TIFF 2023: Swan Song Review
Karen Kain’s unconventional production gets an all-too-conventional documentary.
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FROM Star Chloe Van Landschoot Talks Season 2, Episode 3: “We Were All Shaken”
Van Landschoot’s experience as a nurse during the pandemic came to the forefront when shooting this week’s harrowing episode, “Tether.”
Cuties Trailer: A Free-Spirted Girl Dances to Her Own Tune
Cuties follows a defiant 11-year-old Senegalese girl who defies her family’s traditions by joining a free-spirited dance clique.
And Then We Danced Review: Sundance 2020
Gelbakhiani's fresh and appealing face and skill on the dance floor keep the romantic melodrama feeling lighter than it should, always giving you something to cling to even when other aspects of the film don't work that well.
SummerWorks 2014: Thus Spoke… Review
Thus Spoke… National Series A potent and vibrant mix of dance, movement, performance art, and monologuing, Thus Spoke… makes its English language debut in Toronto by way of its original staging in Montreal. Two men (Frédérick Gravel, Frédérick Lavallée, with Gravel also serving as the artistic director, choreographer, co-creator, and lighting designer) and two women […]
Joffrey: Mavericks of American Dance Review
Joffrey: Mavericks of American Dance is one of those boilerplate hero worship documentaries that lionizes a subject through interviews with adoring friends, fans and colleagues. It does show why Joffrey was important to the craft, and even the fleeting glimpses of archival footage of his company in action are enough to gain an appreciation for the tremendous influence he had on the art form, but it’s a little ironic and very unfortunate that the doc is so pedestrian in terms of filmmaking craft when compared to the style of dance the movie’s subject shunned throughout his career.
