Past Run
Alive and Kicking
Alive & Kicking gives the audience an intimate, insider’s view into the culture of the current swing dance world while shedding light on issues facing modern society. No matter what troubles they are facing in their lives, swing dancers are filled with joy, exhilaration, and even giddiness while they dance. Boiled down to its core, swing dancing is about the pursuit of happiness. Most people think of happiness as a passive emotion: if something good happens, I will be happy. But we all have the ability to feel joy despite the worst of circumstances once we realize that happiness exists inside of us.

“The action 'Alive and Kicking' captures is so transfixing, one marvels that dancers can keep it up for five years, much less five decades.”
— John DeFore, Hollywood Reporter
FROM THE VAULT
Where it played at Laemmle — 1 engagement
TRAILER

AWARDS

- Nominee, Grand Jury Award ~ Documentary Feature — South by Southwest 2016
