Five Dances

Five Dances is a 2013 film written and directed by Alan Brown. It stars Ryan Steele, Reed Luplau, Catherine Miller, Kimiye Corwin, and Luke Murphy.

The Hollywood Reporter said The hard work and copious sweat that go into rehearsing a new dance piece is captured with visceral effect in Alan Browns sensitive drama set mostly within the confines of a Soho dance studio. Centering on a newly arrived 18yearold Kansas innocent who discovers love, friendship and an awareness of his physical gifts, Five Dances should well impress dance aficionados even if its skimpy narrative proves less than inspired.Variety said An extraordinary dancer, Ryan Steele, dominates Five Dances, the camera pivoting on his every sinewy stretch and turn. Almost all of writerdirector Alan Browns latest feature transpires in a Soho studio where a small troupe is rehearsing five pieces choreographed by Jonah Bokaer. But rather than adapting the pieces to conform to his paperthin narrative, Brown explores the tensions and contortions of dancers expressing fresh emotion through a preexisting art form. The result avoids docustyle randomness while furthering only the most rudimentary story and character points, allowing the dance to speak largely, and magnificently, for itself. ........

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