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Dancing in Fanworks
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| Related tropes/genres | Dance AU |
| See also | Activities |
 Spock and Kirk from Star Trek doing the tango by The Southern Cross. An illustration for the story Tango by Dovya Blacque used as cover art for First Time #14 (1987). | |
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Dancing is a multifandom trope. It occurs in many types of fanworks, including fic, art, vids, and headcanons.
For works in which the plot is about professional or competitive dancing, see Dance AU.
Fandom
Marvel Cinematic Universe
- A frequent trope when shipping Peggy Carter, because of her last words with Steve Rogers at the end of Captain America: The First Avenger.
Example Fanworks
Fic
- Full of Grace, Archived version by Katie Forsythe. Oscar Wilde's incarceration, a wedding celebration for Violet Smith, and a pair of dancing men. (Sherlock Holmes, 2000s?)
- When the Music Goes Around by pbandfluff. Angie laments a lack of dancing, Peggy tries to rectify that. Angie realizes she might have walked into something bigger than Lindy Hop. (Agent Carter (Cartinelli), 2015)
Vids
- Every Penguin Dance Now by mranderson. (Happy Feet, 2007)
- Good, Archived version by jarrow. (Hairspray, 2008)
- Exotic Dancing, U.N.C.L.E. Style by Vysila. (Man from U.N.C.L.E., 2008)
- Hungry like the Wolf, Archived version by mithborien. Strut on a line, it's discord and rhyme. A Teen Wolf Rock Band AU / Cast Dance Party. (2014)
- Supernatural Dance Freaks by ash48. A celebration of Supernatural conventions, using cast and fans dance footage. (2014)
- Shut Up and Dance by MsTabularasa. (multifandom, 2015)
Gallery
Lindy Hop Bending, by dapperowl (The Legend of Korra, 2012)
Take the lead, by glasworks (The Legend of Korra (Korrasami), 2012)
Peggy dancing, by Maryne (Agent Carter, 2015)
Cullen dancing with the Inquisitor by ReelLifeJaneway2, based on a scene in Dragon Age: Inquisition (2015).
dance with me (dance with me, please!), by vicki (High School Musical (Chad/Ryan), 2017)
Simon and Baz dancing, by Laeveleve (Carry On, 2021)
Fenris and Hawke dancing by Delomia (Dragon Age, 2018).
Fenris and Hawke dancing by Delomia (Dragon Age, 2020).
Luz and Amity dancing by 00Hedge00 (The Owl House, 2021).
Astarion dancing with Tav by Isbjorg (Baldur's Gate, 2023).
Links & Resources
- Dancing tropes at TV Tropes
- Dancing tag at Archive of Our Own (may include Dancer AUs)