Dance in Film · 2022
Aftersun (2022)
Charlotte Wells turns Calum and Sophie’s last resort-floor dance into the film’s emotional hinge, letting their unpolished movement to “Under Pressure” bridge a joyful 1990s holiday memory with adult Sophie’s strobe-lit attempt to reach her father.
Aftersun is a 2022 dance feature film centred on ballroom and social dance. For dancers, it's a chance to see the style performed on screen — the phrasing, partnering, and musicality that the same dances carry onto a real floor.
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Where to watch: A24’s official U.S. page linked Apple TV, Amazon, Google Play, YouTube, Fandango, the A24 app, and an A24 Blu-ray on 2026-08-10; availability and pricing may change.
Featured clip
An excerpt — one number from the full work.
The dance sequences in Aftersun
3 sequences — what is danced, by whom, and where to find it.
Resort Macarena
Macarena group danceDanced by Paul Mescal; Frankie Corio; resort guests
Calum and Sophie dancing the Macarena badly among the resort crowd.
The knowingly awkward Macarena turns a familiar group routine into period detail and a compact picture of Calum and Sophie's partners-in-crime ease; the supplied taxonomy has no exact Macarena key.
Stream or rental only — the timestamp is for when you have it playing. A24's official page linked current digital watch providers and Apple lists a 1h41m edition; no edition-specific timestamp was verified. Current U.S. digital rental access checked 2026-08-12.
Strobe-lit rave refrain
Rave freestyleDanced by Paul Mescal; Celia Rowlson-Hall; nightclub ensemble
Adult Sophie reaching through the crowd toward Calum's isolated, contorted dancing as flashes repeatedly reveal and erase him.
The recurring rave makes movement a form of incomplete memory: adult Sophie searches for Calum while strobe light breaks his dancing into discontinuous fragments. Wells calls this nightclub frame integral to what the film accumulates toward.
Stream or rental only — the timestamp is for when you have it playing. A24's official page linked current digital watch providers and Apple lists a 1h41m edition; no edition-specific timestamp was verified. Current U.S. digital rental access checked 2026-08-12.
Under Pressure final dance
Improvised father-daughter social danceDanced by Paul Mescal; Frankie Corio
Calum drawing a reluctant Sophie onto the dance floor before they hold each other as Under Pressure fractures around them.
The final-night dance lets remembered joy and impending loss occupy the same embrace. Charlotte Wells describes the sequence as both a celebration of their love and a goodbye; no specific codified style is established.
Stream or rental only — the timestamp is for when you have it playing. A24's official page linked current digital watch providers and Apple lists a 1h41m edition; no edition-specific timestamp was verified. Current U.S. digital rental access checked 2026-08-12.
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