Screendance from Film to Festival

Dance and film have shared a dynamic relationship since the advent of cinema--a natural interplay that developed into the genre known as screendance. During Hollywood's Golden Age, screendance film festivals emerged, celebrating the work of dancers like Bill "Bojangles" Robinson and Shirley Temple in The Little Colonel (1935), the Nicholas Brothers in Stormy Weather (1943), Cyd Charisse and Gene Kelley in Singin' in the Rain (1952), Rita Moreno in West Side Story (1961), and many more. Charting the history of the screendance festival, this book examines important shifts in practice and theory, distinct festival eras and communities, and the process of selecting and programming works.