com/channels/rppalvinailey/132654741

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Revelations – Documentary in Alvin Ailey on Vimeo