Literature.Is It Wrong To Try To Pick Up Girls In A Dungeon: With some help from Hermes, Bell and Aiz dance together at Apollo Familia's ball in the first episode of the second season. Hestia also gets Bell to dance with her at a town's festival in the second season finale.
Film.Blast Of Silence: Subverted in a rather terrifying way. During his visit with Lori, Lori tries to cheer Frankie up by suggesting they slow-dance to a song on the radio. The mood is romantic, but then Frankie gets too aggressive, forcing a kiss on Lori and then getting a hair away from raping her before she's able to escape his grip. Needless to say, Lori asks Frankie to leave and distances herself from him for the rest of the film.
Characters.Disney Magic Kingdoms Event Characters Part One: Takes part in such a dance with the Beast (complete with her classic yellow ball gown) as the grand finale for the event (and is able to do more such dances with him as an in-game activity once the event is over).
Film.Carmen: In another plot element that has double resonance, Antonio and Carmen dance a passionate dance to the accompaniment of the famous "Habanera" aria from the opera. After, they become lovers.
Creator.Nigahiga: Aden and Taylor. Supposedly, the two were going to rush to prom in order to make it happen, but upon finding out the doors have been locked, they have no qualms dancing outside, and then beating up a S.I.N.S. spy.
Characters.Darling In The Franxx Pilots Of Strelizia: An adorably awkward variant with Zero Two when she gets him into restricted (to him) areas by linking her hands with his, but leading with one pair of hands forward like a kind of dance. After his Anguished Declaration of Love in Episode 4, they do this together to bypass security and get to Strelizia.
GirlGenius.Tropes A To E: After years of strips required to get the Baron and Lucrezia out of their heads so they could even have such a moment, Gil and Agatha finally share one, much to Tarvek's consternation.
UsefulNotes.Great Dickens Christmas Fair: This is the entire reason why Fezziwig's Warehouse exists in both the Fair as a whole and in its place in the plotline of A Christmas Carol, as it is where The Ghost of Christmas Past takes Scrooge to see his younger self fall in love with and then get his heart broken by his sweetheart Belle.
Recap.Star Vs The Forces Of Evil S 1 E 15 Blood Moon Ball: The Blood Moon Ball's special feature is that two attendants will be chosen to dance under the light of the Blood Moon, binding their souls together. Tom was trying to rig things so he and Star would be chosen, but Marco accidentally takes his place after a mysterious voice urges him to crash the party. Star is clearly smitten with her mysterious partner too, at least before Marco reveals himself under his mask.
Characters.Sailor Moon Usagi Tsukino: In Crystal Act 4, Tuxedo Mask asks Usagi to dance, and the two of them share a romantic moment laden with sparkling shoujo bubbles.
Recap.We Bare Bears S 4 E 22 Wingmen: The larkatoo can attract a mate by dancing for her, so the bears organize a prom for all the animals in the forest to help the bird find its one true love.
Characters.Harry And The Shipgirls Britain: Tries and spectacularly fails this with Ron. Isabella pulls out a red dress that is notorious in Beauxbatons for causing students to walk into walls and wears it to tango with him in a dance lesson. Ron just raises an eyebrow even when she turns the Allure full blast on him during their dance. Isabella is beside herself afterward and screaming into her pillow, much to her friend Fleur's amusement.
Recap.Doctor Who S 36 E 12 The Doctor Falls: Grotesquely parodied by the two incarnations of the Master on the rooftop, who skirt on the edge of Screw Yourself as they dance.
Film.Jasons Lyric: The titular characters slow dance after having a mock picnic in an abandoned bus station followed by a twirl hug.
Music.Twice: "You and I, dancing in the moonlight" The protagonist of "1,3,2" has trouble trying to dance properly while falling in love with the love interest. "Won't you dance with me, wallflower?"
Series.Marie Antoinette 2022: Marie Antoinette meets Count Axel von Fursen at a ball, and they share a romantic dance with a long Held Gaze.
Heartwarming.Wonder Woman 2017: Diana and Steve's kiss. In the midst of almost literal hell and after having danced in celebration of a victory, at first Steve seems to be about to leave Diana for the night before changing his mind and going back to her, and she kisses him tentatively (at first). Gadot and Pine's great chemistry and their body language, since the scene is devoid of dialogue, convey perfectly that this is what the characters want and have probably wanted for a while.It's worth noting that Steve shows his respect for Diana by changing his mind about leaving her room only after she gives him the indication that she wants him to stay. Makes the moment just that little bit more meaningful. Keep in mind that Amazons view men as unnecessary for sex unless they wish to procreate, so the implied consummation shows Diana's love for Steve transcends culture.
