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DVDs and Videos: DVDs - Modern dance



Cover image'yippeee!!!' The Cholmondeleys, The Featherstonehaughs, Yum Yum Band.

Author: Anderson, Lea

Published: 2007

Recorded live at the Hackney Empire in June 2007, Lea Anderson's latest work, featuring the all-female Cholmondeleys... [full description]

DVD [5271-DV] £ 21.99 Add to order


Cover imageAlston in Overdrive.

Published: 2005

An in-depth analysis of Richard Alston's multi-layered work Overdrive, first performed by the Richard Alston... [full description]

DVD [4580-DV] £ 24.99 Add to order


Cover imageThe American Invasion 1962 - 72.

Published: 2005

In the post World War II period, before the early 1960s, professional dance in Britain was dominated by classical... [full description]

DVD [4593-DV] £ 19.99 Add to order


Cover imageBamboo Dream. Cloud Gate Dance Theatre of Taiwan.

Published: 2003

In Bamboo DreamsThe choreographer, Lin Hwai-min, produces an extraordinary blend of traditional Asian dance... [full description]

DVD [0325-DV] £ 24.99 Add to order


Cover imageBeach Birds for Camera, Changing Steps, Deli Commedia. Merce Cunningham Dance Company.

Published: 2003

Three pieces specially made for the camera. Beach Birds for Camera is a wide-screen film adaptation of one of... [full description]

DVD [2242-DV] £ 27.99 Add to order


Cover imageBehind the Curtain, Being a Professional Dancer.

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A series of interviews with dancers, both classical and modern, who have come to New York to fulfil their dreams of... [full description]

DVD [5260-DV] £ 17.99 Add to order


Cover imageBill T Jones - Dancing to the Promised Land.

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Built around rehearsal and performance sections of his epic masterpiece Last Supper at Uncle Tom's Cabin/The... [full description]

DVD [3246-DV] £ 21.99 Add to order


Cover imageClash. Ludus Dance Company.

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A clash of personality, a clash of culture, a point of collision, a conflict. Conflict exists at all levels of human... [full description]

DVD [4617-DV] £ 21.99 Add to order


Cover imageCorteo. Cirque du Soleil.

Published: 2006

Presented by Cirque du Soleil, the Canadian performance company who combine dance, acting, mime, acrobatics, and music,... [full description]

DVD [4911-DV] £ 19.99 Add to order


Cover imageCursive II. Cloud Gate Theatre of Taiwan.

Published: 2006

Inspired by the aesthetics of Chinese calligraphy, Cursive II leads the dancers into dialogue with calligraphic... [full description]

DVD [4695-DV] £ 24.99 Add to order


Cover imageDance Theatre of Harlem. Fall River Legend, Troy Game, The Beloved, John Henry.

Published: 2001

Choreography by Agnes de Mille, Robert North, Lester Horton, and Arthur Mitchell respectively. [Coded for regions 2 and... [full description]

DVD [3766-DV] £ 24.99 Add to order


Cover imageDV8 Physical Theatre - Dead Dreams of Monochrome Men, Strange Fish, Enter Achilles.

Published: 2007

Based on the grisly world of the notorious serial killer Dennis Nilsen, Dead Dreams of Monochrome Men is founded... [full description]

DVD [4948-DV] £ 24.99 Add to order


Cover imageFase, a film by Thierry De Mey, based on the choreography by Anne Teresa de Keersmaeker.

Published: 2002

Fase:Four movements to the music of Steve Reich by Anne Teresa de Keersmaeker dates back to 1982 and was her... [full description]

DVD [0285-DV] £ 27.99 Add to order


Cover imageFlag 2007. The Cholmondeleys, The Featherstonehaughs, The Colquhouns, The Marjoribanks.

Published: 2008

In June 2007, to mark the reopening of the Royal Festival Hall in London, The Cholmondeleys, Featherstonehaughs,... [full description]

DVD [5316-DV] £ 23.99 Add to order


Cover imageFlesh & Blood; Double Take. The Cholmondeleys; The Featherstonehaughs.

Author: Anderson, Lea

Published: 2005

A double bill of two British modern dance classics. To celebrate twenty years of choreography, 1984 - 2004, Lea... [full description]

DVD [4600-DV] £ 23.99 Add to order


Cover imageGrupo Corpo, Brazilian Dance Theater.

Published: 2003

The innovative Brazilian dance company, combining the sensuality of Afro-Brazilian dance forms and the technical... [full description]

DVD [0459-DV] £ 24.99 Add to order


Cover imageHoppla! Anne Teresa de Keersmaeker.

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Two pieces to live performances of music by Bartók, performed in the reading room of the University of Ghent.... [full description]

DVD [5333-DV] £ 27.99 Add to order


Cover imageJose Limon - Three Modern Dance Classics (The Moor's Pavane, The Traitor, The Emperor Jones). Jose Limon Dance Company.

