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11	[[quoteright:298:[[Film/RoyalWedding https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/royal_wedding_2.png]]]]
12	->''When there's no one else in sight\
13	In the crowded, lonely night\
14	Well, I wait so long\
15	For my love vibration\
16	And I'm dancing with myself.''
17	-->-- '''Music/BillyIdol''', "[[TropeNamers Dancing with Myself]]"
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19	In some cases, a program -- or advertisement -- will show someone dancing by themselves. Typically this is a person doing a side-to-side move but depending on how well they do, it could be quite good. (Note that the music video of the eponymous song [[LyricsVideoMismatch shows Billy Idol fighting off zombies, and holding onto a transformer and shooting electricity at them]], but he never dances)
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21	Compare EverythingHasRhythm when a character dances with a prop. See also RiskyBusinessDance.
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23	!!Examples:
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27	[[folder:Advertising]]
28	* Allstate insurance showed people dancing by themselves when they discovered they saved money over their previous car insurance company.
29	* The old Apple iPod ads iconically featured silhouettes of people dancing by themselves.
30	* The Washington, D.C. area Value City Furniture shows people dancing by themselves next to the ad copy.
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33	[[folder:Fan Works]]
34	* ''Fanfic/TheBoltChronicles'': The climactic dance scene in "The Wedding Reception" at first features Bolt alone on the dance floor, backed by "Do You Love Me (Now That I Can Dance)" by Music/TheContours. Mittens and Rhino join him later.
35	* {{Justified}} in ''Fanfic/YouWereMyBestFriend'' since, like any person learning how to dance, kid!Bloom practices on her own. She mainly dances ballet and jazz, and whenever she gets in the zone, she magically transports herself to Andros.
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38	[[folder:Film -- Live-Action]]
39	* ''Film/BallisticKiss'': Protagonist Cat, a ProfessionalKiller who lives all alone, tends to dance with himself every night while thinking of his past.
40	* In ''Film/BringItOn'', Torrance dances and jumps on her bed as she listens to the demo tape Cliff gives her.
41	* ''Film/TheGameChanger'' has Qian-Qian, dancing by herself to classical music in her bedroom, even when Zi-Hao is in the same room with her. She's tempting him to join her, after all.
42	* In ''Film/HarryPotter'', Neville Longbottom does this in the fourth movie. In his pajamas.
43	* ''Film/HighRisk'' has an example that overlaps with SoundtrackDissonance, as the DarkActionGirl henchwoman kills off the staff in a surveillance room to facilitate a terrorist takeover in a hotel. The henchwoman then flicks on a radio playing classical ballroom music, and starts an impromptu tap-dance by herself ''in a room containing the corpses of guards she killed'', while the scene is inter-cut with several terrorists slaughtering the staff in the hotel's lobby.
44	* Hugh Grant as the Prime Minister in ''Film/LoveActually''... before being caught and quickly shrugging it off.
45	* ''Film/TheMermaid'': Liu Xuan, a playboy property tycoon, have a quick impromptu tap-dance by himself after scolding a bunch of his employees.
46	* Creator/TomCruise's famous RiskyBusinessDance in his underwear to the tune of Bob Seger's "Old Time Rock and Roll" is one of the highlights to the film ''Film/RiskyBusiness''.
47	* In the film ''Film/RoyalWedding'', Creator/FredAstaire does an amazing dance with a coat rack for a partner, and makes the coat rack actually look like it knows how to dance. A Website/YouTube clip appears [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4pYOOErZ_xM here]].
48	* In ''Film/TheSlipperAndTheRose'', Cinderella and the Prince both do this during the song "He/She Danced With Me", as they remember their dance with each other.
49	* ''Film/StrictlyBallroom'': After Scott's dance partner ditches him he dances alone in his parents studio to try out the new steps he wants to introduce. His dance is cut short when he realises Fran is watching him, which leads to her offering to be his new partner.
50	* In ''Film/AnUnmarriedWoman'' starring Jill Clayburgh as protagonist Erica, at the start of the movie after kissing her husband and daughter goodbye but before getting completely dressed for work, AbsurdlyYouthfulMother Erica reflects on how lucky her life is and starts performing an impromptu performance of the ballet "Swan Lake"... in her pajamas and panties. This scene happens roughly five minutes into the film, by the way.
51	* For some reason, in ''Film/VanHelsing'' Dracula does this at one point.