Literature.A Little Bush Maid: Between Norah and Wally in Billabong's Daughter; "looked as if they were made to dance together".
Characters.The Flower Princess And The Alchemist: Shipper on Deck: Supports Edward/Orihime.The Matchmaker: Winry is the most adamant and excited about Ed and Orihime getting together, even going as far to give up her ticket to a dance for Ed, so he and Orihime could go on a Not a Date.
Film.Holiday: Linda and John share a dance on New Year's Eve. Bad idea.
Characters.The Royal Masquerade: Her dance with Percival at the Royal Masquerade Ball is what started their romance, though the player doesn't find out about it until chapter nine.
Headscratchers.Beauty And The Beast: Could somebody explain the whole angel scene while Belle and the Beast are dancing? The camera pans upward to the ceiling where some angels are painted on. You watch as some shift out of the clouds, then we go back to the pair dancing. Are the angels supposed to be watching Belle and the Beast dancing too? Or is there some hidden meaning?It's always assumed they were more transformed children of the castle staff. It can also be seen as time-lapse, showing how much time was passing during the dance, with the moving angels signifying a different angle/point-of-view from Belle and Beast as they changed positions below. The angels are cherubs—it's a Dance of Romance. The cherubs were presented to compliment the lyric "as the sun will rise", since [1]the sun is associated with God/Heaven/Goodness and cherubs are thought of as heavenly beings. The accompanying rise in the music serves to emphasize this as well.
Series.Soy Luna: Most of Luna and Matteo's skating routines qualify as this, especially their first one where they were paired up at the last minute.
Film.History Is Made At Night: During their romantic evening in the restaurant, Irene and Paul dance to some famous tangoes while they wait for Cesare (Paul’s friend) to cook them a meal.
Fanfic.Kaleidoscopic Grangers: In Chapter 241, Receptive Audience, Ron is urged to ask Hermione to dance by Fleur and Ginny, as Everyone Can See It and have been rooting for Ron and Hermione to get together. By the time Ariadne alerts Arthur that the wards of the Burrow have fallen, he and Hermione seem to have an Almost Kiss.
Fanfic.Entropy: While it had been confirmed that Sonic definitely had feelings for Amy as established in the first fic, the amount of trauma each character had gone through never let them be close enough to actually proper display their true feelings or even vaguely hint them.When the group visit Afterlife, a facility with a dance club as a front, Sonic and Amy find themselves on the dance floor, feeling all sorts of things and unsure of what to make the situation so they end up dancing together as a result. Their blushes indicate part of their feelings had begun to resurface. Doesn't help that Amy's sister Aceste was busy singing a quite appropriate Ariana Grande song to go with it.
Characters.Kaguya Sama Love Is War: Maybe Ever After: Her live-action counterpart retains her role as love interest for Ishigami, and with Iino's heavy demoting is the only love interest for him in the second movie. They don't exactly get together, but ship tease is heavy and they have a Dance of Romance at the school festival.
Fanfic.A Leaf Of The Tree: Festival Episode: Takeo and Sakura have a date during Konoha’s midwinter festival. The celebration is mainly civilian, so the two shinobi both enjoy time away from their usual group. During the festival, they both take in the sights, enjoy delicious food, dance together, and have their first kiss together under dozens of sky lanterns.
TheFlowerPrincessAndTheAlchemist.Tropes E To I: I Can't Dance: In Chapter 39, Orihime laments to Edward that she can't dance and inwardly remarks that she would just embarrass the two of them if she tried. However, this doesn't deter Ed and he proceeds to teach her how to dance.
Heartwarming.Kings Maker: Chapter 22. All of it. Soohyuk finally admits to himself that for all his reservations, he wants to become closer to Wolfgang, and they end up sharing a Dance of Romance under a gazebo, away from the rest of the ball. It's one of the few moments they truly have to themselves in the entirety of Season 1.
ObliviousToLove.Fan Works: In Hunting the Unicorn, Blaine's trust in people and his inability to gauge when people are interested combines this into Fridge Horror: If Blaine didn't get the picture when Kurt was all but throwing himself at him, nor when his old high school friend tried to invoke a Dance of Romance, it's only logical that he has no clue when someone is stalking him.
Recap.Luz Clawthorne Two Worlds One Family Chapter 69: Several teased-couples share one alongside the faux brides at the wedding reception. There are platonic cases however, as seen with Wendy & Vee (who has a crush on someone else), Pacifica (who's taken) & Grenda, and Camila & Abigail.
