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A [[Dance Battler]] uses his dancing techniques as a means of fighting, overpowering his opponents with unpredictable movements, all while [[Rule of Cool|looking cool]].
So, of course, there's a wizard version: [[Functional Magic]] or some other kind of power(s) that, instead of [[Magical Incantation|vocal recitations]] or [[Geometric Magic|drawings and diagrams]], [[Ritual Magic|require specific body movements and rhythms]] to be activated. More often used by [[Magic Knight
Compare with [[Magic Music]]. Also see [[Full-Contact Magic]]. May be aided by or result in [[Summon Backup Dancers]].
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== [[Anime]] ==
* The [[Fusion Dance]] from ''[[Dragonball Z]]''.
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* Most of the [[Healing Hands|healing]] [[White Magic|magic]] used by Konoka Konoe in ''[[Mahou Sensei Negima]]'' involve dances.
* The demon prince Raid in ''[[Mahoujin Guru Guru]]'' is a [[Magic Knight]] who can perform some potent magic via dancing. Unfortunately, he's [[Blessed with Suck]] as his Magic Dances are all really ''really'' stupid. To a lesser extent, female lead Kukuri occasionally incorporates dancing in the drawing of her [[Geometric Magic|magic circles]] and it's implied doing so is a natural element of her magic.
* All the magic in ''[[Jungle de Ikou!]]'' works this way, including the [[Transformation Sequence
* Bolorenof in ''[[Hunter X Hunter]]'' combines this with [[Magic Music]]: His body has holes in his flesh that, when he dances, vibrates the wind going through them, making him a woodwind instrument. When dancing in certain ways, he produces songs that summon things to attack for him.
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== [[Tabletop Games]] ==
* ''[[Dungeons
** Sadly, the performance for spells has to have a sound component.
*** ...But that doesn't rule out TAPDANCING!
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** The Forgotten Realms setting also had the Spelldancer, once a favorite of the Character Optimization boards, that could increase the power of spells by dancing for a few rounds.
* [[GURPS]] includes dance magic as a type of limitation on magery.
* The Masque of Slaanesh in [[Warhammer Fantasy Battle]]/[[Warhammer
* In ''[[Exalted]]'', pretty much any Performance Charm will work with dancing just as well as speechmaking, music, or any other performance. Want to stop an army in its tracks with a waltz? Go for it, and have a [[Rule of Cool|2-die stunt]] while you're at it.
** Also, the [[Demon Lords and Archdevils|demon Stanewald]] has an arsenal of magical dances. The weakest one can make stone walls more breakable. The second-strongest can cause a castle to melt into lava. No mortal has ever seen the strongest one.
*** Don't forget Malfeas is also into dancing, and [[Kill It with Fire|GREEN NUCLEAR FIRE]]
* In ''[[Deadlands]]'', shamans perform rituals to gain power. One of the possibilities is the ''dance'' ritual, which can be anything from a couple of minutes to a night-long ceremony with multiples dancers and musicians.
* One metamagic skill available to Initiate-grade magic-users in ''[[Shadowrun]]'' is Centering, which is done using a skill of the character's choice, performed during the casting to make it easier in some way. One of the example skills -- and one of the most commonly-chosen -- is Dance.
== [[Video Games]] ==
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== Webcomics ==
* In ''[[Erfworld]]'', a high-level croakamancer can use
== [[Web Original]] ==
* The [[Whateley Universe]]'s Fey used an ancient
== [[Western Animation]] ==
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