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54	[[folder:Literature]]
55	* ''Literature/ClassicSingaporeHorrorStories'': The short story, ''Skin Deep'', have Emma (daughter of the protagonist, Dr. Raymond) dancing to herself after a late night partying ''in her underwear'', waking up her father who then walks into her room without knocking. The sight of Emma all exposed only adds more fuel to the story's ParentalIncest nature, with the narration suddenly becoming strangely fanservice-y (note that this story is told from a first-person perspective).
56	--> "...her pale white [=BeeDees=] gleaming in the dim moonlight in her darkened bedroom, as her body twists and tangles..."
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59	[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
60	* In the ''Series/{{Friends}}'' episode, "The One With the Ballroom Dancing", Joey is seen ballroom dancing by himself after the cleaning man (who had been using Joey as a practice partner) had to leave.
61	* Artie on ''Series/{{Glee}}'' performs the song and rehearses by himself in the auditorium in Season One episode "Wheels."
62	* In the first episode of ''Series/TheHauntingOfHillHouse2018'', Nell - who [[BreakTheCutie isn't the most mentally stable person]] around - is seen waltzing around the dilapidated Hill House by herself when she pays it a visit [[spoiler: shortly before she apparently [[DrivenToSuicide kills herself]]]]. In the later episode "The Bent Neck Lady", it's [[TheReveal revealed]] that from Nell's perspective, she actually wasn't alone and dancing with [[spoiler: her late husband]], with [[EldritchLocation the house]] using this to try and trap her.
63	* [[TheDitz Neil]] from ''Series/TheInbetweeners'' demonstrates an amazing level of dancing skill at a Caravan Club party. [[ChekhovsSkill This skill]] gets a CallBack in TheMovie, where Neil starts an AccidentalDanceCraze with some hilariously awkward moves.
64	* Dan from ''Series/OneTreeHill'' is seen practicing dancing with his iPod in his ears, much to the embarrassment of [[AmazinglyEmbarrassingParents Nathan]] who catches him.
65	* ''Series/TooOldToDieYoung'':
66	** Alfonso is seen dancing by himself at a cartel gathering, exulting in the group's power.
67	** In the final episode, Diana performs an extended and triumphant dance by herself in her home, possibly as part of her apotheosis into the goddess of her prophesied age of innocence.
68	* Betty from ''Series/UglyBetty'' dances with herself to the song by Billy Idol in a crowded dance party while Matt looks on. This is in the episode ''Plus None''.
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71	[[folder:Music]]
72	* The Music/JessieJ song "It's My Party" includes the lines "so while you sit and watch me/I keep dancing alone" in the chorus.
73	* Not a visual example, but the Music/ChristinaPerri song "The Lonely" mentions this in the chorus:
74	-->Dancing slowly in an empty room\
75	Can The Lonely take the place of you?
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78	[[folder:Video Games]]
79	* ''VideoGame/MoshiMonsters'': Sometimes, the monsters (and Moshlings, their pets), will do a HappyDance by themselves.
80	* ''VideoGame/PaperMarioTheThousandYearDoor'': During an interlude between chapters. [[DamselInDistress Princess Peach]] winds up waltzing with a hologram of herself provided by [[InstantAIJustAddWater TEC]][[WhatIsThisThingYouCallLove -XX]].
81	* ''VideoGame/ShovelKnight'': During the ''Plague Of Shadows'' campaign, upon returning to the potionarium at one point, Mona can be seen dancing around by herself. Letting the sequence play out for too long without entering the room (and embarrassing her at getting caught) earns the CosmeticAward [[WhatTheHellPlayer "Creep"]].
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84	[[folder:Western Animation]]
85	* Slow dance enthusiast Jimmy Pesto, Jr. does this a lot on ''WesternAnimation/BobsBurgers''.
86	* As he tries to calm down a midlife crisis, HardDrinkingPartyGirl Lois in ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'', Peter meets Mayor Adam West, who is looking for his clean laundry. Peter discovers that West has confused the nightclub with a laundry, and there's even a CutawayGag of Mayor West dancing wildly in the waiting area of a laundry as the staff behind the counter work as usual; the sound of the telephone chimes and West cheers, "I love this song!" and dances even wilder.
87	* ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse''
88	** In the episode "Reunited", Garnet dances by herself after Ruby and Sapphire [[spoiler: get married]]. Garnet is their [[FusionDance fusion]], however, so jury's out on whether or not she counts as two people.
89	** In "Change Your Mind", [[spoiler: Steven's gem gets removed from his body and reforms into [[LiteralSplitPersonality Pink Steven]]. The two of them fuse back together by dancing and CryLaughing. This example is a lot less ambiguous than the above, since the two Stevens are two halves of one whole and cannot live without eachother.]]
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