Dance

Dance Icon of the Dance skill in Three Houses. Use Dance to allow an ally to move again.

Type(s) Class Standard (Genealogy of the Holy War) First game Mystery of the Emblem

Dance (Japanese: 踊る Dance) is a skill which debuted as a command in Mystery of the Emblem, then debuted as a defined visible skill in Genealogy of the Holy War, and has appeared in some form in almost every Fire Emblem series title since. Exclusively held by Dancers, its function is to refresh adjacent allied units to grant them a second movement opportunity in the turn, if they had previously moved already.

A small few games feature classes which replace Dancers or act as a counterpart to them, but otherwise perform an identical function. In The Binding Blade and The Blazing Blade, the Bard acts as a direct male countepart to Dancers, performs the same function through the Play command and, in The Blazing Blade, can make full use of the same four dancer ring items as the Dancer. Neither appears in Path of Radiance and Radiant Dawn, replaced by Herons who can use the functionally identical Canto or Galdrar skill, respectively, to fill the same role. In Fates, the Dancer is instead replaced by the Songstress class, who also performs the same function with the Sing command.

Data

In the main Fire Emblem series

Game	Icon	Effect	Activation	Capacity	Notes
Mystery of the Emblem	--	Refreshes one adjacent ally, allowing them to act again if they have already acted.	Command	--	Exists only as a command; this game does not have a skills system.
Genealogy of the Holy War		Refreshes all four adjacent allies when outside of the Home Castle, or all other allies inside the Home Castle when used inside it, allowing them to act again if they have already acted.	Command	--	Debut as a defined, visible skill.
Thracia 776		Refreshes one adjacent ally, allowing them to act again if they have already acted.	Command	--	Appears as a defined, visible skill.
The Binding Blade	--	Refreshes one adjacent ally, allowing them to act again if they have already acted.	Command	--	Exists only as a command; this game does not have a skills system.
The Blazing Blade	--	Refreshes one adjacent ally, allowing them to act again if they have already acted. If the unit has Ninis's Grace, Thor's Ire, Filla's Might or Set's Litany in their inventory, they can choose between doing the normal refreshing dance or using one of these items.	Command	--	Exists only as a command; this game does not have a skills system.
The Sacred Stones	--	Refreshes one adjacent ally, allowing them to act again if they have already acted.	Command	--	Exists only as a command.
New Mystery of the Emblem	--	Refreshes one adjacent ally, allowing them to act again if they have already acted.	Command	--	Exists only as a command; this game does not have a skills system.
Awakening		Refreshes one adjacent ally, allowing them to act again if they have already acted. If the unit has Special Dance equipped, it activates alongside the dance.	Command	--	Exists only as a command. An unused skill icon suggests it may have been intended to be a defined skill at one point.
Three Houses		Refreshes one adjacent ally, allowing them to act again if they have already acted. If the unit has Special Dance equipped, it activates alongside the dance.	Command	--	Appears as a defined, visible skill. Does not grant experience after turn 10; due to a glitch, the counter is reset upon using Auto Battle.
Engage		Refreshes one adjacent ally, allowing them to act again if they have already acted. If the unit has Special Dance equipped, it activates alongside the dance.	Command	--	Exists only as a command. An unused skill icon suggests it may have been intended to be a defined skill at one point.

In other Fire Emblem series titles

Game	Icon	Effect	Range	SP cost	Prerequisites	Unusable by	Inheritable	Other effects and notes
Heroes		Grants target ally that has acted another action.	1	150	--		✗	Cannot target ally with Sing or Dance. This skill is treated as Sing or Dance.

Availability

Mystery of the Emblem

Classes

Dancer

Genealogy of the Holy War

Classes

Dancer

Thracia 776

Classes

Dancer

The Binding Blade

Classes

Dancer

The Blazing Blade

Classes

Dancer

The Sacred Stones

Classes

Dancer

New Mystery of the Emblem

Classes

Dancer

Awakening

Classes

Dancer

Three Houses

Classes

Dancer

Engage

Classes

Dancer

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Game	Text (English)	Text (Japanese)
Genealogy of the Holy War	Refreshes adjacent allies, allowing them to act again.*	りんせつした ユニットを いどうかのうにする
Thracia 776	Grant ally another action*	ユニットを 移動かのうにする
Awakening	A dance that allows allies to move again.	??
Three Houses	Use Dance to allow an ally to move again.	味方を再行動させる
Engage	Inspires allies to act again this phase.	??
Heroes	Grants another action to target ally. (Cannot target an ally with Sing or Dance.)	対象を行動可能な状態にする 「歌う」「踊る」を持つ対象には使用できない

Etymology and other languages

Names, etymology, and in other regions
Language	Name	Definition, etymology, and notes
English	Dance	--
Japanese	踊る	Dance (verb)
Spanish	Bailar	Dance (verb)
French	Danser	Dance (verb)
German	Tanzen	Dance (verb)
Italian	Danza	Dance (noun)
Portuguese	Dança	Dance (noun)
Korean	춤추기	Dancing
Simplified Chinese	跳舞	Dance
Traditional Chinese	• 起舞 • 跳舞	• Dance. Used in Heroes. • Dance; used in Three Houses.

Gallery

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  Phina dancing in Mystery of the Emblem.
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  Lene dancing in Genealogy of the Holy War.
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  Lara dancing in Thracia 776.
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  Larum dancing in The Binding Blade.
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  Ninian dancing in The Blazing Blade.
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  Tethys dancing in The Sacred Stones.
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  Phina dancing in New Mystery of the Emblem.
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  Olivia dancing in Awakening.
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  Ingrid dancing in Three Houses.

See also

• Play
• Galdrar
• Sing
• Special Dance