Fanfic.The Many Dates Of Danny Fenton: Danny and Makoto share one during their date at Midori Cafe. Makoto says it's rare for girls her height to meet somebody willing to dance with them.
Series.Find Me In Paris: When Max and Lena have to dance for an assignment, there are obvious sparks between them, much to the dismay of his girlfriend Thea. It's even Lampshaded with a legend that says those who dance La Fée together fall for each other. Thanks to Lex messing around with Lena's carte blanche show, Jeff and Isaac end up paired together and the only dance couple not thrown off by Lex's meddling.
Fanfic.Sunburn Trilogy: Sunny and Aubrey get three. One in a dream sequence in chapter ten, one major one in chapter twelve (followed up by a Love Confession no less!), and one while ice skating in chapter seventeen, before an insane, vengeful Elliot shows up.
Literature.Evelina: Evelina first meets Lord Orville at a ball where he asks her to dance.
Series.Schmigadoon: "Suddenly", a love number where Emma dances with Josh and Doc Lopez dances with Melissa. The number incorporates elements of the Ländler in its choreography as a visual nod to a romantic dance in The Sound of Music.
Fridge.The Babysitter Killer Queen: During the “Apache (Jump On It)” dance fantasy sequence, the Cult members are each shown making a face of shock and horror at the camera while Cole and Phoebe continue dancing with each other. Given that this sequence is a metaphor for Phoebe and Cole losing their virginities to each other, those dismayed reactions of the Cult are probably to represent how this coupling will taint Cole’s blood and doom the Cult.Max is the exception, having a neutral expression. He is later shown to be the least mad about Cole and Phoebe tainting their blood, downright impressed that Cole got with a girl. Their confused reactions could also be them being Squicked out at the two having sex, due to both being underage.
Series.Rebelde Way: Pablo and Marizza do this back in the beginning of season 1, before she left for Italy. It's one of the first hints that show that there may be something between them.
Theatre.Arcadia: Thomasina and Septimus have a waltz lesson (and a kiss) in the last scene.
Film.Iron Man 1: Tony only notices Pepper romantically when he gets her out onto the dance floor.
Recap.Black Mirror Beyond The Sea: David's happy marriage is established when he pulls his wife into a romantic dance that turns hot and heavy. He tries the same tactic with Lana.
Fanfic.A Song Of Light And Dark: Tristan and Haurchefant waltz together during the Lovers' Day celebration. Ysayle teases him afterward that, knowing Haurchefant, he most likely has a thing for Tristan...
Heartwarming.Elemental 2023: Wade talking Ember into trying to hold hands, and the sheer joy from both of them when they realize it's possible.The two then go from holding hands to a full-on Dance of Romance, with Ember even cuddling up to Wade and resting her head against his chest. Wade: I'm so lucky...
Characters.Super Mario Bros The Princesses: Puppy Love: In Mario Kart Wii, Daisy Circuit has a statue of Daisy and Luigi dancing together, but also features another set of statues depicting their infant selves doing the same thing, the implication being that mutual feelings between the two may have already existed even at that young of an age.
Theatre.Tanz Der Vampire: During her dream ballet sequence, Sarah imagines herself dancing among vampire couples with Krolock, who kisses her. She then turns the tables on him and gives him a passionate kiss. During the "Wenn Liebe in Dir Ist" sequence, Herbert giddily tells Alfred about the upcoming vampire ball, which will be "gigantisch, / romantisch" ('gigantic, romantic'), and he will enjoy dancing with Alfred. As a "preview", both waltz around Herbert's room in front of the mirror.
Recap.Quantum Leap S 3 E 14 Private Dancer: Subverted; while Diana and Sam's dance to "Daybreak" is very tender, and ends in a kiss and hug, it's more out of friendship and affection than romance.
Funny.The Brothers Garcia: Ray is suffering from a toothache but tries to sneak a sweet from the cupboard. As he winces in pain, Sonia walks in and he immediately tries to cover it up as a Dance of Romance. Sonia isn't fooled.
Recap.Trollhunters S 1 E 25 A Night To Remember: Invoked by Jim. After the issue with his mom, Jim isn't up to dancing with Claire at the Spring Fling. He makes it up to her by taking her to a romantic spot and playing a Spanish love song just for her. He had time to learn to dance at some point as well.
Heartwarming.The Nutcracker Prince: Also, at the end of the movie, when Clara and the no-longer-nutcrackerified Hans reunite, with Clara realizing she didn't lose him, you just can't help but be touched.Their Dance of Romance in the gingerbread castle is just as sweet.