Author: Limon, Jose

Published: 2002

Limon was a Mexican-American choreographer who continues to be regarded as one of the modern dance world's seminal... [full description]

DVD [3890-DV] £ 22.99 Add to order


Cover imageKontakthof, with Ladies and Gentlemen over '65', Pina Bausch Tanztheater Wuppertal.

Author: Bausch, Pina

Published: 2007

When Pina Bausch revived her seminal 1978 dance piece in 2000 she opted to use a cast of seniors, previously untrained... [full description]

DVD [5241-DV] £ 29.99 Add to order


Cover imageLaban Dance Works: Re-Creations from his Chamber Dance Repertoire 1923 - 1928.

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A short documentary showing the reconstruction and performance of excerpts from some of Rudolf Laban's early dance... [full description]

DVD [4311-DV] £ 19.99 Add to order


Cover imageMidnight Sun. Cirque du Soleil.

Published: 2005

A spectacular live performance, filmed at the Festival International de Jazz de Montréal in 2004 to celebrate... [full description]

DVD [4610-DV] £ 19.99 Add to order


Cover imageMoon Water. Cloud Gate Dance Theatre of Taiwan.

Published: 2003

'Energy flows as water, while the spirit shines as the moon.' Choreographed by Cloud Gate's founder director, Lin... [full description]

DVD [2263-DV] £ 24.99 Add to order


Cover imageNaked. The Ballet Boyz - George Piper Dances.

Published: 2006

Michael Nunn and William Trevitt's creation, Naked, a blend of film and contemporary dance, is a modern tale of... [full description]

DVD [4630-DV] £ 14.99 Add to order


Cover imageThe Parsons Dance Company.

Published: 2002

7 dances by David Parsons, performed by his own company. The dances are: Fine Dining, Brothers, Reflections of Four,... [full description]

DVD [1431-DV] £ 24.99 Add to order


Cover imagePerfecting Eugene. Ludus Dance Company.

Published: 2006

In the mysterious, unfamiliar world of advancing science, the search for perfection continues. Mr and Mrs Baghead are... [full description]

DVD [4616-DV] £ 21.99 Add to order


Cover imagePulcinella (Richard Alston); Soldat (Ashley Page). Rambert Dance Company.

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The original version of Pulcinella was choreographed by Massine with designs by Picasso. Like the original,... [full description]

DVD [4667-DV] £ 15.99 Add to order


Cover imageQuidam. Cirque du Soleil.

Published: 2000

A breathtaking combination of acrobatics, mime, dance, and music make up this circus show about personal anonymity and... [full description]

DVD [2532-DV] £ 19.99 Add to order


Cover imageRosas Shorts - three short films based on the work of Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker.

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Three short works, each of which succeeds in conveying the power of De Keersmaeker's work, not simply by recording... [full description]

DVD [5199-DV] £ 27.99 Add to order


Cover imageSold. Ludus Dance Company.

Published: 2006

From fashion to sport to home furnishings, many of the everyday items we covet have been made by child labour. This is... [full description]

DVD [4618-DV] £ 21.99 Add to order


Cover imageSolstrom. Cirque du Soleil. [5 DVD set.]

Published: 2005

The complete TV series of 13 episodes featuring the Canadian performance company who breathtakingly combine dance,... [full description]

DVD [4609-DV] £ 24.99 Add to order


Songs of the Wanderers. Cloud Gate Theatre of Taiwan.

Published: 2001

A dance piece inspired by the numerous religious practices which can be found on the vast Asian continent, especially... [full description]

DVD [0925-DV] £ 24.99 Add to order


Cover imageSwan Lake. Adventures in Motion Pictures.

Published: 1999

The famous 'all male' version, with choreography by Matthew Bourne. [Coded for PAL, all regions except Canada and USA.]

DVD [2725-DV] £ 19.99 Add to order


Cover imageA Tribute to Alvin Ailey. For Bird with Love, Witness, Memoria, Episodes. The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre.

Published: 2001

The first three pieces are choreographed by Ailey himself, the last by Ulysses Dove. [Coded for regions 2 and 5: the UK... [full description]

DVD [1994-DV] £ 24.99 Add to order


Cover imageWild Child. Ludus Dance Company.

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'Before dawn on January 9th 1800, a remarkable creature came out of the woods near a village in southern France. Animal... [full description]

DVD [4620-DV] £ 21.99 Add to order


Cover imageZygote. Ludus Dance.

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An exploration of teenage partnering and pregnancy, Zygote charts the rocky road of growing up in a frantic... [full description]

DVD [4621-DV] £ 21.99 Add to order



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