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.
Directed by
Jack Haley Jr.
Jennifer Beals
Shirley MacLaine
Howard Keel
From 'Kiss Me Kate' (archive footage)
Michael Jackson
Russ Tamblyn
Gene Kelly
Self - Host
Liza Minnelli
Self - Host
Ann Miller
Donald O'Connor
Judy Garland
Shirley Temple
Debbie Reynolds
Cyd Charisse
Dick Powell
Buddy Ebsen
From 'Born to Dance' (archive footage)
Ray Bolger
Self - Host
Fred Astaire
Self (archive footage)
Chita Rivera
From 'Sweet Charity' (archive footage)
George Chakiris
Bernardo
Una Merkel
From 'Born to Dance' (archive footage)
Vera-Ellen
Harve Presnell
From 'The Unsinkable Molly Brown' (archive footage)
Danny Kaye
From 'White Christmas' (archive footage)
Arlene Dahl
From 'Three Little Words' (archive footage)
James Cagney
From 'Yankee Doodle Dandy' (archive footage)
Ginger Rogers
Eleanor Powell
Taina Elg
From 'Les Girls' (archive footage)
Tab Hunter
From 'Damn Yankees' (archive footage)
Phil Silvers
From 'Cover Girl' (archive footage)
Jane Powell
Juliet Prowse
From 'Can-Can' (archive footage)
Kathryn Grayson
From 'Kiss Me Kate' (archive footage)
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Self - Host
Esther Williams
From 'Bathing Beauty' (archive footage)
Gloria DeHaven
From 'Broadway Rhythm' (archive footage)
Paula Kelly
From 'Sweet Charity' (archive footage)
Lyle Talbot
Self
Red Skelton
From 'Bathing Beauty' (archive footage)
Francesca Bellini
'West Side Story' dancer
Robert Helpmann
From 'The Red Shoes' (archive footage)
Sammy Davis Jr.
Self - Host
George Murphy
From 'Broadway Rhythm' (archive footage)
Betty Garrett
Ruth Sherwood (archive footage)
Dan Dailey
Bill Robinson
Zizi Jeanmaire
From 'Hans Christian Andersen' (archive footage)
Bobby Van
From 'Small Town Girl' and 'Kiss Me Kate' (archive footage)