History Main / DanceOfRomance

** In the stage version of ''Theatre/Frozen2013'', Anna and Hans have an extended dance sequence during "Love Is an Open Door".

* Though she is initially reluctant, Prince Digby coxes Princess Althea into sharing a unique version of this in ''Theatre/TheLightPrincess''. The fact that Althea is constantly floating in the air complicates matters somewhat, but the dance is accomplished by Digby holding either her hands, her ankles, or the long, trailing ribbons tied to her wrists and waist to keep her from floating away.
* In the stage version of ''Theatre/TheLittleMermaid'', the [[CuteMute voiceless]] human Ariel learns dance as a nonverbal method of communication during Eric's "One Step Closer" number.

* ''Theatre/WestSideStory'' during the dance at the gym. Tony and Maria see each other for the first time and dance. It's a cha-cha, not a waltz, but it fits.

* Pictured above: Nearly the whole of ''WesternAnimation/{{Cinderella}}'''s romance occurs as Prince Charming and the titular heroine dance to "So This Is Love".
* ''WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast'' is one of the most famous examples as they dance to "Beauty and The Beast".
* ''WesternAnimation/TheSwanPrincess'' at the end of the song "This Is My Idea".
* Tiana and Naveen in ''WesternAnimation/ThePrincessAndTheFrog''; "If I can mince, you can dance." (Unique in that they are ''frogs'' when they dance, rather than humans.)

* ''WesternAnimation/SleepingBeauty''. Though Prince Phillip is drawn to Aurora by the sound of her voice, her first introduction to him is when he sneaks up behind her and starts waltzing with her to "Once Upon a Dream".
* Subverted in ''WesternAnimation/{{Tangled}}'' where Rapunzel and Flynn were trying to reach each other during the "Kingdom Dance" but don't come together until the song has ended.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Rio}}''. After dancing a samba duet, Blu and Jewel are [[AlmostKiss on the verge of kissing...]] until the bad guys turn up.
* This happens in ''WesternAnimation/ThePrincessAndThePea'' when Daria and Rollo dance to the movie's AwardBaitSong.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheScarecrow'': another example where the love interests dance to an AwardBaitSong.
* Ro and Prince Antonio are dancing in ''WesternAnimation/BarbieAsTheIslandPrincess'' when Antonio tells Ro he loves her.
* In ''WesternAnimation/ChickenRun'', Rocky and Ginger start having romantic feelings after a ''fast'' swing dance scene.
* Don Bluth's ''WesternAnimation/{{Thumbelina|1994}}'' has one between Thumbelina and Prince Cornelius on their first nighttime flight.

** Earlier in the season, during the WholeFlashbackEpisode "We Need to Talk", Rose and Greg have one on the beach when Greg wants to show Rose that he is committed to their relationship and have her take him more seriously.

* ''Radio/OurMissBrooks'': In TheMovie GrandFinale, Connie's fantasy includes her dancing with Phillip in their future home.

* In ''Film/IronMan1'', Tony Stark first seems to notice Pepper romantically when he gets her out onto the dance floor for a nice slow waltz. They have an awkward and comedic conversation about it afterwards.
* Crumb and the old guy do this in ''Film/TheCityOfLostChildren''.
* James Bond and Domino dancing a tango in ''Film/NeverSayNeverAgain''. Does not quite cross over into MatingDance territory, but one can see why Largo interrupts it at the first possible moment.

