If you have been dreaming about a weekend of laying on the couch and relaxing with some great dance movies, then you are in luck! The W Channel (yes boys, that is the Women’s channel :)) is having a dance-movie-a-thon weekend April 19th and 20th. Here are some movies and shows you can expect to see:
On Saturday April 19th:
4 PM
Mad Hot Ballroom
Hot from the Sundance Film Festival where it garnered massive critical acclaim, this engaging documentary follows a group of 11yr old street kids from Washington Heights (an urban New York City neighborhood) as they compete in a city wide ballroom dancing competition.
6:30 PM
Dirty Dancing (1987)
Chronicles social dancing’s place in the 60’s as experienced by one 17-year-old girl. Like the world at large, Frances “Baby” Houseman comes into her own in the summer of 1963, but in the most unlikely of places – Kellerman’s Mountain House is the Catskills, where she accompanies her family on summer vacation. One evening while exploring the grounds, Baby comes upon the staff’s all-night dance party. Amidst the excitement she discovers Johnny Castle, the resorts dance instructor. Overnight, her …
9 PM
Shall We Dance
Chicago lawyer John Clark knows his life is almost perfect. He loves his beautiful wife, he’s built a successful career and raised two wonderful kids. And yet . . . the workday is always the same routine, the commute is a grind and the family’s usually too busy to spend time together. Sometimes John wonders if this is all there is, until one evening on his way home from work he gets off his train and does the unthinkable. Without telling a soul, he secretly begins taking dance lesson…
11:30 PM
Hollywood’s 10 Best
S7, Episode #053 Hollywood’s 10 Best Dance Movies
An interesting look at Hollywood’s 10 Best Dance Movies from the movies of today and yesterday
On Sunday April 20th
4 PM
Shall We Dance
Chicago lawyer John Clark knows his life is almost perfect. He loves his beautiful wife, he’s built a successful career and raised two wonderful kids. And yet . . . the workday is always the same routine, the commute is a grind and the family’s usually too busy to spend time together. Sometimes John wonders if this is all there is, until one evening on his way home from work he gets off his train and does the unthinkable. Without telling a soul, he secretly begins taking dance lesson…
6:30 PM
Hollywood’s 10 Best
S7, Episode #053 Hollywood’s 10 Best Dance Movies
An interesting look at Hollywood’s 10 Best Dance Movies from the movies of today and yesterday.
7 PM
W Docs
You Should Be Dancing is a one hour documentary special that celebrates the recent popularity of dancing, by exploring the personal stories of people whose lives have been unexpectedly changed by dance for the better.
8 PM
Obsession.
New ballet teacher Reed Holloway takes a special interest in Erika, who is at first flattered with the teacher’s interest in her dancing. And Erika’s newly-divorced mother, Deborah, is pleased as well, as Deborah and Reed begin to date. But things turn sour when it becomes apparent that Reed is just using Deborah to get closer to Erika, as part of a carefully designed and diabolically executed plan. Erika, it turns out, reminds Reed of his late wife, and Reed is determined to have Erika take …
Hope this gives you some dance movie satisfaction. Happy watching!
