Dance in Film · 2023
Fancy Dance (2023)
Powwow dance anchors this Seneca-Cayuga family drama, from Roki's preparation to a final memorial sequence. Hauli Sioux Gray's choreography turns matched steps, mirroring, and a fancy-shawl vocabulary into grief, kinship, and release.
Fancy Dance is a 2023 dance feature film centred on Sacred & Ceremonial 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: Apple TV+ (streaming globally; verified 2026-08-11)
The dance sequences in Fancy Dance
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Jax and Roki's closing Missing and Murdered Memorial dance
Native American Intertribal (Powwow)Danced by Lily Gladstone; Isabel DeRoy-Olson · Choreography Hauli Sioux Gray
Aunt and niece dancing for Tawi as one retreats protectively and the other moves forward into the powwow circle.
Jax and Roki begin in the same step, then Gladstone moves backward and mirrors Deroy-Olson moving forward, shaping the auntie's protection into visible space around her niece. The choreography lets mourning, acceptance, and celebration coexist instead of resolving the loss through plot alone.
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