* There's a cute one in the 1987 film adaptation of [[Literature/AnneofGreenGables Anne of Avonlea]] between Anne and Gilbert. It deeply affects Anne, who jerks away quickly after a few moments and makes an excuse to leave. Up until that point, she'd been oblivious to both Gilbert's feelings for her and her own feelings for him. She still remains oblivious to her feelings for him for a few more years.
* "Night and Day" in ''Film/TheGayDivorcee:'' Mimi has been very standoffish to Guy until this point, but after they dance together, she is clearly attracted to him--so much so that she's hurt when she [[MistakenIdentity thinks he was just romancing her for his job]].
* "Cheek To Cheek" from ''Film/TopHat''.
* In ''Film/{{Carefree}},'' Amanda first realizes her attraction to Tony after she dreams about dancing with him; she confirms it by getting him to dance with her in real life.
* At the end of Elizabeth's first dance with Mr Darcy in the Creator/KeiraKnightley version of ''Literature/PrideAndPrejudice'', Mr Darcy says that he hopes to afford Elizabeth more clarity of his character in the future. This must have been significant to Elizabeth because at that point everyone in the room disappears and Mr Darcy is the only one she notices.
* In ''Film/TheArtist'', when George and Peppy film the dancing scene for [[ShowWithinAShow "A German Affair"]], they keep screwing up the takes because they can't stop staring at each other or making each other laugh. It culminates in a HeldGaze, after which a visibly unsettled George walks off the set. In the film's screenplay, this is actually pointed to as the precise moment where the two fall in love.
* Almasy and Katherine's dance in ''Film/TheEnglishPatient'' film. It's romantic in that the mutual attraction between the two becomes apparent, but it is also extremely uncomfortable because of the sheer intensity of their connection coupled with the fact that Katherine is another man's wife. And he's sitting not far away.
* Sort of in ''Film/{{Stardust}}'' when Tristan and Yvaine dance on the ship and [[spoiler:Yvain starts to glow as she begins realizing her feelings for him]].
* In ''Film/SweeneyToddTheDemonBarberOfFleetStreet'' Sweeney Todd and Mrs Lovett get one during the song "A Little Priest".
* In ''Film/TheDarkKnightRises'', Bruce Wayne gets to do one with [[DatingCatwoman Selina Kyle]] about 30 minutes into the movie.
* While Scott and Fran dance together several times during the course of ''Film/StrictlyBallroom'', their feelings for each other truly start to emerge when they dance to Music/DorisDay's "Perhaps Perhaps Perhaps".
* ''Film/HighSchoolMusical3SeniorYear'' gives us "Can I Have This Dance", as Gabriella teaches Troy the waltz.
* In ''{{Film/Holiday}}'', Linda and John share a dance just before midnight on New Year's Eve. It's supposed to be an innocent future brother- and sister-in-law moment, but for Linda, at least, it turns into [[LoveEpiphany something more]].
* ''Film/SomeLikeItHot'' has Jerry/[[DisguisedInDrag Daphne]] go from hating Osgood, to wanting to marry him, after enjoying a night-long tango with him.
* ''In Film/RememberTheNight'', Lee and John share a lovely barn-dance waltz which ends in a steamy kiss.
* Subverted in the 2014 French-German ''Film/{{Beauty and the Beast|2014}}''. Belle's dance with the Beast is a clear homage to the Dance Of Romance in the Disney adaptation listed above, but given that Belle asks the Beast to dance only because she wants to make a deal with him to see her family again and that the dance ends with the Beast refusing to honor his end of the deal and Belle shouting at him that he disgusts her in response, it ultimately doesn't turn out very romantic.

* The sexual tension between King Mongkut and Anna in ''Film/TheKingAndI'' comes to a high boil during the 'Shall We Dance' number. Anna is clearly having trouble breathing when the King puts his hand on her waist.
* The very last scene of ''Film/AvengersEndgame'' is Captain America finally dancing with his beloved Peggy Carter, something he promised in ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheFirstAvenger'' but could never deliver as his last mission left him [[HumanPopsicle frozen in the Arctic for decades]].
* ''Film/Emma2020'': At a party, Emma and her good friend Mr. Knightly decide to dance together as friends. By the end of the rather romantic dance, both of them are slowly realizing that they’re more than JustFriends…
* ''Film/SylviesLove'': As a sign of their love, Robert and Sylvie slow-dance thrice: the first is a truncated one after she first sees him perform, the next in the street following a party, and the third at a restaurant after they can finally be together.

* In the ''Fanfic/JuniorOfficers'' fanfic "[[Recap/JuniorOfficersS2E26HappyBirthdayLekona Happy Birthday, Lekona]]", Lekona and Blythe share a dance as the stars come out.

* In the ''Fanfic/JuniorOfficers'' fanfic "[[/Recap/JuniorOfficersS2E26HappyBirthdayLekona Happy Birthday, Lekona]]", Lekona and Blythe share a dance as the stars come out.

* ''LightNovel/TheFamiliarOfZero'': After catching Fouguet, the academy holds a ball where Louise asks Saito for a dance. In the novels, at least, Saito declares that that was the time when he fell in love with Louise.

