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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.

1985 |1h 45m |  Documentary, Music

Videos

Cast

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Mikhail Baryshnikov

Self - Host

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Ray Bolger

Self - Host

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Sammy Davis Jr.

Self - Host

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Gene Kelly

Self - Host

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Liza Minnelli

Self - Host

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Fred Astaire

Self (archive footage)

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Jennifer Beals

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Francesca Bellini

'West Side Story' dancer

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Erik Bruhn

From 'Hans Christian Andersen' (archive footage)

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James Cagney

From 'Yankee Doodle Dandy' (archive footage)

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Cyd Charisse

cast

Dan Dailey

cast

George Chakiris

Bernardo

cast

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)

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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

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Loïe Fuller

cast

Judy Garland

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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

cast

Robert Helpmann

From 'The Red Shoes' (archive footage)

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Tab Hunter

From 'Damn Yankees' (archive footage)

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Michael Jackson

cast

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)

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Frances Langford

From 'Born to Dance' (archive footage)

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Shirley MacLaine

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Bert Michaels

'West Side Story' dancer

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Ann Miller

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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)

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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

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Donald O'Connor

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Anna Pavlova

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Dick Powell

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Eleanor Powell

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Jane Powell

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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

cast

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)

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Red Skelton

From 'Bathing Beauty' (archive footage)

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Tucker Smith

'West Side Story' dancer

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Lyle Talbot

Self

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Russ Tamblyn

cast

Lilyan Tashman

From 'So This is Paris' (archive footage)

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Shirley Temple

cast

Tamara Toumanova

From 'Tonight We Sing' (archive footage)

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Bobby Van

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

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Vera-Ellen

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Gwen Verdon

Lola (archive footage)

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Esther Williams

From 'Bathing Beauty' (archive footage)

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Vera Zorina

From 'On Your Toes' (archive footage)

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Debbie Reynolds

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Bill Robinson

More Details

Status

Released

Language

English

Budget

-

Revenue

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