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, Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Inlinegfx/img_link_data.json' not found. Wrath of the Lich King.
Official news on additional dance animations[]
Here is the official statement from Blizzard:
Available dances[]
Alliance races[]
Race and Gender | Dance Style | Reference | |
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Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Inlinegfx/img_link_data.json' not found. | Draenei female | Belly dancing based on Colombian singer Shakira | Inspiration video |
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Inlinegfx/img_link_data.json' not found. | Draenei male | Daler Mehndi - Modified bhangra from "Tunak Tunak Tun" video | Inspiration video |
Dwarf female | Modified/Simplified Version of Riverdance (Irish Dance) | Inspiration videoNote | |
Dwarf male | Russian Cossack dancing | Inspiration VideoNote | |
Gnome female | Don't cha - Pussycat Dolls. | Inspiration Video | |
Gnome male | Various parts of The Bad Touch-Bloodhound Gang | Inspiration videoNote | |
Human female | Los del Río - "Macarena" | Inspiration video | |
Human male | Bee Gees - "You Should Be Dancing" | Inspiration videoNote | |
Night elf female | Alizée - "J'en ai marre" | Inspiration videoNote | |
Night elf male | Michael Jackson - "Billie Jean" | Inspiration video | |
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Inlinegfx/img_link_data.json' not found. | Worgen female | Lady Gaga - "Pokerface" | Inspiration video |
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Inlinegfx/img_link_data.json' not found. | Worgen male | Justin Timberlake - "My Love" | Inspiration video |
Horde races[]
Race and Gender | Dance Style | Reference | |
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Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Inlinegfx/img_link_data.json' not found. | 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 |
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Inlinegfx/img_link_data.json' not found. | Blood elf male | Napoleon Dynamite | Inspiration video |
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Inlinegfx/img_link_data.json' not found. | Goblin female | Beyonce Knowles - "Single Ladies" | Inspiration video |
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Inlinegfx/img_link_data.json' not found. | Goblin male | Soulja Boy - "Crank That" | Inspiration video |
Orc female | Juvenile - "Back That Azz Up" | Inspiration video | |
Orc male | MC Hammer - "U Can't Touch This" | Inspiration video | |
Troll female | Shakira - "Whenever, Wherever" | Inspiration video | |
Troll male | Capoeira, Brazilian martial arts | Inspiration video | |
Tauren female | The Electric Slide | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-mOY2eWO2qw | |
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. | Reference video |
Other races[]
Race and Gender | Dance Style | Reference | |
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Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Inlinegfx/img_link_data.json' not found. | Pandaren female | Caramell - "Caramelldansen" | Inspiration Video |
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Inlinegfx/img_link_data.json' not found. | Pandaren male | LMFAO - "Party Rock Anthem" | Inspiration Video |
Shaman and druid forms[]
Class | Form | Dance Style | Reference | ||
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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 | 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 | 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 (Not the Snoopy dance from the animated Peanuts movies) | Inspiration Video |
Other races[]
Race | Dance Style | Reference | |
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Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Inlinegfx/img_link_data.json' not found. | Arakkoa | Half-hearted The Twist (Disguise: [Shabby Arakkoa Disguise], [Time-Lost Figurine], or [Ahuurn's Elixir]) | Not available |
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Inlinegfx/img_link_data.json' not found. | Broken Male | Noodle dance / Raise the Roof / Peanut Butter Jelly Time. Same as tauren male. (Disguise: during the Black Temple attunement quest) | Inspiration Video |
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Inlinegfx/img_link_data.json' not found. | 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 |
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 | |
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Inlinegfx/img_link_data.json' not found. | Murloc Costume | Kozo the Dancing Hippo. | Inspiration Video |
Tyrael | An apparent hip-hop style dance. | Not available | |
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Inlinegfx/img_link_data.json' not found. | 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 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Inlinegfx/img_link_data.json' not found. 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 playable races[]
Horde in Classic/Vanilla[]
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Horde in Burning Crusade[]
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Horde in Cataclysm[]
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Pandaren in Mists of Pandaria[]
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