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Dance Lexie Dance(Movie, 1996)

14min | Genre: Kids & Family
Dance Lexie DanceRating: 3.0/5 (with 11 vote)
Dance Lexie Dance is a 1996 short film made in Northern Ireland. The two principal characters are a widower, Lexie, and his daughter, Laura, who live in Derry. Laura becomes keen on Irish stepdance and on joining Riverdance when she grows up. Traditional Irish dancing is practiced by Irish Catholic families. Lexie and his daughter are Protestant, but Lexie relents and encourages his daughter. Self-taught, Laura enters a dance contest across the River Foyle in a Catholic district. The film ends as Laura teaches her father the first steps of the dance. Ruth Barton writes of the film's structure, "Symbolically, the film illustrates its theme of bridging divides – between father and daughter, Protestant and Catholic traditions, life and death – by the device of the boat Lexie (B. J. Hogg) pilots across the Foyle to and from his job, itself a mixed workplace. Finally, Laura performs in a Féis (dancing competition) in honour of which the boat is decked out in red, white, and blue bunting." Dance Lexie Dance was nominated in the Best Live Action Short Film category at the 70th Academy Awards. ()
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Awards & Nominations for Dance Lexie Dance

Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film

About Dance Lexie Dance

Lexie is a single parent father of a young girl. One day, coming home from work, he is told by her that she wants to be am Irish River Dancer. He refuses, replying laconically, 'We don't dance'. With time, her fascination grows and he begrudgingly becomes accepting of her passion, helping her out with an instructional video and then a costume. She enters a contest, and he enthusiastically applauds her performance. In the final scene, she teaches him a few steps as they move together along the shore.

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Additional Information

Production countries: United Kingdom (UK), Ireland
Original language: English (EN)
Translated into 1 language: English (EN)
Status: Released
Release date DE: 01/01/1996
Director: Tim Loane
Composer: Jules Maxwell

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