Why Don't You Dance? is a 2002 Canadian short drama film, directed by Michael Downing.Glenn Sumi, "Why Don't You Dance?". Now, October 24, 2002. Adapted from Raymond Carver's short story "Why Don't You Dance?", the film centres on a young couple (Kenneth Mitchell and Deborah Pollitt) shopping at a yard sale, where the proprietor (Bill McDonald) ultimately accepts a dance with the woman on the lawn as payment instead of money.Henry Lewes, "Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival". Take One, March 2003.
The film premiered at the 2002 Toronto International Film Festival.
It was subsequently screened at the Moving Pictures Festival of Dance on Film and Video,Susan Walker, "Reel dance explosion; Bodies in motion captured by the camera's lens stretch limits of both art forms at innovative festival". Toronto Star, October 18, 2002. although Glenn Sumi of Now characterized its inclusion in that event as "a bit of a stretch" since it wasn't really a dance film per se.
It received a Genie Award nomination for Best Live Action Short Drama at the 24th Genie Awards in 2004."Seducing Dr Lewis leads Canada's Genie nods". Screen Daily, March 16, 2004.
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