If the Dancer Dances

Name: If the Dancer Dances
Genre: Documentary
Released: April 26, 2019
Duration: 90 min
Rating: 63
Cast: Albert Reid, Barrington Hinds, Davalois Fearon, Gino Grenek, Jaqlin Medlock

2019

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Monument Releasing | Release Date: April 26, 2019 | Not Rated

Starring: Albert Reid, Barrington Hinds, Davalois Fearon, Gino Grenek, Jaqlin Medlock, Meg Harper, Nick Sciscione, Rashaun Mitchell, Sandra Neels, Silas Riener, Stephen Petronio

Summary: If a dance is not danced, it vanishes. If the Dancer Dances follows a group of New York City's top modern dancers as they reconstruct an iconic and mysterious work by the legendary Merce Cunningham, revealing what it takes to keep a dance alive. Timed to coincide with Cunningham's centennial, the film confronts one of the most urgent issuesIf a dance is not danced, it vanishes. If the Dancer Dances follows a group of New York City's top modern dancers as they reconstruct an iconic and mysterious work by the legendary Merce Cunningham, revealing what it takes to keep a dance alive. Timed to coincide with Cunningham's centennial, the film confronts one of the most urgent issues facing the dance world today: how do we prevent the loss of masterworks to time?… Expand

Director: Maia Wechsler

Genre(s): Documentary

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 90 min

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Ben Kenigsberg

Apr 25, 2019

As Wechsler allows rehearsal scenes to play out at length, the perfectionism of dancer-to-dancer lessons becomes improbably poignant. Read full review

Movie Nation Roger Moore

Apr 22, 2019

A revealing documentary. Read full review

Frank Scheck

Apr 24, 2019

Although repetitive at times and, like so many show business documentaries, displaying a tendency toward self-congratulation, the film will prove fascinating for dance buffs. Read full review

Gary Goldstein

May 3, 2019

Modern dance devotees and fans of legendary choreographer Merce Cunningham will find much to appreciate in the lovingly crafted documentary If the Dancer Dances. For others, the film may prove too repetitive and narrowly focused. Read full review

Wes Greene

Apr 20, 2019

It's less of an insightful backstage documentary than a gushing, sycophantic love letter to the late Merce Cunningham. Read full review

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