* ''Manga/DescendantsOfDarkness'': For Hisoka and Tsubaki, the start of their interaction consists of her bumping into him and then getting him to dance with her. Cue slow, romantic music, and GaussianGirl effects as they stare into each other's eyes.
* The Magic World Ball chapters of ''Manga/NegimaMagisterNegiMagi'' had two sets of these going with variations. The straight one is Kotaro/Natsumi, and the oddball one being Negi/Asuna, because [[spoiler:it isn't really Asuna, but her doppelganger Shiori. However, by that point Shiori ''was'' already developing feelings for Negi]].
* ''Manga/HonooNoAlpenRose'':
** Jeudi gets dolled up in a red gown to dance a waltz ''with the RomanticFalseLead'' instead of [[VictoriousChildhoodFriend the guy she has loved from childhood]]. [[spoiler: Said dance turns out to be plot-relevant, as it triggers the return on one of Jeudi's lost memories: dancing with a man who seems to be her father... ''before'' the plane crash that left her orphaned and amnesiac.]]
** In the OP of the series, she's seen dancing with both the False Lead ''and'' the VictoriousChildhoodFriend.

* Subverted in ''Manga/TokyoMewMew'', where Ichigo was asked for a dance by Shirogane when the Mew Mews are attending a cruise party. Despite being very embarrassed with herself for enjoying the moment, the two never ended up together, because Ichigo only has eyes for Aoyama.

* ''ComicBook/TheUltimates'': Henry Pym and Janet Van Dyne were a couple until a domestic discussion ends in a violent domestic abuse. She is hospitalized, and he escapes. Captain America tracks him down and beats him to a pulp, but she rejects Cap when he tries to talk. The next time they talk is during a dance in a White House gala. Captain America apologizes, he says he shouldn't have interfered; but she answers that he ''did'' interfere and that nobody ever did something like that for her. And then she kisses him... the first kiss Cap got since being unfrozen in the XXI century.

* In ''Fanfic/RWBYScars'', Weiss and Blake decide not to go to their school's dance and opt instead to spend time watching movies together. After Weiss reveals that she's never had a nice dance with someone else, Blake offers to dance with her. They have a romantic-laden dance together.

* ''Fanfic/TheBoltChronicles'': Bolt and Mittens dance together in “The Wedding Reception.” However, it does not bear romantic fruit until a later story, “The Ship,” where it is lampshaded.
* ''Fanfic/InfinityTrainBlossomingTrail'': Chloe dances with Lexi -- a book who can use his pages to give him a humanoid form; said form is based on a character Chloe created called "The Specter of the Black Forest" (an {{Expy}} of [[Anime/YuGiOhVRAINS Specter]]) -- to the Lobster Quadrille, with both singing its lyrics and waltzing in glee at being together. There are hints of it being romantic even though the two have known each other for at most a few hours.

* ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'': Odo and Kira in the episode "His Way". Granted, Odo had already been in love with Kira for years by this point, but their dance seemed to be the turning point that allowed Kira to [[LoveEpiphany realize her own feelings]].
* ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'': Doc and Seven in the episode "Someone to Watch Over Me".
* ''Series/StarTrekPicard'': Not a literal dance in "[[Recap/StarTrekPicardS1E04AbsoluteCandor Absolute Candor]]", but Soji and Narek sliding about on an icy floor in each other's arms is definitely played like this. On the soundtrack, the title of the music for this scene is "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j0j1PKF6yfY Soji and Narek Waltz]]".
* ''Series/ICarly'': Carly and Freddie in ''iSpeed Date''.
* ''Series/{{Torchwood}}'' has the slow dance in 1942 between Jack and [[spoiler: the real Captain Jack Harkness]] after a full episode of romantic tension, culminating in one of the longest gay kisses ever shown on TV. Also a TearJerker since [[spoiler: Jack is forced to return to his own time immediately after the kiss, and the last image he sees is the other Jack saluting him]]
* Done twice in ''Series/NipAndTuck'', first with Tuck and Thelma Possum at the harvest dance, then with Nip and Zelda Porcupine at the B-Movie cruise.
* ''Series/{{Friends}}'' Monica and Chandler have an off-screen one when Chandler realized Monica was the woman he "wanted to dance all his dances with."

* ''Series/TheVampireDiaries'':
** In the episode "Miss Mystic Falls", 150+-year-old vampire Damon Salvatore steps in to dance with his brother's human girlfriend, Elena Gilbert when Stefan fails to show up. You can see in his eyes that this is the moment he realizes he loves her, and she appears somewhat affected as well.
** Stefan's dance with Elena's doppelganger, Katherine Pierce, is this as well, both in the past and in the present.
* In the KoreanDrama ''Series/TheCityHall'', Mi Rae and Ju Gook dance the tango at the Miss Baendaengi contest, finally letting the sparks fly.
* Carter and Abby in ''Series/{{ER}}''. In the seventh season episode "Thy Will Be Done," Carter and Abby share one when Abby accompanies Carter to his grandparents' charity ball. The two were established friends by that point, but if the dance wasn't the turning point for both of them, it noticeably was for Carter...

