Flashdance was inspired by the real-life story of Maureen Marder, a construction worker/welder by day and dancer by night at Gimlets, a Toronto strip club.
Like Alex Owens in the film, she aspired to enroll in a prestigious dance school..
Center Stage (2000)
“Center Stage”, as IMDb described, tells the story of 12 students at the American Ballet Academy who make great sacrifices to become stars in the world of competitive dance.
This film addresses not only the struggles of dance, but also the passion it takes to s쳮d..
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In 1984, Billy Elliot, an 11-year-old from the fictional Everington in County Durham, England, loves to dance and has hopes of becoming a professional ballet dancer..
Said to be "the athletes of God," dancers are performers who use their bodies—along with choreographed sequences of movement—as instruments of expression.
Dance training typically begins in childhood or adolescence and concentrates on improving dancers' flexibility, coordination, athleticism, rhythm, and musicality..
Save the Last Dance (2001) - IMDb..
For this list, all narrative feature films where dance is crucial to the plot are fair game, and all the titles on our list are available to rent and purchase across major digital platforms
Ready to take it from the top? Here are 32 of the best dance movies of all time
1 Footlight Parade (1933)A Dance Movie™️ features dance as a central fulcrum upon which the plot pivots; without dance, the story wouldn’t work
The movie might not even exist! In the best Dance Movies™️, tap, ballet, hip-hop, jazz, contemporary, and erotic dances are treated not as garnish to a scene but as the whole reason for butts in the theater
The dance movie has a rich cultural legacy by now, and we’re not talking about movies of musicals (for the most part)
Rather than just movies with a lot of jazz hands, the best dance movies put excellent dance moves front and center while engaging with the love, obsession, or distrust of dance
2021 Dutch film directed by Flynn Von Kleist
