Dance in Film · 2016
Kiki (2016)
A younger generation's companion to Paris Is Burning, documenting how kiki balls use voguing, house structure and activism in the 2010s.
Kiki is a 2016 dance documentary 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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Trailer
Official trailer.
The dance sequences in Kiki
4 sequences — what is danced, by whom, and where to find it.
Christopher Street Pier practice
VogueYoung dancers rehearse on the Christopher Street Pier, turning the waterfront grass into an impromptu vogue studio.
Open-air practice shows ballroom movement developing outside formal venues, rooted in peer response and preparation for the next kiki ball.
Watch this sequence · Stream or rental only — the timestamp is for when you have it playing. No edition-specific timestamp supplied. Frameline identifies a 94-minute 2016 film; the Apple storefront labels its 1h33m release as 2017 while retaining a 2016 copyright.
House of Pink Lady vogue session at Seward Park
VogueDanced by Divo Pink Lady
Divo spins into the air and vogues across the rec-room floor while the House of Pink Lady chants and claps.
Divo's spinning entrance and floor-crossing vogue make house practice visible as both technique and collective affirmation.
Watch this sequence · Stream or rental only — the timestamp is for when you have it playing. No edition-specific timestamp supplied. Frameline identifies a 94-minute 2016 film; the Apple storefront labels its 1h33m release as 2017 while retaining a 2016 copyright.
Kiki ball dance competition
VoguePerformers hit the floor under hot lights and thundering music before hundreds of enthusiastic onlookers.
The ball-floor sequences place elaborate costumes, dramatic posing and competitive dance inside the cheering community that gives the movement its stakes.
Watch this sequence · Stream or rental only — the timestamp is for when you have it playing. No edition-specific timestamp supplied. Frameline identifies a 94-minute 2016 film; the Apple storefront labels its 1h33m release as 2017 while retaining a 2016 copyright.
Omari Mizrahi's realness lesson
Ballroom realness / runway presentationDanced by Omari Mizrahi; House of Pink Lady members
A house circle becoming a practical class in self-presentation, with Omari challenging each member to inhabit the walk fully.
The group lesson reveals how ballroom presentation is taught as embodied confidence: members model realness while Omari coaches them to sell the category.
Watch this sequence · Stream or rental only — the timestamp is for when you have it playing. No edition-specific timestamp supplied. Frameline identifies a 94-minute 2016 film; the Apple storefront labels its 1h33m release as 2017 while retaining a 2016 copyright.
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