* Subverted in an episode from ''Series/HowIMetYourMother'' when Robin, having just used her "truth voice" to Lily about wanting to get back with Barney, gets pulled into a dance with him to "show these people in Cleveland how it's done." When the ending has them so close they're almost kissing, they are interrupted by a phone call from Barney's ex, Nora, who he had tried calling. She feeds him lines to say that are really how ''she'' is feeling which, unfortunately, brings Barney and Nora back together.

* Played with in a complicated way in ''Series/{{Sherlock}}''. At John's wedding, Sherlock makes friends with a very flirty bridesmaid who fancies him and, when he rejects her, starts abusing his SherlockScan abilities to make him act as her wingman. Eventually, he confesses to her that he secretly loves dancing, but [[GuiltyPleasure no-one must ever know]]. She asks to see him dance, so he performs a few graceful moves for her (rather than with her), which she adores. In the next episode, John finds out, to his horror, that despite Sherlock's {{Asexuality}} the bridesmaid is now his girlfriend, walking around his house with no underwear and even sneaking up on him when he's in the bath. Eventually we find out that Sherlock in fact deliberately manipulated the whole situation in order to bait her as a HoneyTrap, needing her to solve a case - and that he couldn't even bring himself to do anything more than kiss her. It seems the decision to have him dance ''for'' her rather than ''with'' her was {{Foreshadowing}} this eventual twist.
* Pablo and Marizza do this in ''Series/RebeldeWay''. It's one of the first indicators in the series that shows that they might start having romantic feelings for one another.
* Karma and Amy's dance at Farrah's wedding reception in the season one finale of ''Series/FakingIt''. While not the slow, romantic dance usually seen, the wild, carefree manner in which they dance to 'their song', as though they're the only ones in the room, makes it clear to everyone present that they have feelings for each other.

* In ''Series/TheAstronautWivesClub'', Max and Louise share a tentative but close dance in a barn the night the Cuban Missile Crisis reaches high tension.
* ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'': In "I Only Have Eyes For You", Buffy looks into the music room and sees the ghosts of James and Grace dancing to "I Only Have Eyes For You". She's caught up in the moment herself until James does a FaceRevealingTurn as a corpse.

* ''{{Series/Dates}}'': Erica and Kate dance seductively with each other in a club, then start kissing. Next we see they've slept together.

* ''Theatre/MissSaigon'' is another atypical variation; Kim and Chris dance together, which seems to be the usual practice in the club before going off with a client, but there's only a hint of affection; they don't fall deeply in love until afterwards, and the scene that ''looks'' like a typical Dance of Romance is the reprise of the song they danced to when they first met.
* Sort of happens in ''Theatre/TheSoundOfMusic'': Maria and Captain Von Trapp, when the kids ask to be shown the Laendler. Whilst the audience (and the Baroness) can see this coming long before that, it's the first time either of the eventual couple give any inkling of noticing they love each other.
* Robert and Francesca in ''Theatre/TheBridgesOfMadisonCounty'' share a slow dance in her kitchen before finally giving in to their simmering passion.
* Much like its animated predecessor, in ''Theatre/{{Anastasia}}'', Dmitry and Anya share a dance during the "Learn To Do It" montage and clearly feel a spark of something. Several scenes later, upon seeing their angst, Vlad lampshades this with the song "I Never Should Have Let Them Dance."
* Though she is initially reluctant, Prince Digby coxes Princess Althea into sharing a unique version of this in ''Theatre/TheLightPrincess''. The fact that Althea is constantly floating in the air complicates matters somewhat, but the dance is accomplished by Digby holding either her hands, her ankles, or the long, trailing ribbons tied to her wrists and waist to keep her from floating away.
* In the stage version of ''Theatre/TheLittleMermaid'', the [[CuteMute voiceless]] human Ariel learns dance as a nonverbal method of communication during Eric's "One Step Closer" number.

* Elaine does this with Guybrush in ''VideoGame/TalesOfMonkeyIsland Chapter 4: The Trial and Execution of Guybrush Threepwood'', [[spoiler:although it is parodied as a "Freaky Waltz of Attempted Rape"]].
* In ''VideoGame/EarthBoundBeginnings'', Ninten and Ana dance together when they're alone in a healing house, after which Ana asks Ninten if he loves her. Due to technical limitations, the "dance" itself involves the two of them moving around the room using their walking sprites.

