You can command your character to dance when you use the following slash command: /dance

Each gender of each race has a different style of dance. Appropriate music is not provided. New dance cycles were originally announced for the release of the second expansion, Wrath of the Lich King, and are still being advertised as a new feature thereof on their official website[1].

Here is the official statement from Blizzard:

Re: Custom dances idea dropped? | 2009-04-22 20:01 | Nethaera

It has not been dropped. Creating additional dances takes a significant amount of animation work and we want to make sure that when we do put them out, that they meet our standards. We still intend to put them in, but we have no current eta on their addition.

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Available dances Edit

Alliance races Edit

Race and Gender		Dance Style	Reference
	Human male	Bee Gees - "You Should Be Dancing"	Inspiration Video, you can see Human Male dance at 1:09
	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, you can see Night Elf Female dance at 3:20
	Gnome male	Various parts of The Bad Touch-Bloodhound Gang	Not available
	Gnome female	Don't cha - Pussycat Dolls.	Not available
	Dwarf male	Russian Cossack dancing	Inspiration Video, you can see part of the dance at 1:01 and more at 1:42
	Dwarf female	Irish River Dance (Step-Dancing)	Irish Step-Dancing Example
	Draenei male	Daler Mehndi - Modified bhangra from "Tunak Tunak Tun" video	Inspiration Video
	Draenei female	Belly dancing based on Colombian singer Shakira	Inspiration Video
	Worgen male	Justin Timberlake - "My Love"	Inspiration video
	Worgen female	Lady Gaga - "Pokerface"	Inspiration video

Horde races Edit

Race and Gender		Dance Style	Reference
	Orc male	MC Hammer - "U Can't Touch This"	Inspiration Video
	Orc female	Juvenile - "Back That Azz Up"	Inspiration Video
	Troll male	Capoeira, Brazilian martial arts	Inspiration Video
	Troll female	Shakira - "Whenever, Wherever"	Inspiration Video
	Undead male	Metalhead; headbangs, plays air guitar, and jumps around. Same as skeleton and wretched. This may be a reference to Lord Raptor from Darkstalkers.	Not available
	Undead female	The "weeping willow" / Liquid dancing	Reference Video
	Tauren male	Noodle dance / Raise the Roof / Peanut Butter Jelly Time. Same as broken male.	Inspiration Video
	Tauren female	The Electric Slide	Inspiration Video
	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.	Reference Video
	Goblin male	Soulja Boy - "Crank That"	Inspiration video
	Goblin female	Beyonce Knowles - "Single Ladies"	<youtube=4m1EFMoRFvY> Inspiration video

Shaman and druid forms Edit

Class		Form		Dance Style	Reference
	Shaman		Ghost Wolf	Standing on the hind legs and hopping from one leg to another (The Snoopy dance from the animated Peanuts movies)	Inspiration Video
	Druid		Moonkin	Chippendale dancer parody, as seen performed by Chris Farley in his famous Chippendale sketch with Patrick Swazye. Same as Ogre.	Inspiration Video
	Druid		Travel	Scar's "I've got a lovely bunch of coconuts" from The Lion King. Same as Druid Cat Form.	Inspiration Video
	Druid		Bear	Stand up on hind legs, dance back and forth from foot to foot, then back down on all fours again. Bear dance from Dr. Doolittle II.	Not available
	Druid		Cat	Scar's "I've got a lovely bunch of coconuts" from The Lion King. Same as Druid Travel Form.	Inspiration Video
	Druid		Tree of Life	Does The Twist, a dance popularized by singer Chubby Checker. Same as Snowman.	Inspiration Video

Other races Edit

Race		Dance Style	Reference
	Ogre	Chippendale dancer parody, as seen performed by Chris Farley in his famous Chippendale sketch with Patrick Swazye. Same as Druid Moonkin Form. (Disguise: [Gordok Ogre Suit])	Inspiration Video
	Goblin	Crossing legs and putting one hand on the ground, then the same on the other hand. (Disguise: [Hallowed Wand - Pirate])	Not available
	Fel Reaver	Unknown, involves deep knee bends/squats and touching the opposite foot; looks more like an aerobic workout than a dance. While not technically a Fel Reaver, XT-002 Deconstructor, which uses the Fel Reaver wireframe, can be seen doing this dance.	Video
	Baby Murloc	"Hello My Baby", 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 murlocs. Includes cute top hat and cane.	Inspiration Video
	Broken Male	Noodle dance / Raise the Roof / Peanut Butter Jelly Time. Same as tauren male. (Disguise: during the Black Temple attunement quest)	Inspiration Video
	Skeleton	Metalhead; headbangs, plays air guitar, and jumps around. Same dance as male forsaken and wretched. (Disguise: [Noggenfogger Elixir])	Not available
	Snowman	Does The Twist, a dance popularized by singer Chubby Checker. Same as Druid Tree of Life Form. (Disguise: [Winter Veil Disguise Kit])	Inspiration Video
	Arakkoa	Half-hearted The Twist (Disguise: [Shabby Arakkoa Disguise], [Time-Lost Figurine], or [Ahuurn's Elixir])	Not available
	Murloc Costume	Kozo the Dancing Hippo.	Inspiration Video
	Wretched	Metalhead; headbangs, plays air guitar, and jumps around. Same dance as male forsaken and skeleton.	Not available
	Tyrael	An apparent hip-hop style dance.	Not available

Dance animations and videos Edit

Lords of the Dance 

However, the animations on the site do not show the entire set of dance moves.

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

See also Edit

• [Piccolo of the Flaming Fire]

References Edit