History Main / VampireDance

* ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer''. The vampires often hunted at the Bronze, despite the fact that they knew the Slayer liked to hang out at that night club. In "Crush", Spike and Drusilla dance to the music of "Key" by Devics while selecting their next victims there.

* ''Series/ForeverKnight''. The Raven, a goth nightclub which is also a haunt for vampires. Humans also use the club, so presumably it's used to hunt as well, as Schanke finds out when he ignores his partner's warning not to go in there, and gets in a MatingDance with a sultry vampire chick.

* ''Series/InterviewWithTheVampire2022'': In the seventh episode, Louis de Pointe du Lac and Lestat de Lioncourt (who are both vampires) [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a3PJlUn2mQA waltz together]] in French period costumes at the Mardi Gras ball. There's also a [[https://64.media.tumblr.com/2f5956f077db5cd907ddcfc8fa4e07be/1f73d07e802d61dc-dc/s540x810/4a01743c5abc43d7844fe129150eef3161404db1.gif brief shot of them dancing]] in the fourth episode during Claudia's birthday.

* ''Series/InterviewWithTheVampire2022'': In the seventh episode, Louis de Pointe du Lac and Lestat de Lioncourt (who are both vampires) waltz together in French period costumes at the Mardi Gras ball. There's also a [[https://64.media.tumblr.com/2f5956f077db5cd907ddcfc8fa4e07be/1f73d07e802d61dc-dc/s540x810/4a01743c5abc43d7844fe129150eef3161404db1.gif brief shot of them dancing]] in the fourth episode during Claudia's birthday.

* ''Series/InterviewWithTheVampire2022'': In the seventh episode, Louis de Pointe du Lac and Lestat de Lioncourt (who are both vampires) dance together in French period costumes at the Mardi Gras ball. There's also a [[https://64.media.tumblr.com/2f5956f077db5cd907ddcfc8fa4e07be/1f73d07e802d61dc-dc/s540x810/4a01743c5abc43d7844fe129150eef3161404db1.gif brief shot of them dancing]] in the fourth episode during Claudia's birthday.

* ''Series/InterviewWithTheVampire2022'': In the seventh episode, Louis de Pointe du Lac and Lestat de Lioncourt dance together in French period costumes at the Mardi Gras ball. There's also a [[https://64.media.tumblr.com/2f5956f077db5cd907ddcfc8fa4e07be/1f73d07e802d61dc-dc/s540x810/4a01743c5abc43d7844fe129150eef3161404db1.gif brief shot of them dancing]] in the fourth episode during Claudia's birthday.

* ''Series/InterviewWithTheVampire2022'': In the seventh episode, Louis de Pointe du Lac and Lestat de Lioncourt dance together in French period costumes at a Mardi Gras ball. There's also a [[https://64.media.tumblr.com/2f5956f077db5cd907ddcfc8fa4e07be/1f73d07e802d61dc-dc/s540x810/4a01743c5abc43d7844fe129150eef3161404db1.gif brief shot of them dancing]] in the fourth episode during Claudia's birthday.

* ''[[Theatre/{{SQS}} ROMEO in the Darkness]]'' -- when the {{Dhampyr}} Romeo reveals Rikka/Ichiru in his dream world, playing his Juliet/Julio, he dances with him. Rikka/Ichiru is in a trance, and when he wakes up, he doesn't remember having danced with Romeo.

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* ''Film/{{Blade}}'' opens with the vampires holding a rave in a meat-packing plant, complete with blood spraying from the fire sprinklers and victims lured in (presumably to be fed on).

** Drusilla also has some serious LesbianSubtext dancing with Darla on Series/{{Angel}}. Angel himself, however, cannot dance. At least, [[SucksAtDancing you do not want to watch]]. Though he did share a romantic dance with Buffy in "The Prom".

* In ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'', the vampires often hunted at the Bronze, despite the fact that they knew the Slayer liked to hang out at that night club.
** In "Crush", Spike and Drusilla dance to the music of "Key" by Devics while selecting their next victims.
** Drusilla also has some serious [[HoYay Lez Yay]] dancing moments with Darla on ''Series/Angel''.
** Series/{{Angel}}, however, cannot dance. At least, [[SucksAtDancing you do not want to watch]].
** On the other hand, Angel and Buffy share a romantic dance together in "The Prom".

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* Inverted in the British series ''{{Series/Ultraviolet}}''. The protagonist nearly shoots his unrequited LoveInterest in a nightclub because he's convinced she's been turned into a vampire. It's only when she flees down a mirrored corridor that he realises he's made a mistake.

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* ''Film/OnceBitten'' features a dance off between the hero's girlfriend and the vampire. Winner gets the hero.

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* The Film/HammerHorror film ''The Kiss of the Vampire'' has the vampire ball... and hero and heroine as the unsuspecting guests.

* ''Film/VanHelsing'' features a fancy dress party. The dance hall is lined with mirrors, making it obvious to the female lead that she's basically the only one there with a pulse.
* ''Film/OnceBitten'' features a dance off between the hero's girlfriend and the vampire. Winner gets the hero.