* In ''VisualNovel/SchoolDays'', the player can potentially get Makoto to dance with either of his two main love interests, [[TheOjou Kotonoha]] or [[GirlNextDoor Sekai]], in front of a bonfire. [[spoiler: But if Makoto doesn't stop Kotonoha's bullies before dancing with Sekai, Kotonoha sees them dancing... right after being raped by Taisuke.]]

* This trope is in full effect at the end of ''WesternAnimation/KimPossibleMovieSoTheDrama'' when Kim and Ron returned to the prom and danced to the song "Could It Be" which incidentally fit the mood perfectly, culminating in their FirstKiss.
* ''WesternAnimation/SymBionicTitan'': After Ilana misses the dance she worked so hard on (to set up the theme, as it reminded her of her home planet). Lance decides to cheer her up by putting on a hat and sharing a dance with her. Jason and Maribel's dance from earlier (after said couple abandoned them earlier) could be seen as this, although not the dance between Kimmy and her ex-boyfriend Brandon.
* ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'': While Aang's feelings for Katara had been somewhere on the spectrum between PrecociousCrush and UnrequitedLove for quite a while, their dance scene in "The Headband" was the first time it looked like his attraction might be reciprocated. (A certain [[CanonDiscontinuity trip through a cave]] notwithstanding.)

* A brief and one-sided example in ''WesternAnimation/StarVsTheForcesOfEvil'' episode "Blood Moon Ball". During a magical moon influenced dance, Star is clearly smitten with her dance partner until he reveals himself to be Marco, who just thought he was rescuing her from the party.
* The ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'' episode [[WholeEpisodeFlashback "The Answer"]] gives Ruby and Sapphire a romantic dance (which doubles as a {{Fusion Dance}}) during the song "Something Entirely New." The choreography and setting are a blatant shoutout to Aurora and Philip's "Once Upon a Dream" dance in ''WesternAnimation/SleepingBeauty''.

* The Magic World Ball chapters of ''Manga/MahouSenseiNegima'' had two sets of these going with variations. The straight one is Kotaro/Natsumi, and the oddball one being Negi/Asuna, because [[spoiler:it isn't really Asuna, but her doppelganger Shiori. However, by that point Shiori ''was'' already developing feelings for Negi]].

* {{Series/Torchwood}} has the slow dance in 1942 between Jack and [[spoiler: the real Captain Jack Harkness]] after a full episode of romantic tension, culminating in one of the longest gay kisses ever shown on TV. Also a {{Tear Jerker}} since [[spoiler: Jack is forced to return to his own time immediately after the kiss, and the last image he sees is the other Jack saluting him]]

* Luz and Amity's [[DanceBattler dance to defeat Grom]] in ''WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse'' episode "Enchanting Grom Fright" has definite romantic undertones, especially since [[spoiler:it's confirmed to the audience less than a minute after the dance is over that Amity is in love with Luz.]]

So Alice and Bob, who either don't know each other very well, or are JustFriends, are attending some fancy party. For some reason, they wind up dancing to some slow romantic song that requires waltzing or some other dance typified by close body contact. Hey, that's ok, nothing special -- except she's starting to blush, and he's getting all nervous. Could it be? Are they in love?

* The Magic World Ball chapters of ''Manga/MahouSenseiNegima'' had two sets of these going with variations. The straight one is Kotaro/Natsumi, and the oddball one being Negi/Asuna, because [[spoiler:it isn't really Asuna, but her doppleganger Shiori. However, by that point Shiori ''was'' already developing feelings for Negi]].

** Jeudi gets dolled up in a red gown to dance a waltz ''with the RomanticFalseLead'' instead of [[VictoriousChildhoodFriend the guy she has loves from childhood]]. [[spoiler: Said dance turns out to be plot-relevant, as it triggers the return on one of Jeudi's lost memories: dancing with a man who seems to be her father... ''before'' the plane crash that left her orphaned and amnesiac.]]

** One of the most ShipTease-ladden moments for Candy and Anthony was their dance in the Andree BigFancyHouse. Even more so because they were ''this'' close to miss it thanks to [[SpoiledBrat Eliza and Neil's]] machinations. The sight of Candy dancing with Tony in a PimpedOutDress that belonged to his MissingMom [[VillainousBreakdown sent Eliza into a sobbing fit.]]

