Dance Baby Dance

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Dance Baby Dance
Directed byStephen Kogon
Written byStephen Kogon
Produced byRoy Bodner
Travis Huff
John Kaiser
Stephen Kogon
Starring
CinematographyShanele Alvarez
Edited byJ. Horton
Production
company
Wings of Hope Productions
Distributed by Indie Rights
Release date
  • 19 January 2018 (2018-01-19)
Running time
93 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Dance Baby Dance is a 2018 American drama film directed by Stephen Kogon, starring Kogon, Beverley Mitchell, Hayley Shukiar, Clare Grant, Jim O'Heir and Carlos Alazraqui.

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Plot

Cast

Reception

Alan Ng of Film Threat gave the film a score of 1.5/5 and wrote that while Mitchell is "strong enough to carry Kogon to make their scenes together tolerable", Kogon "prevents the serious moments the film needs from being taken seriously". Ng also called the choreography "mediocre at best" and the cinematography "just as uninspired as the dancing." [1]

Kimber Myers of the Los Angeles Times wrote that the film "doesn’t just suffer from a predictable script; basic tenets of cinematography, lighting and editing are either ignored by or unfamiliar to those behind the camera." [2]

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References

  1. Ng, Alan (23 April 2018). "Dance Baby Dance". Film Threat . Retrieved 29 November 2022.
  2. Myers, Kimber (18 January 2018). "Review: 'Dance Baby Dance' taps out predictable, poorly-made story". Los Angeles Times . Retrieved 29 November 2022.