Dance in Film · 2020
The Way We Keep Dancing (2020)
Adam Wong turns a Hong Kong street-dance crew's “Dance Street” commission into a conflict over gentrification, selling out, and who controls public movement, so battles and a dance-and-rap protest carry the film's civic argument.
The Way We Keep Dancing is a 2020 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: Apple TV's U.S. catalog and trailer page verified 2026-08-09; no current U.S. full-film stream or rental was verified, and availability may change.
The dance sequences in The Way We Keep Dancing
5 sequences — what is danced, by whom, and where to find it.
Climactic dance-and-rap protest
Hip-hop street danceChoreography Shing Mak
The crew's final public eruption of dancing and rapid-fire rap, with the street transformed into a contested performance space.
Dance and rap become collective protest instead of decoration, bringing the film's argument about who defines the city back into the street and the bodies of its artists.
Not currently available to stream; timestamp is for reference. Far East Film Festival explicitly calls the finale a dance-and-rap protest; Golden Horse describes its dance-versus-rap street confrontation and credits Shing Mak's film-level action choreography without allocating individual sequences. Generic hip-hop street dance has no exact taxonomy key, so style_not_in_taxonomy is true. The opened U.S. Apple TV page showed a trailer but no full-film transaction on 2026-08-15; no edition-specific timestamp was asserted.
Dance Street park promo video
Hip-hop street danceChoreography Shing Mak
Office workers and passers-by at local parks being swept into the crew's slick Dance Street promotional number.
The staged publicity piece makes the film's central bargain visible: a street-derived form is packaged as urban-renewal branding while ordinary people are physically drawn into the choreography.
Not currently available to stream; timestamp is for reference. Far East Film Festival explicitly describes this early promo-video sequence. Golden Horse lists Shing Mak for the film's action choreography but does not publish sequence-level assignments. Generic hip-hop street dance has no exact dance_key in the validated taxonomy, so the join is blank and style_not_in_taxonomy is true. The opened U.S. Apple TV page showed a trailer but no full-film transaction on 2026-08-15; no edition-specific timestamp was asserted.
Dave blows off steam
BreakingDanced by Lokman Yeung · Choreography Shing Mak
Lokman Yeung's Dave cutting loose alone with forceful moves, including the head-spinning and windmill vocabulary highlighted by the festival program.
Dave's solo converts frustration into athletic breaking, giving his artistic conflict a bodily release rather than reducing it to dialogue.
Not currently available to stream; timestamp is for reference. Far East Film Festival names Dave's blow-off-steam dance, identifies Lokman Yeung as Dave, and frames the film in a breakdancing milieu; Golden Horse's official program specifically describes headspins and windmills. breaking is an exact taxonomy key. Golden Horse lists Shing Mak at film level, not for an individually allocated sequence. The opened U.S. Apple TV page showed a trailer but no full-film transaction on 2026-08-15; no timestamp was guessed.
Dave enters the dance battle
BreakingDanced by Lokman Yeung · Choreography Shing Mak
Dave stepping into a battle and answering opponents through breaking rather than the publicity language surrounding Dance Street.
The battle restores competitive risk to Dave's arc and tests whether his technique can remain personal while his crew is being commercialized.
Not currently available to stream; timestamp is for reference. Far East Film Festival explicitly says Dave enters a dance battle and identifies Lokman Yeung in the role; Golden Horse's official description supplies the breaking vocabulary and credits Shing Mak at film level. breaking is an exact taxonomy key. The opened U.S. Apple TV page showed a trailer but no full-film transaction on 2026-08-15; no edition-specific timestamp was asserted.
Young KIDA dancer gets his moment
Hip-hop street danceChoreography Shing Mak
A young kid from a difficult background finally getting room to demonstrate his dance talent.
Giving the troubled child a full chance to dance expands the stakes beyond the established stars and shows the local scene reproducing itself through mentorship and visibility.
Not currently available to stream; timestamp is for reference. Far East Film Festival directly identifies the young dancer's showcase but does not name the performer or a narrower style, so those details are not inferred. Generic hip-hop street dance has no exact taxonomy key; the join is blank and style_not_in_taxonomy is true. Golden Horse lists Shing Mak at film level only. The opened U.S. Apple TV page showed a trailer but no full-film transaction on 2026-08-15; no timestamp was guessed.
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