* ''ComicBook/TheUltimates'': Henry Pym and Janet Van Dyne were a couple, until a domestic discussion ends in a violent domestic abuse. She is hospitalized, and he escapes. Captain America tracks him down and beats him to a pulp, but she rejects Cap when he tries to talk. The next time they talk is during a dance in a White House gala. Captain America apologizes, he says he shouldn't have interfered; but she answers that he ''did'' interfere and that nobody ever did something like that for her. And then she kisses him... the first kiss Cap got since being unfrozen in the XXI century.

* ''Fanfic/InfinityTrainBlossomingTrail'': Chloe dances with Lexi -- a book who can uses his pages to give him a humanoid form; said form is based off a character Chloe created called "The Specter of the Black Forest" (an {{Expy}} of [[Anime/YuGiOhVRAINS Specter]]) -- to the Lobster Quadrille, with both singing its lyrics and waltzing in glee at being together. There are hints of it being romantic even though the two have known each other for at most a few hours.

* Deconstructed in ''Literature/ABrothersPrice'': Kij dances with Jerin, compliments him and starts a conversation about his being schooled in "the paths of pleasure". He's only embarassed, and happy when his sisters comes to his rescue.

* Literature/{{Cinderella}}, and just about everything based off her.

** In the episode "Miss Mystic Falls" 150+ year old vampire Damon Salvatore steps in to dance with his brother's human girlfriend, Elena Gilbert when Stefan fails to show up. You can see it in his eyes that this is the moment he realizes he loves her, and she appears somewhat affected as well.

* Subverted in an episode from ''Series/HowIMetYourMother'' when Robin, having just used her "truth voice" to Lily about wanting to get back with Barney, gets pulled into a dance with him to "show these people in Cleveland how it's done." When the ending has them so close they're almost kissing, they are interrupted by a phone call from Barney's ex, Nora, who he had tried calling. She feeds him lines to say that are really how ''she'' is feeling which, unfortunately, brings the Barney and Nora back together.

* A common occurrence on ''Series/{{Glee}}'', which makes sense since it's a musical show. All the major (and most minor) couples have had falling in love duets and the duets are usually accompanied by some dancing.

* Keri Hilson's song "Slow Dance", which is the quoted at the top of this page, is about this.
* The song "I Saw Her Standing There" by Music/TheBeatles combines this trope with the related tropes HighSchoolDance, HoldingHands and LoveAtFirstSight.

* Robert and Francesca in ''Theatre/TheBridgesOfMadisonCounty'' share a slow dance in her kitchen before finally giving into their simmering passion.

* In ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesTrailsOfColdSteel I'', [[TheHero Rean]] has the option to dance with the ladies at the climax of the game if he has a high bonding affinity with them. For the guys however, they skip out on the dancing and go straight to watching the other people dance while they just sit down in the distance.

* In ''VisualNovel/SchoolDays'', the player can potentially get Makoto to dance with either of his two main love interests, [[TheOjou Kotonoha]] or [[GirlNextDoor Sekai]], in front of a bonfire. [[spoiler: But if Makoto doesn't stop Kotonoha's bullies before daincing with Sekai, Kotonoha sees them dancing... right after being raped by Taisuke.]]

** When Agatha realizes Higgs isn't going to dance because he's hoping to avoid breaking his cover she goes far out of her way to ensure [[https://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20200909 Zeetha and Higgs get some time together on the dance floor that doesn't make things suspicous.]] Albia shortly makes it clear she is already aware there's something up with Higgs since he does not have the mental tie to her like her actual subjects.

* A brief and one sided example in ''WesternAnimation/StarVsTheForcesOfEvil'' episode "Blood Moon Ball". During a magical moon influenced dance, Star is clearly smitten with her dance partner until he reveals himself to be Marco, who just thought he was rescuing her from the party.

* Scarecrow and The Queen Of Night have one of these in ''WesternAnimation/TheMagicAdventuresOfMumfie'' episode "Scarecrowella".

* The sexual tension between King Mongkut and Anna in Film/TheKingAndI comes to a high boil during the 'Shall We Dance' number. Anna is clearly having trouble breathing when the King puts his hand on her waist.

* An important romantic scene in ''Literature/HandsHeldInTheSnow'' features Emi and Beatrice dancing together at a very fancy party.

* Luz and Amity's [[DanceBattler dance to defeat Grom]] in ''WesternAnmiation/TheOwlHouse'' episode "Enchanting Grom Fright" has definite romantic undertones, especially since [[spoiler:it's confirmed to the audience less than a minute after the dance is over that Amity is in love with Luz.]]