Dance

Total: 65 mins 7 secs

This programme of films showcases outstanding performances from around the world which fuse breakdance, freestyle and contemporary dance pieces together with drama and documentary elements.

Many of our ‘Dance’ films also screen in the ‘Culture in Motion’ programmes within the KUDOS gallery each day. 

Friday 13th October Available for 48 hrs from 4:30pm
Wednesday 4th October 6:10pm - Light Cinema Screen 3 Saturday 7th October 5:00pm - KUDOS Cinema

Sons of the Crezent

Brendan Canty
New Zealand, 2022
10:53 mins
With his neighbourhood in South Auckland under threat from gentrification, a young man recalls his youth, his roots and his upbringing through spoken word memories and dance.

Isolation

Andrew Margetson
United Kingdom, 2023
2:40 mins
Shay Latukolan performs a solo dance constrained in a white box, expressing the theme of 'isolation'.

Dance in Circles

Yuming Zhang
United States, 2023
8:55 mins
Two women dance a duet piece together, exploring their collective traumatic experiences through their movements.

New York University

S H A D E S

Esosa Oviasu
United States, 2022
7:28 mins
The cavern of the mind can house many voices.

Symphony or cacophony. Brilliance or disorder.

The line often blurs.

The Breakers

Perry Curties
United Kingdom, 2022
4:00 mins
Following a crew of Brazilian breakdancers around their new home town of Lisbon as they hone their skills ready for the first ever Olympic breakdance qualifiers.

Tidal

Chloe Van Landschoot,
Niamh Wilson
Canada, 2022
9:45 mins
The internal life of a bedside nurse over the course of a year, a film that examines the cyclical nature of workplace trauma & the relentlessness of the profession. With the use of movement and dance, waves of deep-seated expression move through her as she tries to find home.

Retrieval Loop

Thomas Ellis
United Kingdom, 2023
2:34 mins
A retrieval courtship in suspended animation.

BOYS

Celia Willis,
Kane Husbands
United Kingdom, 2023
6:34 mins
A dance film of playfulness and pressure of being a boy of colour, trying to be a man; the bright, bold colour of youth bursting through.

Catching Spirits

Vanessa Beletic
United States, 2022
12:18 mins
When she’s challenged to face her fear and dance, Destiny makes a decision that could reveal a secret she doesn’t yet understand.