Fanfiction
She wasn’t just singing. She was performing, weaving the fight into the rhythm. Each step she took matched the pulse of the bassline, each strike a percussion hit. Her breath control was unreal—no breaks, no stumbles, even as she slipped inside his guard and tagged him with a clean shot to the ribs—on tempo.
Films — Animation
Teetsi: Let's Dance!
Alex: Okay, but it's only fair to warn you that I am a protégé of... Fosse! And Robbins!
Alex: Okay, but it's only fair to warn you that I am a protégé of... Fosse! And Robbins!
Films — Live-Action
"She always did love to dance."
— Simon Tam (about River killing people), Serenity
Literature
The accordion wheezed. The elves pressed in. Out of the corner of his eye Jason saw a dozen grinning, fascinated faces.
“Jason!”
“...one, two...Carter into the middle...one, two, spin...”
Seven pairs of boots thudded down.
“Jason!”
“...one, two...spin...ready...one, two...back...back...one, two...turn...KILL...and back, one, two...”
“Jason!”
“...one, two...Carter into the middle...one, two, spin...”
Seven pairs of boots thudded down.
“Jason!”
“...one, two...spin...ready...one, two...back...back...one, two...turn...KILL...and back, one, two...”
— The Lancre Morris Men against the invading elves, Lords and Ladies
The assassin who killed Julio and his men: jarringly fleet, impossibly nimble. A white streak, human tracer fire. Part bullet, part ballet.
Live-Action TV
Skylar: I don't know how we're gonna beat him without powers.
Oliver: But we do have a power. The power of dance.
Oliver: But we do have a power. The power of dance.
— Mighty Med, "Less than Hero"
"Deathstroke messed with my head, too. That doesn't mean you can't dance. It's just like fighting."
— Rose Wilson, Titans
Music
Para você, para você, vem dançar
Para você, para você, Capoeira
Para você, para você, Capoeira
—Gregor Sato, "Para Voce" (feat. Curio Capoeira)
"I'm told I can cut a rug, but tonight it's gonna bleed."
— The Megas, "Can't Stop The Top"
Video Games
My bullets leave a lasting impression, but my dancing will take your breath away... forever.
— Vivi, Brawlhalla
Yukiko Amagi: I shall show you my greatest fire dance!
Weiss Schnee: How lovely, I'm a confident dancer myself. Allow me to join you.
Let your enemies beware, for a Harlequin of the Laughing God is dancing on your side today!
—Dawn of War, when a Harlequin is recruited.
Shifting, swaying... she mesmerizes her prey before the final strike!
—The Ancestor, Darkest Dungeon, when recruiting the Shieldbreaker
Webcomics
"My life may end in a big song and dance number."
— Parson Gotti (when being attacked by an army of these), Erfworld
Western Animation
"Well then, if that's settled, may I have this dance?"
— Amity Blight, The Owl House
"Alright, here's the 411, folks. Say some gangsta is dissin' your fly girl. Ya just give 'em one of these!" [does some dancing, then pulls out a shotgun and fires it at the ceiling]
— Moe Szyslak parodying the trope, The Simpsons
Other/Unsorted
"A warrior who cannot dance? Clumsy in both war and peace he is."
— Yoda, Star Wars
It's the method of travel for little girls; how bad could it hurt? Well, without getting too deep into the physics of it, Ebersole uses the centrifugal force of the cartwheel to pull all nearby happiness to the center of his body. This leaves his feet with nothing to feel but hate.