Movies and dramas on dance are a kind of stage art that uses dance as a way of expression. Since the 1990s, more Chinese dance dramas are emerging, bringing audiences visual feasts. Here we bring you ten dance-themed Chinese Movies you would love:
1. Step Up China (2019)
Genre: Drama, Music
Youngsters from different social classes in Beijing come together to form a dance crew and learn what it means to be a family. It's part of the Step Up franchise (2006).
2. Mountains May Depart (2015)
Genre: Drama, Romance
A 25-year-old shopkeeper, Tao, finds herself in a love triangle between her two childhood friends, Zhang and Liangzi. Tao eventually marries Zhang and has a son. Their life is explored in three different periods: 1999, 2014, and 2025.
3. So Long, My Son (2019)
Genre: Drama
Yaoyun and his wife Liyun live with their adopted son. The plot takes us from the country's upheaval in the 1980s to the prospering turbo-capitalism.
4. The Way We Dance (2013)
Genre: Drama, Dance
The Way We Dance is a Hong Kong film directed by Adam Wong Sau Ping.
The plot revolves around Hong Kong's local street dance crew and their struggles to rise again.
5. Dancing Without You (2008)
Genre: Drama, Dance
The plot revolves around a young dancer (Vivian Hsu), a failed ballerina. As a result of an incident, she attempts to kill herself after losing her hopes of performing Swan Lake. Fortunately, she gets saved by a young driver (Tony Yang) who mistakes her for an alien and takes her home. They begin to develop a bond after he takes care of her.
6. Dance Of The Dragon (2008)
Genre: Drama, Dance
Dance of the Dragon is a modern-day tale of courage, hope, love, and passion, with visually stunning disciples of ballroom dancing and martial arts. Against his parent's wishes, Tae goes to Singapore to become a dancer. His teacher Emi wishes to return to the competition and finds a kind spirit in Tae. Her boyfriend, Cheng, gets jealous of their closeness.
7. Princess Zhaojun (2016)
This dance drama got produced by China National Opera and Dance Drama theater. Wang Zhaojun has a political marriage with the leader of a powerful tribal group, bringing long-lasting peace to the Han Dynasty. The drama is an epic stage production.
8. Li Bai (2017)
Genre: Action, Drama, Mystery
A poet from the Tang Dynasty, Li Bai, witnesses the tragic battle of Broken Leaf City. He hides his identity under a warrior's mask to try to recover a sacred stone and clean the good name of his people. He gets confronted by blood and rain conspiracies and the mysterious world of alchemy.
9. Dance Of A Dream (2001)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Dance
Dance of a Dream is a Hong Kong romantic comedy film by Andrew Lau. A ballroom dance instructor, Namson Lau, appears as a refined gentleman on stage but is a cunning and greedy man who made dance as a means to strike fortune.
10. My Mother Is A Belly Dancer (2006)
Genre: Drama, Dance
My Mother is a Belly dancer is a Hong Kong film directed by Lee Kung-Lok. The plot revolves around four women approaching their middle-aged. Mrs. Chan is a housewife with a domineering husband; Mrs. Lee is a meek woman with a chauvinistic husband and son; Mrs. Wong is a garbage lady with four daughters. Mrs. Chan and Mrs. Lee join the belly dancing classes to escape their tiring life. Later Mrs. Wong and a single mother, Cherry, join them.
