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.
Self - Host
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Self - Host
Ray Bolger
Self - Host
Sammy Davis Jr.
Self - Host
Gene Kelly
Self - Host
Liza Minnelli
'West Side Story' dancer
Tommy Abbott
Self (archive footage)
Fred Astaire
'West Side Story ' dancer
Robert Banas
Jennifer Beals
'West Side Story' dancer
David Bean
'West Side Story' dancer
Francesca Bellini
Self (archive footage)
Busby Berkeley
From 'Hans Christian Andersen' (archive footage)
Erik Bruhn
From 'Yankee Doodle Dandy' (archive footage)
James Cagney
Cyd Charisse
'West Side Story' dancer
Carole D'Andrea
Dan Dailey
Bernardo
George Chakiris
From 'Three Little Words' (archive footage)
Arlene Dahl
From 'The Band Wagon' (archive footage)
Leroy Daniels
From 'Broadway Rhythm' (archive footage)
Gloria DeHaven
Isadora Duncan
From 'Born to Dance' (archive footage)
Buddy Ebsen
From 'Les Girls' (archive footage)
Taina Elg
'West Side Story' dancer
Harvey Evans
'West Side Story' dancer
Eliot Feld
Bob Fosse
Loïe Fuller
Judy Garland
Ruth Sherwood (archive footage)
Betty Garrett
From 'Kiss Me Kate' (archive footage)
Kathryn Grayson
From 'Finian's Rainbow' (archive footage)
Barbara Hancock
Carol Haney
From 'The Red Shoes' (archive footage)
Robert Helpmann
From 'Damn Yankees' (archive footage)
Tab Hunter
Michael Jackson
From 'Flashdance' (archive footage)
Marine Jahan
From 'Hans Christian Andersen' (archive footage)
Zizi Jeanmaire
From 'White Christmas' (archive footage)
Danny Kaye
From 'Kiss Me Kate' (archive footage)
Howard Keel
From '42nd Street' and 'Dames' (archive footage)
Ruby Keeler
From 'Sweet Charity' (archive footage)
Paula Kelly
From 'It's Always Fair Weather' (archive footage)
Michael Kidd
From 'Born to Dance' (archive footage)
Frances Langford
From 'On Your Toes' (archive footage)
Charles Laskey
Shirley MacLaine
'West Side Story' dancer
Bert Michaels
Ann Miller
From 'Born to Dance' (archive footage)
Una Merkel
From 'So This is Paris' (archive footage)
Patsy Ruth Miller
'West Side Story' dancer
Tony Mordente
From 'Broadway Rhythm' (archive footage)
George Murphy
From 'Down Argentine Way' (archive footage)
Fayard Nicholas
From 'Down Argentine Way' (archive footage)
Harold Nicholas
Rudolf Nureyev
Donald O'Connor
'West Side Story' dancer
Susan Oakes
Anna Pavlova
Ballet student with Gene Kelly
Lauren Peterson
Dick Powell
Eleanor Powell
Jane Powell
From 'The Unsinkable Molly Brown' (archive footage)
Harve Presnell
From 'Can-Can' (archive footage)
Juliet Prowse
From 'Kiss Me Kate' (archive footage)
Ron Randell
From 'Sweet Charity' (archive footage)
Chita Rivera
Ginger Rogers
From 'On the Town' (archive footage)
Alex Romero
From 'Kismet' (archive footage)
Reiko Sato
From 'Gold Diggers of 1935' (archive footage)
Wini Shaw
From 'The Red Shoes' (archive footage)
Moira Shearer
From 'Cover Girl' (archive footage)
Phil Silvers
From 'Born to Dance' (archive footage)
Sid Silvers
From 'Bathing Beauty' (archive footage)
Red Skelton
'West Side Story' dancer
Tucker Smith
Self
Lyle Talbot
Russ Tamblyn
From 'So This is Paris' (archive footage)
Lilyan Tashman
Scooter Teague
Shirley Temple
From 'Tonight We Sing' (archive footage)
Tamara Toumanova
'West Side Story' dancer
Gina Trikonis
From 'Small Town Girl' and 'Kiss Me Kate' (archive footage)
Bobby Van
Vera-Ellen
Lola (archive footage)
Gwen Verdon
From 'Bathing Beauty' (archive footage)
Esther Williams
'West Side Story' dancer
David Winters
From 'The King and I' (archive footage)
Yuriko
From 'On Your Toes' (archive footage)
Vera Zorina
Debbie Reynolds
Bill Robinson