
A documentary film about dancing on the screen, from its origins after the invention of the movie camera, over the movie musical from the late 20s, 30s, 40s, 50s, and 60s, up to the break dance and music videos from the 80s.

Made in US
7.1/10
1985

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Cast

Mikhail Baryshnikov
As Self - Host

Ray Bolger
As Self - Host

Sammy Davis Jr.
As Self - Host

Gene Kelly
As Self - Host

Liza Minnelli
As Self - Host
Tommy Abbott
As 'West Side Story' dancer

Fred Astaire
As Self (archive footage)

Robert Banas
As 'West Side Story ' dancer

Jennifer Beals
As
David Bean
As 'West Side Story' dancer

Francesca Bellini
As 'West Side Story' dancer

Busby Berkeley
As Self (archive footage)
Erik Bruhn
As From 'Hans Christian Andersen' (archive footage)

James Cagney
As From 'Yankee Doodle Dandy' (archive footage)

Cyd Charisse
As
Carole D'Andrea
As 'West Side Story' dancer

Dan Dailey
As

George Chakiris
As Bernardo

Arlene Dahl
As From 'Three Little Words' (archive footage)

Leroy Daniels
As From 'The Band Wagon' (archive footage)

Gloria DeHaven
As From 'Broadway Rhythm' (archive footage)

Isadora Duncan
As

Buddy Ebsen
As From 'Born to Dance' (archive footage)

Taina Elg
As From 'Les Girls' (archive footage)

Harvey Evans
As 'West Side Story' dancer

Eliot Feld
As 'West Side Story' dancer

Bob Fosse
As

Loïe Fuller
As

Judy Garland
As

Betty Garrett
As Ruth Sherwood (archive footage)

Kathryn Grayson
As From 'Kiss Me Kate' (archive footage)

Barbara Hancock
As From 'Finian's Rainbow' (archive footage)

Carol Haney
As

Robert Helpmann
As From 'The Red Shoes' (archive footage)

Tab Hunter
As From 'Damn Yankees' (archive footage)

Michael Jackson
As

Marine Jahan
As From 'Flashdance' (archive footage)

Zizi Jeanmaire
As From 'Hans Christian Andersen' (archive footage)

Danny Kaye
As From 'White Christmas' (archive footage)

Howard Keel
As From 'Kiss Me Kate' (archive footage)

Ruby Keeler
As From '42nd Street' and 'Dames' (archive footage)

Paula Kelly
As From 'Sweet Charity' (archive footage)

Michael Kidd
As From 'It's Always Fair Weather' (archive footage)

Frances Langford
As From 'Born to Dance' (archive footage)
Charles Laskey
As From 'On Your Toes' (archive footage)

Shirley MacLaine
As

Bert Michaels
As 'West Side Story' dancer

Ann Miller
As

Una Merkel
As From 'Born to Dance' (archive footage)

Patsy Ruth Miller
As From 'So This is Paris' (archive footage)

Tony Mordente
As 'West Side Story' dancer

George Murphy
As From 'Broadway Rhythm' (archive footage)

Fayard Nicholas
As From 'Down Argentine Way' (archive footage)

Harold Nicholas
As From 'Down Argentine Way' (archive footage)

Rudolf Nureyev
As

Donald O'Connor
As
Susan Oakes
As 'West Side Story' dancer

Anna Pavlova
As
Lauren Peterson
As Ballet student with Gene Kelly

Dick Powell
As

Eleanor Powell
As

Jane Powell
As

Harve Presnell
As From 'The Unsinkable Molly Brown' (archive footage)

Juliet Prowse
As From 'Can-Can' (archive footage)

Ron Randell
As From 'Kiss Me Kate' (archive footage)

Chita Rivera
As From 'Sweet Charity' (archive footage)

Ginger Rogers
As

Alex Romero
As From 'On the Town' (archive footage)

Reiko Sato
As From 'Kismet' (archive footage)

Wini Shaw
As From 'Gold Diggers of 1935' (archive footage)

Moira Shearer
As From 'The Red Shoes' (archive footage)

Phil Silvers
As From 'Cover Girl' (archive footage)

Sid Silvers
As From 'Born to Dance' (archive footage)

Red Skelton
As From 'Bathing Beauty' (archive footage)

Tucker Smith
As 'West Side Story' dancer

Lyle Talbot
As Self

Russ Tamblyn
As

Lilyan Tashman
As From 'So This is Paris' (archive footage)

Scooter Teague
As

Shirley Temple
As

Tamara Toumanova
As From 'Tonight We Sing' (archive footage)
Gina Trikonis
As 'West Side Story' dancer

Bobby Van
As From 'Small Town Girl' and 'Kiss Me Kate' (archive footage)

Vera-Ellen
As

Gwen Verdon
As Lola (archive footage)

Esther Williams
As From 'Bathing Beauty' (archive footage)

David Winters
As 'West Side Story' dancer

Yuriko
As From 'The King and I' (archive footage)

Vera Zorina
As From 'On Your Toes' (archive footage)

Debbie Reynolds
As

Bill Robinson
As

John Travolta
As Self (archive footage)

James Stewart
As Self (archive footage)

Jennifer Beals
As Self (archive footage)

Cary Grant
As Self (archive footage)

Shirley MacLaine
As Self (archive footage)

Frank Sinatra
As Self (archive footage)

Judy Garland
As Self (archive footage)

Michael Jackson
As Self (archive footage)

Clark Gable
As Self (archive footage)

Vivien Leigh
As Self (archive footage)

Mickey Rooney
As Self (archive footage)

Lucille Ball
As Self (archive footage)

Bob Fosse
As Self (archive footage)

Jack Haley
As Self (archive footage)
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