Before there were languages, music and dance were two essential languages for humans to express themselves and express their feelings. There was a dance for love, a dance for war, a dance for harvest, a dance for hunting, etc..
Dancing is music that flows through the muscles of the body with inspiration and energy. Find here the best dancing movie on Netflix and just go with it.
Dancing on Glass – 2022
A new Spanish dancing movie on Netflix you can watch now. The movie is directed by Jota Linares and starring María Pedraza, Paula Losada and Ana Wagener.
Movie plot
The movie is about Irene and Aurora the ballerina friends trying to keep themselves calm after one of them got a main role in her job. They went together to stay in an isolated place to avoid people’s opinions and media expectations, which become very stressful for them.
Irene and Aurora come from two different families. One of them cares so much about ballet and encourages their daughter to be a great dancer, and the other family thinks it is not so important and just a way to waste time.
Movie Time: 2 hours and 17 minutes.
Movie type: Drama and thriller.
Feel the Beat – 2020
A comedy movie on Netflix directed by Elissa Down, and starring Sofia Carson, Pamela MacDonald, and Sonia Laplante.
Movie Plot
The story is about a young woman called April, her dream is becoming a famous dancer. She tries her best to make her dream come true by finding an opportunity in Broadway, but she failed, so she went back to her hometown and became a dancing coach for a local misfit group to win an important competition. The movie is full of comedy scenes and you will enjoy watching it.
Movie Time: 1 hour and 49 minutes.
Movie type: Drama, comedy and family.
Step Sisters – 2018
Another comedy and dancing movie on Netflix created and directed by Charles Stone III, and starring Megalyn Echikunwoke, Eden Sher, and Lyndon Smith.
Movie Plot
The main character in this movie is Jamilah , who is a successful dancer and the leader of her crew. Jamilah wants to join Harvard Law School and achieve her goals in life, But her school ordered her to train a group of rhythmically-challenged white girls on how to follow the rhythm and become good enough to win the most competitive dance competitions. It was not an easy mission because it may cause her to lose her dream to study law, and because of the culture clashes between her and the team.
Movie Time: 1 hour and 48 minutes.
Movie type: Comedy.
Work It – 2020
Another Netflix movie about dancing directed by Laura Terruso and starring Keiynan Lonsdale, Liza Koshy and Briana Andrade-Gomes.
Movie Plot
The main character in the movie is Quinn Ackerman, who is a high school student and a member of the Thunderbirds dance team. The team is the champion of a well-known dancing competition called “Work it”. However, she got fired from the team after she spilled coffee on the control panel and spoiled a live performance.
Quinn felt horrible because of the incident was about to destroy her dream of joining Duke university. To make matters worse, she made people believe that she was a dancer in the Thunderbirds team instead of telling the truth, which is that she was only helping them with lighting. She trained so hard for that but she was not good enough to join the dancers.
After getting fired, she decided to start her own dance team and compete in the “Work it” competition, along with her best friend Jasmine Hale.
Movie Time: 1 hour and 33 minutes.
Movie type: Comedy and music.
Dance Dreams: Hot Chocolate Nutcracker – 2020
A documentary and a dancing movie on Netflix directed by Oliver Bokelberg, and starring Debbie Allen, Tichina Arnold and Ryan Phuong.
Movie plot
A documentary shot at the Debbie Allen Dance Academy, the winner of many prizes from The Nutcracker. The movie takes us behind the scenes and shows us the training of the dancers, and how the teachers blend many dancing styles together to get a unique style of their own.
Movie Time: 1 hour and 20 minutes.
Movie type: Documentary and Family.
Yeh Ballet – 2020
Another Netflix movie about dancing directed by Sooni Taraporevala, and starring Julian Sands, Jim Sarbh and Sarah Jane Dias.
Movie Plot
The movie tells the story of two teenagers from Mumbai enchanted by ballet. They are naturally gifted in that kind of dance, but they are facing bigotry and are rejected everywhere they go. One day they get discovered by a ballet master, and he changed their lives forever.
Movie Time: 1 hour and 57 minutes.
Movie type: Drama and Musical.
Time to Dance – 2021
A romance movie produced by Netflix, directed by Stanley D’Costa, and starring Sooraj Pancholi, Isabelle Kaif and Waluscha D’Souza.
Movie Plot
An Indian dancing movie about a ballroom dancer who is about to lose her chance of winning a big competition, all because she could not find the right partner. She takes a big risk and asks her street dancer friend to join her in the competition, and faces his past encouragingly.
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Movie Time: 1 hour and 57 minutes.
Movie type: Romance and Musical.
Any Body Can Dance 2- 2015
Another Indian dancing movie on Netflix directed by Remo D’Souza, and starring Shraddha Kapoor and Varun Dhawan.
Movie Plot
The movie is about the journey of an Indian dancing troupe coming from the slums of Mumbai. They are all boys and girls with big dreams of becoming famous and rich. They fought for their future and to find a place for themselves, and they try their luck in the city of Las Vegas. The movie shows all kinds of human emotions and feelings; love, honor, friendship and betrayal.
Movie Time: 2 hours and 34 minutes.
Movie type: Biography, Drama and Musical.
Happy New Year – 2014
An Indian dancing movie on Netflix directed by Farah Khan, starring Shah Rukh Khan and Deepika Padukone.
Movie Plot
The main character is Charlie, the street fighter who joins a dancing competition to get his revenge from an old enemy who sent his father to jail. The man blamed his father for the crime of a stolen diamond.
Charlie and his group get some help from a professional dancer to become fit for the competition and win the finals. Their trophy was not just the competition prize, because they also get the diamond with it.
Movie Time: 3 hours.
Movie type: Action, Comedy and Crime.
Burlesque – 2010
A musical and dancing movie on Netflix directed by Steve Antin, and starring Cher and Christina Aguiler.
Movie Plot
The story is about Alice the waitress who dreams of being a great performer. Her boss did not pay her salary so she took it from the coffee shop and travelled to Los Angeles. She attended too many auditions, until she reached burlesque club. At first, they did not accept her as a performer so she works there as a waitress until she got her chance and becoming the theater’s biggest star, not only that but also she helps the owner to keep it when she goes through some turbulent finances.
Movie Time: 1 hour and 59 minutes.
Movie type: Drama and Musical.
