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Around 4,600 dancing clips, most from the 1960s. Music doesn't survive on these silent reels, but the movement does, which turns out to be the point.
It ranges from living-room dancing at parties to weddings, recitals, and the occasional street celebration. New York and California lead, almost all on 8mm and 16mm.
60 archival clips matching “Dancing & Music”
Dancing reels carry music videos, nostalgia and culture spots, and period scenes that need real bodies moving in real clothes of the era. Anything cut to a beat tends to start here.
The 1950s are partnered and a little formal. The 1960s, the peak, break that open into looser, solo, living-room movement. The 1970s push further still, into disco poses and longer nights.