It is clear to me that the future of dance is in cassettes, not in live performances. It may not be in the next five years or the next ten, but ultimately that's what it's all about. People have got to make this little box work in relation to dance.
Twyla Tharp, Dance Magazine, 1984

 
If there is no coverage in the national papers on dance film and video perhaps the websites and chat rooms should be better known and used by the makers and supporters of dance on screen. It is only through discussion, critisism, support and information that this art form will grow and get greater recognition.
Bob Lockyer, Dance on screen, 2004
 

Dance in films is a subject that has taken on a semblance of controversy owing to the insistence of some writers that a conflict between dance and film exists. People dancing in the movies are demonstrating one kind of human activity the camera can capture as well as any other. Movies can also invent dances that cannot be done anywhere except on film. Most successful screen dances lie somewhere between total cinematic illusion and passive recording. A cleanly photographed dance can be pretentious and boring, a complex cinematic extravaganza can be utterly devoid of kinetic charm.
Arlene Croce, Afterimage