Invitation to the Dance is a 1956 anthology film consisting of three distinct stories, all starring and directed by Gene Kelly for which the first he directed on his own. The film is unusual in that it has no spoken dialogue, with the characters performing their roles entirely through dance and mime. Kelly appears in all three stories, which feature leading dancers of the era including Tommy Rall, Igor Youskevitch, Tamara Toumanova and Carol Haney.