Stomp Out Loud (1997)

Original title

Stomp: Out Loud

Directed by

Steve McNicholas, Luke Cresswell

Genre

documentary film, musical film

Country

United States

Runtime

50 min

Rating

7.8 of 10 from 8 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This is a short musical film featuring the dance troupe Stomp. Performers use every day objects like trash cans and broomsticks to make music and dance. Scenes take place in unusual locations like a truck and under a bridge.

rhythmicenergeticplayfulvisually inventivekineticfeel-goodpercussivecelebratory

What happens

Stomp Out Loud is a 1997 musical film produced by HBO that featured the Brighton, UK, and Manhattan-based dance troupe known as Stomp. The film is 44 minutes long and provides footage from the Broadway performances as well as scenes shot solely for the film. The film transforms ordinary objects and moments to make music in an unexpected way. There is hardly any dialogue in the film, but the movement of the actors display the unspoken words. The location of the scenes vary from the inside of a truck, under a bridge, the streets on a rainy day, the kitchen of a restaurant, and in the air with the actors suspended. The objects used to make the music vary from basketballs, broomsticks, socks, and trash cans. It was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Variety Series or Special, and won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Picture Editing for Variety Programming. It was directed by Luke Cresswell and Steve McNicholas. The cast included Steven Dean Davis, Keith Middleton, Dashiell Eaves, Anthony Sparks, Raquel Horsford and Michael Bove. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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