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.
Cast
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Self - Host
Ray Bolger
Self - Host
Sammy Davis Jr.
Self - Host
Gene Kelly
Self - Host
Liza Minnelli
Self - Host
Tommy Abbott
'West Side Story' dancer
Fred Astaire
Self (archive footage)
Robert Banas
'West Side Story ' dancer
Jennifer Beals
Unknown, Self (archive footage)
David Bean
'West Side Story' dancer
Francesca Bellini
'West Side Story' dancer
Busby Berkeley
Self (archive footage)
Erik Bruhn
From 'Hans Christian Andersen' (archive footage)
James Cagney
From 'Yankee Doodle Dandy' (archive footage)
Cyd Charisse
Unknown
Carole D'Andrea
'West Side Story' dancer
Dan Dailey
Unknown
George Chakiris
Bernardo
Arlene Dahl
From 'Three Little Words' (archive footage)
Leroy Daniels
From 'The Band Wagon' (archive footage)
Gloria DeHaven
From 'Broadway Rhythm' (archive footage)
Isadora Duncan
Unknown
Buddy Ebsen
From 'Born to Dance' (archive footage)
Taina Elg
From 'Les Girls' (archive footage)
Harvey Evans
'West Side Story' dancer
Eliot Feld
'West Side Story' dancer
Bob Fosse
Unknown, Self (archive footage)
Loïe Fuller
Unknown
Judy Garland
Unknown, Self (archive footage)
Betty Garrett
Ruth Sherwood (archive footage)
Kathryn Grayson
From 'Kiss Me Kate' (archive footage)
Barbara Hancock
From 'Finian's Rainbow' (archive footage)
Carol Haney
Unknown
Robert Helpmann
From 'The Red Shoes' (archive footage)
Tab Hunter
From 'Damn Yankees' (archive footage)
Michael Jackson
Unknown, Self (archive footage)
Marine Jahan
From 'Flashdance' (archive footage)
Zizi Jeanmaire
From 'Hans Christian Andersen' (archive footage)
Danny Kaye
From 'White Christmas' (archive footage)
Howard Keel
From 'Kiss Me Kate' (archive footage)
Ruby Keeler
From '42nd Street' and 'Dames' (archive footage)
Paula Kelly
From 'Sweet Charity' (archive footage)
Michael Kidd
From 'It's Always Fair Weather' (archive footage)
Frances Langford
From 'Born to Dance' (archive footage)
Charles Laskey
From 'On Your Toes' (archive footage)
Shirley MacLaine
Unknown, Self (archive footage)
Bert Michaels
'West Side Story' dancer
Ann Miller
Unknown
Una Merkel
From 'Born to Dance' (archive footage)
Patsy Ruth Miller
From 'So This is Paris' (archive footage)
Tony Mordente
'West Side Story' dancer
George Murphy
From 'Broadway Rhythm' (archive footage)
Fayard Nicholas
From 'Down Argentine Way' (archive footage)
Harold Nicholas
From 'Down Argentine Way' (archive footage)
Rudolf Nureyev
Unknown
Donald O'Connor
Unknown
Susan Oakes
'West Side Story' dancer
Anna Pavlova
Unknown
Lauren Peterson
Ballet student with Gene Kelly
Dick Powell
Unknown
Eleanor Powell
Unknown
Jane Powell
Unknown
Harve Presnell
From 'The Unsinkable Molly Brown' (archive footage)
Juliet Prowse
From 'Can-Can' (archive footage)
Ron Randell
From 'Kiss Me Kate' (archive footage)
Chita Rivera
From 'Sweet Charity' (archive footage)
Ginger Rogers
Unknown
Alex Romero
From 'On the Town' (archive footage)
Reiko Sato
From 'Kismet' (archive footage)
Wini Shaw
From 'Gold Diggers of 1935' (archive footage)
Moira Shearer
From 'The Red Shoes' (archive footage)
Phil Silvers
From 'Cover Girl' (archive footage)
Sid Silvers
From 'Born to Dance' (archive footage)
Red Skelton
From 'Bathing Beauty' (archive footage)
Tucker Smith
'West Side Story' dancer
Lyle Talbot
Self
Russ Tamblyn
Unknown
Lilyan Tashman
From 'So This is Paris' (archive footage)
Scooter Teague
Unknown
Shirley Temple
Unknown
Tamara Toumanova
From 'Tonight We Sing' (archive footage)
Gina Trikonis
'West Side Story' dancer
Bobby Van
From 'Small Town Girl' and 'Kiss Me Kate' (archive footage)
Vera-Ellen
Unknown
Gwen Verdon
Lola (archive footage)
Esther Williams
From 'Bathing Beauty' (archive footage)
David Winters
'West Side Story' dancer
Yuriko
From 'The King and I' (archive footage)
Vera Zorina
From 'On Your Toes' (archive footage)
Debbie Reynolds
Unknown
Bill Robinson
Unknown
John Travolta
Self (archive footage)
James Stewart
Self (archive footage)
Cary Grant
Self (archive footage)
Frank Sinatra
Self (archive footage)
Clark Gable
Self (archive footage)
Vivien Leigh
Self (archive footage)
Mickey Rooney
Self (archive footage)
Lucille Ball
Self (archive footage)
Jack Haley
Self (archive footage)
