English Movies: dancing

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Step Up 3D (2010)

AKA: Step Up 3
Genre: Drama | Music | Romance
Starring: Rick Malambri, Sharni Vinson

Plot: A tight-knit group of New York City street dancers, including Luke (Malambri) and Natalie (Vinson), team up with NYU freshman Moose (Sevani), and find themselves pitted against the world's best hip hop dancers in a high-stakes showdown that will change their lives forever.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1193631/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Step_Up_3D

StreetDance 3D (2010)

Genre: Drama
Starring: Charlotte Rampling, Nichola Burley, Jeremy Sheffield, Rachel McDowall

Plot: In order to win the Street Dance Championships, a dance crew is forced to work with ballet dancers from the Royal Dance School in exchange for rehearsal space.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1447972/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/StreetDance_3D

B-Girl (2009)

Genre: Crime | Drama | Music | Romance | Dance
Starring: Julie Urich, Wesley Jonathan, Drew Sidora and Aimee Garcia.
Plot: A story about a female breakdancer overcoming a brutal attack to claim her place in the world of underground hip-hop.

Synopsis:
Angel (Urich) is an aspiring breakdancer who is struggling to get noticed in the underground hip-hop scene. After overcoming a savage attack, she puts all her efforts into proving herself and her dancing ability in order to gain the respect she deserves.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0964179/

Kickin' It Old Skool (2007)

In 1985, 12-year old Justin Schumacher was hoping killer moves could help him dance into his dream girl's heart. So when Justin and his break dance posse--the Funky Fresh Boyz -- were challenged to a battle in the school talent show, Justin knew what he had to do. But after starting with a coffee grind, into a head spin and a freeze, Justin decided to go for a back flip that sent him flying off stage....

Genre: Comedy, Dance, Musical
Tagline: Breakdancing isn't dead. It's been in a coma.
Starring: Jamie Kennedy, Maria Menounos, Christopher McDonald, Miguel A. Nunez Jr, Bobby Lee

Plot: A young breakdancer hits his head during a talent show and slips into a coma for twenty years. Waking up in 2006, he looks to revive his and his team's career with the help of his girlfriend and his parents.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0772178/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kickin'_It_Old_Skool

Every Little Step (2009)

Every Little Step (2009)

Directors: Adam Del Deo, James D. Stern
Genre: Documentary
Runtime: 1 Hour 33 Mins
Country: USA
Language: English
Plot: Follows the plight of real-life dancers as they struggle through auditions for the Broadway revival of "A Chorus Line". Also investigates the history of the show and the creative minds behind the original and current incarnations.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0977648/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Every_Little_Step_(film)

Dance Flick (2009)

Dance Flick is a 2009 American parody film directed by Damien Dante Wayans, written by his uncles, the Wayans Brothers, and starring Shoshana Bush and Damon Wayans, Jr.. The film is a spoof of the popular dance film genre. It was set for release in North America on February 6, 2009, but was moved to August 2009, then to May 22nd 2009.

Street dancer Thomas Uncles is from the wrong side of the tracks, but his bond with the beautiful Megan White might help the duo realize their dreams as the enter in the mother of all dance battles.

Genre: Comedy
Rating: 2.9/10 (2,107 votes)

Directed by: Damien Dante WayansStarring: Damon Wayans, Shoshanna Bush, Craig Wayans, Essence Atkins

Plot

A suburban girl named Megan White (Shoshana Bush) gets into a series of misadventures when she moves to the inner-city and pursues dance. A nerdy street boy named Thomas (Damon Wayans, Jr.) is passionate about street dancing, but he is stuck working for a hungry obese gang lord (David Alan Grier) who only loves food. Megan later befriends Thomas' ghetto sister Charity (Essence Atkins) who has a baby but also poor parenting skills. Charity has her own issues dealing with her dimwitted "baby daddy" (Shawn Wayans) who also is a bad parent. Once Megan and Thomas spend more time together, they become dance partners and begin to fall in love and start dating.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dance_Flick

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1153706/

Shall We Dance (2004)

Shall We Dance (2004)

Shall We Dance? is an American motion picture released in 2004. It is a remake of the award-winning Masayuki Suo 1996 Japanese film, Shall We Dansu?. The film made its US premier at the Hawaii International Film Festival.[1] Parts of Shall We Dance were filmed in Winnipeg, Manitoba, in a dance studio located on campus at the University of Manitoba.

Genre: Comedy | Drama | Romance
Starring: Richard Gere, Jennifer Lopez, Susan Sarandon, Stanley Tucci, Lisa Ann Walter, Richard Jenkins, Bobby Cannavale, Omar Benson Miller, Mya Harrison, with Ja Rule, and Nick Cannon

Plot: A romantic comedy where a bored, overworked Estate Lawyer, upon first sight of a beautiful instructor, signs up for ballroom dancing lessons.

See: Shall We Dance? (2004 film) at Wikipedia

Center Stage - Turn It Up (2008)

Sequal to: Center Stage (2000)

How She Move (2008)

How She Move (2008)

Directed by :Ian Iqbal Rashid

Plot: Following her sister's death from drug addiction, a high school student is forced to leave her private school to return to her old, crime-filled neighborhood where she re-kindles an unlikely passion for the competitive world of step dancing.

Cast:
Tre Armstrong ... Michelle
Boyd Banks ... Mike Evans
Cl¿ª Bennett ... Garvey
Ardon Bess ... Uncle Cecil
Conrad Coates ... David Green
Keyshia Cole ... Herself
Eve Crawford ... Seaton Teacher
DeRay Davis ... Himself
Shawn Fernandez ... Trey (as Shawn Desman)
Nina Dobrev ... Tall Girl in Bathroom

See: How She Move at Wikipedia