* ''Film/LoveAtFirstBite'' has Count Dracula meeting his would-be bride at a disco.
* ''Film/{{Blade}}'' opens with the vampires holding a rave in a meat-packing plant, complete with blood spraying from the fire sprinklers and victims lured in (presumably to be fed on).
* ''Film/DraculaDeadAndLovingIt'' has a really funny dance sequence with a tango, a waltz, a ceiling length mirror, the works! Of course, the dance was set up by the vampire hunters as a way to reveal Dracula's true nature.

* The title character of 1979's ''Nocturna'' (who was played by a professional belly dancer) is the granddaughter of Dracula, who has converted part of his castle into a hotel for tax purposes. She falls in love with an American musician and subsequently dances at the hotel's nightclub while his band plays. From there, she runs away to New York City with her beau and goes clubbing with him. A mirror does figure into her first dance -- but in a twist on the usual, she briefly sees her reflection in it and realizes that ThePowerOfLove ''and'' music are capable of turning her into a mortal, [[spoiler: which is fine with her; at film's end she is fully human]].

* At one point in ''Literature/TheAuralightChronicles'', [[TheHero Dakota]] looks for clues in a nightclub owned by her girlfriend, who happens to be [[VampiresOwnNightclubs a vampire]]. While there, they start playing "[[Music/MichaelJackson Thriller]]" and everyone, vampire, werewolf, etc. starts dancing to the tune. Vampires dance the rest of the time as well, but, in this case it takes it straight into meta territory.

* In ''Series/TheVampireDiaries'', Damon Salvatore loves to dance. No, not seductive cooler than thou dancing. 1800's formal dancing, goofy swing dancing, shirtless dancing around the house while drunk to drown his sorrows dancing... Stefan has even commented upon it. Boy just loves to dance. YMMV on whether it is being played for laughs or not.
** The town's obsession with theme events also leads to a lot of dances, and at least a couple of vampires generally attend. It's a rare Mystic Falls event that ends without a body count.
* In ''Series/TrueBlood'', Fangtasia is a vampire-run nightclub.
* Inverted in the British series ''{{Series/Ultraviolet}}''. The protagonist nearly shoots his unrequited LoveInterest in a nightclub because he's convinced she's been turned into a vampire. It's only when she flees down a mirrored corridor that he realises he's made a mistake.

-->'''Vampire girl:''' And what else goes with dancing?
-->'''Schanke:''' I don't know... [[TemptingFate Dining?]]
* In the 1980s mini-series ''The Little Vampire'', we see the boy vampire Rudiger's punk-rocker brother Lumpi leading the band at a rave of Goth teenaged humans who don't suspect what he really is. Towards the end of the series, Rudiger invites his human friend Anton to a Vampire Ball, disguising him as a vampire to fool the other guests. Anton's cover is almost blown when it turns out he can't dance, something which all vampires love to do, according to Rudiger.
* In the 1990s mini-series reboot of ''The Little Vampire'', Rudiger again brings Anton to a Vampire Ball disguised as a vampire, but they get a shock when Anton's unsuspecting parents also come to the dance dressed as vampires, thinking it is just a costume party. The rest of the evening is spent with Rudiger and Anton trying to prevent the other vampires from catching on that Anton and his parents are human, and Anton's parents from catching on that the other guests aren't people dressed as vampires, but the REAL THING!

* In Bobby Picket's "Monster Mash", {{Dracula}} is upset at first that the Transylvania Twist is passé because of the new dance (which is a "graveyard smash"), but he gets over it.

* ''VideoGame/TrueCrimeNewYorkCity'' has a mission where Detective Marcus must enter a "vampyre" Club, complete with smoke machine and fetish attire. Granted you barely get to see any dancing and they are not "real vampires" (goths, and wannabes mostly) but it looks like something out of the first Blade movie. Once Marcus upsets the girl he's there to rescue, the ringleader of the club promises to show Marcus "How Vampyrer fight!"

Sometimes PlayedForLaughs. Most of the time, though, it's ParanoiaFuel. A SubTrope of TheDeadCanDance. Can overlap with VampiresOwnNightClubs

* Roman Polanski's ''Film/TheFearlessVampireKillers'' used the dance floor mirror gag.
** As does ''[[VampireMusicals Dance of the Vampires]]'' (''Theatre/TanzDerVampire''), the [[AllMusicalsAreAdaptations musical adaptation]] (done live with character doubles).

* The title character of 1979's ''Nocturna'' (who was played by a professional belly dancer) is the granddaughter of Dracula, who has converted part of his castle into a hotel for tax purposes. She falls in love with an American musician and subsequently dances at the hotel's nightclub while his band plays. From there, she runs away to New York City with her beau and goes clubbing with him. A mirror does figure into her first dance -- but in a twist on the usual, she briefly sees her reflection in it and realizes that ThePowerOfLove ''and'' ThePowerOfRock are capable of turning her into a mortal, [[spoiler: which is fine with her; at film's end she is fully human]].

* The title character of 1979's ''Nocturna'' (who was played by a professional belly dancer) is the granddaughter of Dracula, who has converted part of his castle into a hotel for tax purposes. She falls in love with an American musician and subsequently dances at the hotel's nightclub while his band plays. From there, she runs away to New York City with her beau and goes clubbing with him, [[spoiler: as the power of love ''and'' music eventually renders her happily human]].