Dance Lessons

Denmark 2019 22 minutes
  • Director: Camilla Magid
  • Producer: Maria Stevnbak Westergren
  • Cinematography: Camilla Magid
  • Editing: Rasmus Stensgaard Madsen, Estephan Wagner
  • Sound: Rune Hansen
  • Script: Camilla Magid
  • Composer: Ali Helnwein
  • Screening Platform: CinéDOC-Young

Tika is ten years old and her biggest passion is traditional Georgian dancing. She has promised to help a group of disabled children prepare a dance for a show for the town. Each day after school, Tika teaches the children to dance. She wants to help them build their self-esteem and feel the same joy when they dance as she does. But it’s difficult for them to remember the steps.

Nika, a boy with mental disabilities, has a solo, and he gets very frustrated when he keeps making mistakes. Tika starts to doubt herself. Is she able to succeed? Will the children feel proud of themselves afterwards?