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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.
Official news on additional dance animations
Here is the official statement from Blizzard:
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.
Available dances
Alliance races
| Race and Gender | Dance Style | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|
 
| Draenei female | Belly dancing based on Colombian singer Shakira |  Inspiration video
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| Draenei male | Daler Mehndi - Modified bhangra from "Tunak Tunak Tun" video | Inspiration video
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| Dwarf female | Modified/Simplified Version of Riverdance (Irish Dance) | Inspiration videoNote
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| Dwarf male | Russian Cossack dancing | Inspiration VideoNote
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| Gnome female | Don't cha - Pussycat Dolls. | Not available |
| Gnome male | Various parts of The Bad Touch-Bloodhound Gang | Not available |
| Human female | Los del Río - "Macarena" | Inspiration video
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| Human male | Bee Gees - "You Should Be Dancing" | Inspiration videoNote
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| Night elf female | Alizée - "J'en ai marre" | Inspiration videoNote
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| Night elf male | Michael Jackson - "Billie Jean" | Inspiration video
|
 
| Worgen female | Lady Gaga - "Pokerface" | Inspiration video
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| Worgen male | Justin Timberlake - "My Love" | Inspiration video
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Horde races
| Race and Gender | Dance Style | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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
|
| Blood elf male | Napoleon Dynamite | Inspiration video
|
| Goblin female | Beyonce Knowles - "Single Ladies" | Inspiration video
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| Goblin male | Soulja Boy - "Crank That" | Inspiration video
|
| Orc female | Juvenile - "Back That Azz Up" | Inspiration video
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| Orc male | MC Hammer - "U Can't Touch This" | Inspiration video
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| Troll female | Shakira - "Whenever, Wherever" | Inspiration video
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| Troll male | Capoeira, Brazilian martial arts | Inspiration video
|
| Tauren female | The Electric Slide | Inspiration video
|
| Tauren male | Noodle dance / Raise the Roof / Peanut Butter Jelly Time. Same as broken male. | Inspiration video
|
| Undead female | The "weeping willow" / Liquid dancing | Reference 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 |
Other races
| Race and Gender | Dance Style | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|
 
| Pandaren female | Supergott - Caramelldansen (Speedycake Remix) | Inspiration Video
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| Pandaren male | LMFAO - "Party Rock Anthem" | Inspiration Video
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Shaman and druid forms
| Class | Form | Dance Style | Reference | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
|
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| 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
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| Druid | 
| Tree of Life | Does The Twist, a dance popularized by singer Chubby Checker. Same as Snowman. | Inspiration Video
|
| 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
|
Other races
| Race | Dance Style | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arakkoa | Half-hearted The Twist (Disguise: [Shabby Arakkoa Disguise], [Time-Lost Figurine], or [Ahuurn's Elixir]) | Not available |
| Broken Male | Noodle dance / Raise the Roof / Peanut Butter Jelly Time. Same as tauren male. (Disguise: during the Black Temple attunement quest) | Inspiration Video
|
| 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
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| Goblin | Crossing legs and putting one hand on the ground, then the same on the other hand. (Disguise: [Hallowed Wand - Pirate]) | Not available |
| 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
|
| 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 |
| 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
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| Murloc Costume | Kozo the Dancing Hippo. | Inspiration Video
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| Tyrael | An apparent hip-hop style dance. | Not available |
| Wretched | Metalhead; headbangs, plays air guitar, and jumps around. Same dance as male forsaken and skeleton. | Not available |
Dance animations and videos
Blizzard released a (now old) webpage where you can view (and download animated images of) the dances performed by the
Classic races:
However, the animations on the site do not show the entire set of dance moves.
Alliance playable races
Alliance in Classic/Vanilla
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Alliance in Burning Crusade
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Alliance in Cataclysm
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Horde in Classic/Vanilla
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Horde in Burning Crusade
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Horde in Cataclysm
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Media
Videos
- Great video of in-game dance overlaying their inspirations
- Dancing Fel Reaver
See also
References
External links
WoW Insider Caramelldansen pandaren, presented without further comment by Alex Ziebart May 9th 2012 at 4:00PM
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