Dancing

Something you do when you use the slash command: /dance

Each sex of each race has a different style of dance. Appropriate music is not provided.

 

See also:  [Piccolo of the Flaming Fire]

Dances

Alliance races

• Human male - John Travolta in Saturday Night Fever | Inspiration Video
• Human female - Los del Río - "Macarena" | Inspiration Video
• Night elf male - Michael Jackson - "Billie Jean" | Inspiration Video
• Night elf female - Alizée - "J'en ai marre" | Inspiration Video same video, higher quality English version lyrics
• Gnome male - Unknown (speculation is rampant, but no verifiable video evidence has been presented)
• Gnome female - Salsa
• Dwarf male - Kazatchok, better known as the Cossack Dance (Russian Folkdance), also some Saturday Night Fever moves
• Dwarf female - Irish Step-Dancing | Irish Step-Dancing Example
• Draenei male - Daler Mehndi - "Tunak Tunak Tun" | Video Inspiration Video 2
• Draenei female - Belly dancing based on Colombian singer Shakira | Shakira dancing

Horde Races

• Orc male - MC Hammer - "U Can't Touch This" | Inspiration Video
• Orc female - Juvenile - "Back That Azz Up" | Inspiration Video
• Troll male - Capoeira, Brazilian dance of African martial arts inspiration | Inspiration Video
• Troll female - Shakira - "Whenever, Wherever" | Inspiration Video
• Undead male - Mosher/Hardrocker (Headbanging, Pogo and Airguitar) or Death Metal
• Undead female - Goth-style dance (sometimes called the "weeping willow")
• Tauren male - Noodle dance / Raise the Roof / Peanut Butter Jelly Time | Inspiration Video
• Tauren female - The Hustle.
• Blood elf male - Napoleon Dynamite | Inspiration Video
• Blood elf female - According to the Burning Crusade Collector's Edition DVD, the blood elf female dance is made up of excerpts from various Britney Spears videos. More accurately, the dance was taken from a Korean "iDance" video. The dancer seems to take a few moves from Britney, but otherwise it should be stated that the choreography is hers.

Shaman and Druid forms

• Shaman (Ghost Wolf form) - Standing on the hind legs and hopping from one leg to another (The Snoopy dance from the animated Peanuts movies)
• Druid (Moonkin form) - Chris Farley in his famous Chippendale sketch with Patrick Swazye | Inspiration Video
• Druid (Travel form) - Scar's "I've got a lovely bunch of coconuts" from The Lion King.
• Druid (Bear form) - Stand up on hind legs, dance back and forth from foot to foot, then back down on all fours again.(in patch 1.10) - Bear dance from Dr.Dolittle II.
• Druid (Cat form) - Same as travel form.
• Druid (Tree of Life form) - Does "The Twist", a dance popularized by singer Chubby Checker.

Other Races

• Ogre - Chris Farley, Chippendale Dancer Parody, same as Moonkin. (Disguise: [Gordok Ogre Suit])
• Goblin - Crossing legs and putting one hand on the ground, then the same on the other hand. (Disguise: [Hallow's End Candy])
• Fel Reaver - Unknown, involves deep knee bends/squats and touching the opposite foot. Only viewable using a model viewer, not yet known to occur in game. [1]
• Baby Murloc - "The Michigan Rag", a dance performed by animated character Michigan J. Frog in the Warner Brothers cartoon "One Froggy Evening". The dance animation is used by several limited-edition pet merlocs. [Inspiration Video (Full Cartoon)]
• Broken Male - Same as Tauren Male. Only viewable using a model viewer, not yet known to occur in game.
• Skeleton - Same dance as male forsaken. (Disguise: [Noggenfogger Elixir])
• Snowman costume - The Twist.

View the Dances

Blizzard released a webpage where you can view (and download animated images of) some of the dances: Lords of the Dance. However, the animations on the site do not show the entire set of dance moves.

You can also view dance-mix with models and real-movie-clips: WoW Dance mix on Youtube