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If Cities Could Dance

If Cities Could Dance

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Step into the shoes of dancers from across the country who dare to imagine what it would look like if their city could dance. This Webby Award-winning series features dancers from Minneapolis, Memphis, Seattle, Chicago, Fresno, Miami, Oakland, and many other cities across the United States.

Man and a woman dance in a gazebo.
If Cities Could Dance
Season 1 / Ep 18
2 minutes 52 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
View of three people’s legs and torsos as they walk down a corridor
If Cities Could Dance
Season 1 / Ep 19
3 minutes 14 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Erika “Big Red” Stowell walking through Detroit, Michigan.
If Cities Could Dance
Season 1 / Ep 20
3 minutes 1 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Man wearing a black hoodie stands staring at us on the sidewalk in Baltimore. An older man walks behind him.
If Cities Could Dance
Season 1 / Ep 22
3 minutes 18 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
View of long, twisting tree branches.
If Cities Could Dance
Season 1 / Ep 23
3 minutes 14 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Mural on the side of a building with distinct cultures and people present in Oakland, California including Different African American communities, Latino communities, and Asian American communities.
If Cities Could Dance
Season 1 / Ep 28
2 minutes 51 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Man wearing a traditional native American pow wow vest and skirt next to dancers with multiple hoops.
If Cities Could Dance
Season 2 / Ep 6
5 minutes 13 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Woman looks at us as she dances. Three men dance behind her.
If Cities Could Dance
Season 2 / Ep 7
3 minutes 6 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Woman dances on train tracks in Chicago, Illinois.
If Cities Could Dance
Season 2 / Ep 8
2 minutes 55 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Man blows into a tuba. Caption reads, "the devils arrive and take the body."
If Cities Could Dance
Season 2 / Ep 11
3 minutes 34 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Dancer performs and stares at us with furrowed brows. Two other dancers are behind them, mimicking their movements. There is a wall painted with different murals behind them.
If Cities Could Dance
Season 2 / Ep 12
2 minutes 57 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Three women stand on a ledge on a graffitied unloading dock.
If Cities Could Dance
Season 2 / Ep 13
2 minutes 56 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Man dances in front of train tracks and a mural of three paintings of a man dancing during a sunset.
If Cities Could Dance
Season 2 / Ep 14
3 minutes 6 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Man wearing a red hoodie hops up in the air as he dances with four other people watching and clapping their hands behind him. Across the street is the Howard Theatre.
If Cities Could Dance
Season 3 / Ep 1
6 minutes 56 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Two women wearing flowing white dresses dance as men wearing red shirts play music for them. They perform near a large mossy rock.
If Cities Could Dance
Season 3 / Ep 2
6 minutes 34 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Woman stands outside and holds both her hands up by her face with another person’s hand reaching in between them like they are doing a choreographed dance.
If Cities Could Dance
Season 3 / Ep 3
6 minutes 2 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Woman with a pink scarf stands with her back towards us on a small platform on a hill that overlooks San Francisco, California. Text reads, “Zapatap.”
If Cities Could Dance
Season 3 / Ep 4
5 minutes 59 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Black and white image of a man playing the violin and another man next to him playing the accordion.
If Cities Could Dance
Season 3 / Ep 5
5 minutes 58 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Woman dances on the side of a hill next to a large body of water.
If Cities Could Dance
Season 3 / Ep 6
4 minutes 1 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Man in an NYC t-shirt and baseball cap dances in front of the entrance of a building.
If Cities Could Dance
Season 4 / Ep 1
8 minutes 33 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Screenshot of an Instagram post of a girl dressed in pink roller skating outside.
If Cities Could Dance
Season 4 / Ep 2
6 minutes 33 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Black and white images in mid transition.
If Cities Could Dance
Season 4 / Ep 3
6 minutes 41 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Black and white advertisement for a gay club. Text reads, “The Second Story, A Private Gay Club In the City of Brotherly love is Opening its Doors in Mid-November Call.”
If Cities Could Dance
Season 4 / Ep 4
9 minutes 26 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Black and white film strip of a man jumping up with his arms out wide.
If Cities Could Dance
Season 4 / Ep 5
6 minutes 57 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Two people dance as a group of people watches behind them in a gymnasium.
If Cities Could Dance
Season 4 / Ep 6
6 minutes 56 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Black and white photo of building rubble on fire.
If Cities Could Dance
Season 5 / Ep
6 minutes 45 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Native dancer performs on a stage as an audience of people watch on.
If Cities Could Dance
Season 5 / Ep
7 minutes 30 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Two men Capoeira dance as the rest of their dance team watches and claps around them in a school gymnasium.
If Cities Could Dance
Season 5 / Ep
8 minutes 36 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Man wearing a white face mask holds onto a wooden cane. Caption reads, "he is still my mestre."
If Cities Could Dance
Season 5 / Ep
8 minutes 30 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Person balances sideways on the back of someone a person wearing a purple hoodie as they dance the Lindy Hop in a Harlem park.
If Cities Could Dance
Season 5 / Ep
7 minutes 41 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
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