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"A meia lua whooshed in the air. The strike was evaded and followed with an aú. Two young men were playing capoeira in the middle of the roda. Bimba wanted to play, too. Although it is debated when and where capoeira-an art form that blends martial arts, dance, acrobatics, music, and spirituality-originated exactly, one thing is certain: in the early 20th century, Brazil was the only country in the world where capoeira was played, and it was mainly...
3) Bhangra Baby
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Bhangra Baby learns to step, hop, twist, and jump as he moves to the rhythm of the dhol.
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Join the dance party with some of your favorite friends from PBS KIDS! Groove with Alma as she helps Eddie and Becka create a brand-new mash-up dance. Then Mr. Lion encourages Elinor and her pals to create their own dance routine, while Luna gives Leo a tango lesson, and much, much more!
5) Jam, too?
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"A jam session forms, instrument by instrument, and welcomes a child who loves dancing along"--
6) Baby be
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As they dance, wiggle, and boogie together, fathers assure their sons that they can become anything they want and that they will always have their fathers' support.
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"With their first formal school dance around the corner, Beth and Chanda are on a mission to make it the best night ever. Step one? Secure the perfect dresses so they can dominate the dance floor! But when neither of them can find an outfit that lives up to their high expectations--and when they encounter unexpected pressure to find dates--these besties will need to lean on their friendship more than ever if they hope to find their groove and bust...
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Sugar plums and snowflakes, dreams and spells – Peter Wright’s The Nutcracker is one of the world’s most enchanting productions, and The Australian Ballet shines in this charming classic. Sumptuously staged and set to Tchaikovsky’s celebrated score, this ballet is a truly magical experience for the whole family.
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One of the world's most elusive and admired choreographers, Paul Taylor was on the cutting edge of modern dance for over 60 years and helped shape the artform unti his death in 2018. Beginning in 2010 he allowed the camera to delve into his creative process. Centered on Taylor's guiding voice, audiences can see how a new dance gets hammered out to perfection, through sweat and inspiration. PAUL TAYLOR: CREATIVE DOMAIN is an inside look at a genius...
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"Leila is crushed when Dev, her boyfriend of four years, breaks up with her right before graduation. Just when she's thinking she wasted her entire high school experience on a dead-end relationship, her best friend Bree reminds her that Last Chance Dance is just around the corner. A high school tradition, the Last Chance Dance gives all the students one last opportunity to find love before they graduate. All Leila has to do is submit three unrequited...
12) The Severing
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From acclaimed filmmaker Mark Pellington (The Mothman Prophecies) comes a visceral and powerful feature-length dance film. This cathartic movement piece was created in collaboration with the brilliant choreographer Nina McNeely (Gaspar Noe’s Climax), rising Dutch cinematographer Evelin Van Rei, and editor Sergio Pinheiro. Inspired by the Wim Wenders film Pina, Pellington was interested in expressing feelings and emotions through a ‘narrative of...
13) Capturing Grace
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An award-winning documentary telling the unlikely story of what happens when New York's legendary Mark Morris Dance Group joins forces with people with Parkinson's disease to stage a unique performance. CAPTURING GRACE is a story about the power of art and the enduring strength of the human spirit. Focusing on the rediscovery of a lighter step and the sweetness of motion, this film is about a remarkable community of dancers -- some professional,...
16) Four Women
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In this experimental short by Julie Dash -- which is one of the first experimental films by a Black woman filmmaker -- dancer Linda Martina Young interprets the same-titled ballad by Nina Simone and embodies the spirits of four women: Aunt Sarah, Saffronia, Sweet Thing and Peaches. These women represent common stereotypes of Black women attempting to survive in America.
17) Coppelia
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When everyone in town falls under the spell of charismatic cosmetic surgeon Doctor Coppelius, feisty Swan must take action to save her sweetheart, Franz, before his heart is used to spark life into Coppelia - the 'perfect' robot-woman the Doctor has created.
18) Hula: a novel
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Asian American, Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander Heritage 2023
Best of 2023 - Fiction
Best of 2023: Adults
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Best of 2023 - Fiction
Best of 2023: Adults
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"Hi'i is proud to be a Naupaka, a family renowned for its contributions to hula and her hometown of Hilo, Hawaii, but there's a lot she doesn't understand. She's never met her legendary grandmother and her mother has never revealed the identity of her father. Worse, unspoken divides within her tight-knit community have started to grow, creating fractures whose origins are somehow entangled with her own family history. In hula, Hi'i sees a chance to...
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Carmen de Lavallade and Geoffrey Holder, two living legends in the world of American dance, are the subjects of this intimate and revealing documentary. Carmen achieved notoriety in the early 1950s, as a lead dancer of incomparable beauty and grace with Alvin Ailey’s American Dance Theater. Geoffrey, large in life and an elemental force on stage, found fame not only as a dancer but also as an actor, soda spokesman and theater director. He and Carmen...
20) Everybody Dance
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This extremely touching film reveals the everyday challenges of kids with different disabilities, and how ballet has changed their lives. The film explores the lives of five kids, and their incredible dance teacher, as they prepare for an emotional end of year dance recital.
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