Dance Movies

Post Fred and Ginger Dance Movies

Students taking private lessons at our Roslindale studio have free access to our growing movie library! Here is a short list of dance-related movies you may want to rent on your own for some extra infomation:

Swing

• Swing-(1995?) Lisa Stansfield; best contemporary original movie soundtrack for swing, in my opinion.
• Swing Kids (1993) - Good plot!

Ballroom:

• Strictly Ballroom (1992), directed by Baz Luhrmann
• Shall We Dance (1995) Japanese version with subtitles; my favorite dance movie ever! It actually has a plot!
• Shall We Dance (2004), starring Richard Gere, Jennifer Lopez and Susan Sarandon, directed by Peter Chelsom.
• Take the Lead (2006), starring Antonio Banderas, directed by Liz Friedlander
• Mad Hot Ballroom (2005) - A fabulous documentary about inner-city kids in NYC learning to dance. Another top pick of mine!
• Dirty Dancing- (1987) Jennifer Grey, Patrick Swayze. It's all about the romance of dance and the forbidden. My students still cite this movie as an influence!

Tango

• The Tango Lesson (1997), starring Sally Potter and Pablo Verón, directed by Sally Potter
• Tango (1998), starring Cecilia Narova and Mía Maestro, directed by Carlos Saura
• Assassination Tango (2002), starring Robert Duvall, Rubén Blades and Kathy Baker, directed by Robert Duvall
• Scent of a Woman (1992), Al Pacino as blind Colonel dances a legendary ballroom tango.
• Addams Family Values (1993), Raul Julia and Anjelica Huston dance a tango so passionate that it literally burns the floor and makes all the champagne bottles in the nightclub pop their corks.
• Happy Together (1997), directed by Wong Kar-wai ; one tango scene.
• Rent (2005) had Anthony Rapp and Tracie Thoms perform a semi-elaborate bisexual ballroom tango in the song "Tango: Maureen" to describe their emotional relations and issues over a girl they both dated.
• Frida (2002), about the life of the amazing Mexican artist Frida Kahlo (or mostly her stormy relationship with Diego Rivera, actually) is not a dance movie. But it deserves note here for the passionate tango scene between Frida (Salma Hayak) and the photographer Tina Modotti (Ashley Judd.)

   

Salsa and Latin Dance:

• Dance With Me (1998) Chayanne, Vanessa Williams; worth a look for the opening scene alone!
• Dirty Dancing; Havana Nights  (2004) This sequel has a cameo by Patrick Swayze, if you care.
  

Private Dance Lessons

Private dance instruction is the most streamlined and personalized way to learn; you can schedule dance lessons at your convenience, and you can learn about twice as quickly as in group classes. You can bring your first song if you've chosen one, and learn the specific dance that will work beautifully for your song. You may also want to learn what to do for the “parents' dances” and last dance, or for other music you'll be enjoying at the wedding.

Semi-Private Dance Lessons

Bring your family, friends or wedding party to the studio, and make learning to dance a social event! See the semi-private dance page for details and group rates.

Dance Immersion

If you want to excel on the dance floor very quickly, impress your family, friends or partner, and explore all your latent potential as a dancer and take it to the limit, our Dance Immersion is the program for you.

Group Dance Lessons

OUT to Dance offers 6-session group dance classes in swing, ballroom and Latin dancing for you to experience the joy of these incredibly popular partner dances. Discounts offered for folks taking more than one dance class. Bring your family, friends, or wedding party!

Dance Instruction at Your Special Event

Bring your guests together for lively, interactive fun! Give them the gift of a beginner's dance instruction at your special event before the wedding, or even at the reception, to bring the party to life. Call us to discuss the possibilities!