That's Dancing!

A documentary film about dancing on the screen, from it's orgins 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 the music videos from the 80s.

Documentary Music

Mikhail Baryshnikov

Ray Bolger

Sammy Davis Jr.

Gene Kelly

Liza Minnelli

Tommy Abbott

('West Side Story' dancer)

Fred Astaire

(Self (archive footage))

Robert Banas

('West Side Story ' dancer)

Jennifer Beals

David Bean

('West Side Story' dancer)

Francesca Bellini

('West Side Story' dancer)

Busby Berkeley

(Self (archive footage))

Erik Bruhn

(From 'Hans Christian Andersen' (archive footage))

James Cagney

(From 'Yankee Doodle Dandy' (archive footage))

Cyd Charisse

Carole D'Andrea

('West Side Story' dancer)

Dan Dailey

George Chakiris

Arlene Dahl

(From 'Three Little Words' (archive footage))

Leroy Daniels

(From 'The Band Wagon' (archive footage))

Gloria DeHaven

(From 'Broadway Rhythm' (archive footage))

Isadora Duncan

Buddy Ebsen

(From 'Born to Dance' (archive footage))

Taina Elg

(From 'Les Girls' (archive footage))

Harvey Evans

('West Side Story' dancer)

Eliot Feld

('West Side Story' dancer)

Bob Fosse

Loïe Fuller

Judy Garland

Betty Garrett

(Ruth Sherwood (archive footage))

Kathryn Grayson

(From 'Kiss Me Kate' (archive footage))

Barbara Hancock

(From 'Finian's Rainbow' (archive footage))

Carol Haney

Robert Helpmann

(From 'The Red Shoes' (archive footage))

Tab Hunter

(From 'Damn Yankees' (archive footage))

Michael Jackson

Marine Jahan

(From 'Flashdance' (archive footage))

Zizi Jeanmaire

(From 'Hans Christian Andersen' (archive footage))

Danny Kaye

(From 'White Christmas' (archive footage))

Howard Keel

(From 'Kiss Me Kate' (archive footage))

Ruby Keeler

(From '42nd Street' and 'Dames' (archive footage))

Paula Kelly

(From 'Sweet Charity' (archive footage))

Michael Kidd

(From 'It's Always Fair Weather' (archive footage))

Frances Langford

(From 'Born to Dance' (archive footage))

Charles Laskey

(From 'On Your Toes' (archive footage))

Shirley MacLaine

Bert Michaels

('West Side Story' dancer)

Ann Miller

Una Merkel

(From 'Born to Dance' (archive footage))

Patsy Ruth Miller

(From 'So This is Paris' (archive footage))

Tony Mordente

('West Side Story' dancer)

George Murphy

(From 'Broadway Rhythm' (archive footage))

Fayard Nicholas

(From 'Down Argentine Way' (archive footage))

Harold Nicholas

(From 'Down Argentine Way' (archive footage))

Rudolf Nureyev

Donald O'Connor

Susan Oakes

('West Side Story' dancer)

Anna Pavlova

Lauren Peterson

(Ballet student with Gene Kelly)

Dick Powell

Eleanor Powell

Jane Powell

Harve Presnell

(From 'The Unsinkable Molly Brown' (archive footage))

Juliet Prowse

(From 'Can-Can' (archive footage))

Ron Randell

(From 'Kiss Me Kate' (archive footage))

Chita Rivera

(From 'Sweet Charity' (archive footage))

Ginger Rogers

Alex Romero

(From 'On the Town' (archive footage))

Reiko Sato

(From 'Kismet' (archive footage))

Wini Shaw

(From 'Gold Diggers of 1935' (archive footage))

Moira Shearer

(From 'The Red Shoes' (archive footage))

Phil Silvers

(From 'Cover Girl' (archive footage))

Sid Silvers

(From 'Born to Dance' (archive footage))

Red Skelton

(From 'Bathing Beauty' (archive footage))

Tucker Smith

('West Side Story' dancer)

Lyle Talbot

Russ Tamblyn

Lilyan Tashman

(From 'So This is Paris' (archive footage))

Scooter Teague

Shirley Temple

Tamara Toumanova

(From 'Tonight We Sing' (archive footage))

Gina Trikonis

('West Side Story' dancer)

Bobby Van

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

Vera-Ellen

Gwen Verdon

(Lola (archive footage))

Esther Williams

(From 'Bathing Beauty' (archive footage))

David Winters

('West Side Story' dancer)

Yuriko

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

Vera Zorina

(From 'On Your Toes' (archive footage))

Debbie Reynolds

Bill Robinson