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* "Manga/HunterXHunter": Shaiapouf, the Royal Guard for the Chimera Ant King, and notable drama queen, dances frantically to himself in sorrow while admitting to himself that he failed as a royal guard, and he doesn't even know what his king wants... right ''during'' an invasion from the heroes to their palace!

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* "Manga/HunterXHunter": Manga/HunterXHunter: Shaiapouf, the Royal Guard for the Chimera Ant King, and notable drama queen, dances frantically to himself in sorrow while admitting to himself that he failed as a royal guard, and he doesn't even know what his king wants... right ''during'' an invasion from the heroes to their palace!
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*"Manga/HunterXHunter": Shaiapouf, the Royal Guard for the Chimera Ant King, and notable drama queen, dances frantically to himself in sorrow while admitting to himself that he failed as a royal guard, and he doesn't even know what his king wants... right ''during'' an invasion from the heroes to their palace!
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* In the first episode of ''Series/TheHauntingOfHillHouse'', we see [[BrokenBird troubled]] Nell Crain waltzing around the long-abandoned Hill House by herself following a gradually-revealed TraumaCongaLine, shortly before she [[DrivenToSuicide commits suicide]] in the house. However, later episodes reveal the situation is [[OnceMoreWithClarity not quite as it first appears]]; [[spoiler: [[EldritchLocation Hill]] [[GeniusLoci House]] had actually tricked Nell into believing she was dancing with her [[TheLostLenore deceased husband]], before manipulating her into accidentally killing herself. Although Nell is overjoyed to see her husband again, she's so isolated and mentally broken at this point she doesn't see through the house's obvious trick]].

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* In the first episode of ''Series/TheHauntingOfHillHouse'', ''Series/TheHauntingOfHillHouse2018'', we see [[BrokenBird troubled]] Nell Crain waltzing around the long-abandoned Hill House by herself following a gradually-revealed TraumaCongaLine, shortly before she [[DrivenToSuicide commits suicide]] in the house. However, later episodes reveal the situation is [[OnceMoreWithClarity not quite as it first appears]]; [[spoiler: [[EldritchLocation Hill]] [[GeniusLoci House]] had actually tricked Nell into believing she was dancing with her [[TheLostLenore deceased husband]], before manipulating her into accidentally killing herself. Although Nell is overjoyed to see her husband again, she's so isolated and mentally broken at this point she doesn't see through the house's obvious trick]].

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* In ''Film/Joker2019'', [[VillainProtagonist Arthur Fleck]] dances a few times on his own, and they're often slow and melancholy before he begins his descent into becoming ComicBook/TheJoker (where conversely, [[HappyDance he becomes far more upbeat]]). The most prominent instance of this is right after [[StartOfDarkness he commits his first murders]]: once he escapes the scene of the crime and ducks into a public bathroom, he slowly begins dancing by himself with a completely expressionless face.



* ''Film/SweeneyToddTheDemonBarberOfFleetStreet'': In the climax of the movie, Todd realizes that the beggar woman he has murdered was his wife Lucy. He accuses Mrs. Lovett of lying to him about her fate. She insists she didn't lie: Lucy did poison herself, but she survived. Todd pretends to forgive her and starts dancing with Mrs. Lovett in a manic way. Then he suddenly pushes her into the oven and burns her alive.



* ''Film/SweeneyToddTheDemonBarberOfFleetStreet'': In the climax of the movie, Todd realizes that the beggar woman he has murdered was his wife Lucy. He accuses Mrs. Lovett of lying to him about her fate. She insists she didn't lie: Lucy did poison herself, but she survived. Todd pretends to forgive her and starts dancing with Mrs. Lovett in a manic way. Then he suddenly pushes her into the oven and burns her alive.
* In ''Film/Joker2019'', [[VillainProtagonist Arthur Fleck]] dances a few times on his own, and they're often slow and melancholy before he begins his descent into becoming ComicBook/TheJoker (where conversely, [[HappyDance he becomes far more upbeat]]). The most prominent instance of this is right after [[StartOfDarkness he commits his first murders]]: once he escapes the scene of the crime and ducks into a public bathroom, he slowly begins dancing by himself with a completely expressionless face.



* The Creator/TakarazukaRevue musical ''Theatre/NijinskyTheMiraculousGodOfDance'' has Vaslav's nervous breakdown portrayed as a frenetic solo dance, ending with his SanitySlippage.



* The Creator/TakarazukaRevue musical ''Nijinsky -The Miraculous God of Dance-'' has Vaslav's nervous breakdown portrayed as a frenetic solo dance, ending with his SanitySlippage.

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Compare/contrast HappyDance, AngryDance, and WorkingOutTheirEmotions. A subtrope of CopeByCreating. Musical variants to dealing with grief and despair include MelancholyMusicalNumber, SongsOfSolace, GriefSong or BreakupSong.

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Compare/contrast HappyDance, AngryDance, DerangedDance, and WorkingOutTheirEmotions. A subtrope of CopeByCreating. Musical variants to dealing with grief and despair include MelancholyMusicalNumber, SongsOfSolace, GriefSong or BreakupSong.

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