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Dance in Film · 2014

Sledgehammer (2014)

Sean Bankhead’s official portfolio includes Fifth Harmony’s “Sledgehammer,” whose recurring heart-pulse handwork, arm twists, and synchronized fist accents turn the song’s physical metaphor into a compact commercial-dance motif across Fatima Robinson’s monochrome visual staging.

Sledgehammer is a 2014 dance 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: Free authorized full video on Fifth Harmony’s official VEVO YouTube channel; a current U.S. Apple Music video listing was verified 2026-08-09. Availability may change.

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  1. Full music-video choreography — pulse, sledgehammer move, and final pose

    Commercial / Industry Dance

    Danced by Fifth Harmony · Choreography Fatima Robinson

    The synchronized “Sledgehammer” arm move, fan-blown silhouettes, scaffold swings, giant horse sculpture and the group striking a final pose through the video's shifting monochrome and color effects.

    The recurring arm-and-chest motif turns the lyric's pounding-heart metaphor into a simple movement hook that five singers can execute in unison. Robinson's camera-built choreography remains legible while the video cuts among steps, fans, swings and sculptural poses, making repetition rather than virtuosity the number's organizing principle.

    Watch this sequence · The full film is on YouTube; the link opens at this sequence. The opened official FifthHarmonyVEVO upload is the complete approximately 3:52 work, so no fragment timestamp is inferred. Bustle's November 25, 2014 scene-by-scene coverage credits Fatima Robinson as director and choreographer; Tidal includes the video in its Fatima Robinson choreography playlist. Historical progress and a currently unavailable Sean Bankhead portfolio suggest an additional relationship, but no second choreographer or Legend slug is written because that contribution could not be reopened cleanly. Standalone music video is mapped to film under the required film/tv scene contract.

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