That's Dancing!

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That's Dancing!

1985

1h 45m

7.0(19 votes)

Documentary

Music

Overview

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.

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Videos & Trailers

2 videos

Cast & Crew

91 members

Acting

Mikhail Baryshnikov

Self - Host

Acting

Ray Bolger

Self - Host

Acting

Sammy Davis Jr.

Self - Host

Acting

Gene Kelly

Self - Host

Acting

Liza Minnelli

Self - Host

Crew

Tommy Abbott

'West Side Story' dancer

No Image

Acting

Fred Astaire

Self (archive footage)

Acting

Robert Banas

'West Side Story ' dancer

No Image

Acting

Jennifer Beals

Unknown Role

Acting

David Bean

'West Side Story' dancer

No Image

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Francesca Bellini

'West Side Story' dancer

Directing

Busby Berkeley

Self (archive footage)

Acting

Erik Bruhn

From 'Hans Christian Andersen' (archive footage)

Acting

James Cagney

From 'Yankee Doodle Dandy' (archive footage)

Acting

Cyd Charisse

Unknown Role

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Carole D'Andrea

'West Side Story' dancer

No Image

Acting

Dan Dailey

Unknown Role

Acting

George Chakiris

Bernardo

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Arlene Dahl

From 'Three Little Words' (archive footage)

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Leroy Daniels

From 'The Band Wagon' (archive footage)

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Gloria DeHaven

From 'Broadway Rhythm' (archive footage)

Writing

Isadora Duncan

Unknown Role

Acting

Buddy Ebsen

From 'Born to Dance' (archive footage)

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Taina Elg

From 'Les Girls' (archive footage)

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Harvey Evans

'West Side Story' dancer

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Eliot Feld

'West Side Story' dancer

Directing

Bob Fosse

Unknown Role

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Loïe Fuller

Unknown Role

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Judy Garland

Unknown Role

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Betty Garrett

Ruth Sherwood (archive footage)

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Kathryn Grayson

From 'Kiss Me Kate' (archive footage)

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Barbara Hancock

From 'Finian's Rainbow' (archive footage)

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Carol Haney

Unknown Role

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Robert Helpmann

From 'The Red Shoes' (archive footage)

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Tab Hunter

From 'Damn Yankees' (archive footage)

Acting

Michael Jackson

Unknown Role

Acting

Marine Jahan

From 'Flashdance' (archive footage)

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Zizi Jeanmaire

From 'Hans Christian Andersen' (archive footage)

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Danny Kaye

From 'White Christmas' (archive footage)

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Howard Keel

From 'Kiss Me Kate' (archive footage)

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Ruby Keeler

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

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Paula Kelly

From 'Sweet Charity' (archive footage)

Crew

Michael Kidd

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

Acting

Frances Langford

From 'Born to Dance' (archive footage)

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Charles Laskey

From 'On Your Toes' (archive footage)

No Image

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Shirley MacLaine

Unknown Role

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Bert Michaels

'West Side Story' dancer

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Ann Miller

Unknown Role

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Una Merkel

From 'Born to Dance' (archive footage)

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Patsy Ruth Miller

From 'So This is Paris' (archive footage)

Directing

Tony Mordente

'West Side Story' dancer

No Image

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George Murphy

From 'Broadway Rhythm' (archive footage)

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Fayard Nicholas

From 'Down Argentine Way' (archive footage)

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Harold Nicholas

From 'Down Argentine Way' (archive footage)

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Rudolf Nureyev

Unknown Role

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Donald O'Connor

Unknown Role

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Susan Oakes

'West Side Story' dancer

No Image

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Anna Pavlova

Unknown Role

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Lauren Peterson

Ballet student with Gene Kelly

No Image

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Dick Powell

Unknown Role

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Eleanor Powell

Unknown Role

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Jane Powell

Unknown Role

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Harve Presnell

From 'The Unsinkable Molly Brown' (archive footage)

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Juliet Prowse

From 'Can-Can' (archive footage)

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Ron Randell

From 'Kiss Me Kate' (archive footage)

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Chita Rivera

From 'Sweet Charity' (archive footage)

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Ginger Rogers

Unknown Role

Crew

Alex Romero

From 'On the Town' (archive footage)

No Image

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Reiko Sato

From 'Kismet' (archive footage)

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Wini Shaw

From 'Gold Diggers of 1935' (archive footage)

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Moira Shearer

From 'The Red Shoes' (archive footage)

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Phil Silvers

From 'Cover Girl' (archive footage)

Writing

Sid Silvers

From 'Born to Dance' (archive footage)

Acting

Red Skelton

From 'Bathing Beauty' (archive footage)

Acting

Tucker Smith

'West Side Story' dancer

Acting

Lyle Talbot

Self

Acting

Russ Tamblyn

Unknown Role

Acting

Lilyan Tashman

From 'So This is Paris' (archive footage)

Acting

Scooter Teague

Unknown Role

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Shirley Temple

Unknown Role

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Tamara Toumanova

From 'Tonight We Sing' (archive footage)

Acting

Gina Trikonis

'West Side Story' dancer

No Image

Acting

Bobby Van

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

Acting

Vera-Ellen

Unknown Role

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Gwen Verdon

Lola (archive footage)

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Esther Williams

From 'Bathing Beauty' (archive footage)

Production

David Winters

'West Side Story' dancer

Acting

Yuriko

From 'The King and I' (archive footage)

Acting

Vera Zorina

From 'On Your Toes' (archive footage)

Acting

Debbie Reynolds

Unknown Role

Acting

Bill Robinson

Unknown Role

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