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* ''[[Princess Tutu]]'' has all the makings of a [[Magical Girl]] series, except its heroine never engages directly in combat. Instead, she [[Better Than It Sounds|defeats enemies with the power of ballet]].
* 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 Withwith 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 Dede Ikou!]]'' works this way, including the [[Transformation Sequence|Transformation Sequences]].
* 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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* 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 Withwith 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.
 
== [[Video Games]] ==
* The sending dance in ''[[Final Fantasy X (Video Game)|Final Fantasy X]]''.
* The Songstress in ''[[Final Fantasy X 2 (Video Game)|Final Fantasy X 2]]'' uses dance-type moves to causes status effects on enemies.
* ''[[Quest for Glory]]'' has dancing fairies that may kill the player if ticked off.
* ''[[Fire Emblem]]'' has the Dancer class that is able to dance for another unit, allowing it an extra move. Especially notable in that regard is Ninian from ''FE 7'', which is central to the plot (her brother Nils does pretty much the same thing, but with a song)
* This is the entire mechanic of ''[[Dance Dance Revolution]] Mario Mix''.
* Mog of ''[[Final Fantasy VI (Video Game)|Final Fantasy VI]]'' has dance as his special skill, which he uses to cast a variety of [[Geo Effects|terrain-based magic]]
** So does the Dancer class in ''[[Final Fantasy V (Video Game)|Final Fantasy V]]'' and other class-based installments. ''[[Final Fantasy XI (Video Game)|Final Fantasy XI]]'s'' Dancers are able to be ''[[The Medic]]'' with their dances, oddly enough.
*** In ''[[Final Fantasy Tactics a 2 (Video Game)|Final Fantasy Tactics a 2]]'', the Dancer class is given only to [[Final Fantasy XII (Video Game)|Penelo]]. Her dances all revolve around wrecking the enemy's status, as a foil to Hurdy's [[Magic Music|Bard]] class, which improves status.
* The [[Dragon Quest]] series has a few abilities that are this trope. Depending on the game, they are usable by the player or are enemy-only.
* ''[[Super Smash Bros|Super Smash Bros Brawl]]'' has Luigi's final smash, done by confusedly spinning in place.
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