Favorite Dance Movies

Here are some of my favorite dance movies that you can enjoy with your kids:

42^nd Street (1932/33)

A Chorus Line

The Barkley’s on Broadway

Cabaret (older kids-racial issues)

Carmen by Carlos Saura (older kids-one scene with nudity)

Damn Yankees

Dirty Dancing (older kids)

Down Argentine Way

Fame (older kids-adult topics) I prefer the original version of this movie.

Flamenco by Carlos Saura

Flamenco Flamenco by Carlos Saura

Funny Face

Gold Diggers of 1935

Grease (older kids; mature issues)

Happy Feet

It’s Always Fair Weather

Kiss Me Kate

Mad Hot Ballroom

Mary Poppins

Planet B Boy

The Red Shoes

Roll Bounce (also some great roller skating scenes)

Royal Wedding

Saturday Night Fever (older kids)

Seven Brides For Seven Brothers

Sevillanas by Carlos Saura

Shall We Dance (Japanese Version)

Shall We Dance (Fred Astaire version)

Shirley Temple:

·                                        The Little Colonel

·                                        Rebecca of Sunny Brook Farm

·                                        The Littlest Rebel

·                                       Just Around the Corner

·                                        Poor Little Rich Girl

·                                        Captain January

·                                        Dimples

Singing in the Rain

Stormy Weather

Strictly Ballroom

Sweet Charity

Swing Time

That’s Black Entertainment

That’s Dancing

Top Hat

The Turning Point (older kids)

West Side Story (older kids-violence)

White Nights

Yankee Doodle Dandy