An increasingly recognized subgenre, dance films draw on physical and spatial aspects inherent to dance as well as the visual and temporal abilities of film and video in order to create a new expressive medium. Ranging from popular applications in music videos to avant-garde experimental projects, dance films created for the camera are celebrated at dedicated film festivals around the world. – Sangita Shresthova
Dance sequences have been captured in film since its early days, but of course, lack of sound and the limited camera movements had an impact on how fluid and ambitious those said sequences could be.
This virtuous circle also propelled many actors into stardom; Shirley Temple, Ginger Rogers, Gene Kelly & Fred Astaire both actors who helped developped choreo-cinema, “in which the choreographer and the cinematographer joined efforts in producing this new artistic entity.” The way dance is shown in animations, musicals and with music keeps evolving; Saturday Night Fever (1977) becomes the first film using the Steadicam to capture dance sequences while Flashdance (1983) integrates a more dynamic editing, with close-ups and a fast pace closer to the MTV Generation.
Filmodara is developing a musical drama CITY OF DANCE about the struggling youth street dancers in the post-soviet Russia. “We feel that dance movements in the streets along with the story shall be filmed in a way that only drones can make it possible.” we now experiment technical issues with a crew of professionals and I believe will deliver an outstanding quality work for the audiences. “