Music.Fearless: In "Fearless," Taylor sings about wanting to dance with her lover in various situations. There's a glow off the pavement, you walk me to the car And you know I wanna ask you to dance right there In the middle of the parking lot In the "Love Story" video, Taylor and her love interest fall for each other while dancing at a party.
Fanfic.Striker Strikes Back: Played with. Blitzo starts getting turned on from dancing with Striker during the competition. He tries to deny his feelings, knowing what Striker has done, but the bounty hunter confronts him about them after the dance, nearly managing to seduce the imp right then and there.
ClingyJealousGirl.Western Animation: Avatar: The Last Airbender:Katara was very displeased when Aang was crowded by girls on Kyoshi Island due to him being the Avatar and snapped at Aang when he tried to lampshade this trope. Katara never showed this jealous side again until the third and last season during the "The Head Band" episode where Aang starts dancing with another girl named On Ji which makes her very envious. But Katara needn't of worried as Aang almost immediately goes to her and asks her to dance which culminates in a massive passionate Dance of Romance. Humorously Ty Lee is a low-key version of this towards Sokka given her reaction to the news that he has a girlfriend in Earth Kingdom finale: Sokka: Thank goodness we're in time! Kuei: In time for what? Ty Lee: Yeah. What are you in time for, [Cartwheels to Sokka.] cutie? Sokka: Uh, (conflicted) I'm kinda involved with Suki. Ty Lee: Who?
Series.The Borgias: In "The Moor," Lucrezia and Djem share a dance that starts out fun and playful, then becomes more and more intense. Also, Lucrezia's dance with Cesare seems to be this as well during the season two finale, which their mother and her fiance seem to notice.
WesternAnimation.Frozen 2013: Anna and Hans appear to fall in Love at First Sight, have a Dance of Romance and sing a cute duet together during a Falling-in-Love Montage, quickly become engaged and appear to be One True Loves headed toward the Fourth-Date Marriage trope so common in many films, and after Anna is accidentally cursed and only an "act of true love" can save her, all the characters assume a True Love's Kiss from Hans is the answer. Not only is it not, the film has Hans lean in as romantic music swells, only to pause, give a Slasher Smile, and deliver a Wham Line revealing himself to both Anna and the audience to not just be her One True Love despite all the love tropes that had been set up, but to have been Evil All Along.
Recap.All American S 1 E 7 California Love: Layla invites Spencer for a dance after she breaks up with Asher. It is interrupted by Asher's rambling, but they eventually finish the dance in a private place.
Recap.Good Omens S 2 E 2 The Clue: Discussed. When discussing romcom tactics to make Nina and Maggie fall in love, Aziraphale cites Jane Austen's dances as emotional turning points. Aziraphale: Cotillion balls. People would gather and do some formal dancing and then realize they had misunderstood each other and were actually deeply in love. Crowley: Now that sounds unlikely. Aziraphale: Works every time apparently.
Roleplay.Dangan Roleplay Round Three: Dave and Meridiana's Relationship Upgrade at the dance party in Week 4, Tsukiyama and Ryuunosuke on their third date, and a few more, including another Arts & Lovecrafts dance, in the final week's dance party.
Film.The Hitmans Bodyguard: Kincaid and Sonia slow dance with each other in the same bar they met...while everyone else is fighting with each other.
Manga.The Case Study Of Vanitas: Mémoire 12/Episode 7 has one big Ship Tease moment for those who are into the potential same-sex couples as NoéxVanitas and DominiquexJeanne dance a waltz while surrounded by Love Bubbles and Bishie Sparkle. Dominique takes Jeanne to dance with her (to tease Noé as she thinks he likes Jeanne) and both enjoy it so much that they immediately become good friends. While the girls dance, Noé asks Vanitas to dance with him, using that he wants to teach him as an excuse. Noé takes the chance to ask Vanitas what love is, but both are just left wondering as neither know the answer.
Film.High Society: Mike and Tracy dance a rumba, after champagne, in the dark… Their partners are understandably upset. It doesn't stick.
Theatre.The Sound Of Music: The Ländler, a.k.a. The Scene Where Our Two Oblivious Protagonists Finally Figure It Out.
Film.Crimson Peak: Thomas indicates that he's switched his attentions from Eunice to Edith by choosing her as the "perfect" partner for a demonstration of the waltz.
Theatre.Hadestown: Hades and Persephone's marriage is on the rocks, but Orpheus's song in "Epic III" moves them so much that they begin dancing like newlyweds.
Funny.Girl Genius: Tarvek plots to embarass Gil in front of Agatha by simply letting Gil talk to her as himself. Violetta complements him on his deviousness, only for his plot to fail because Gil and Agatha simply share a Dance of Romance, instead. Tarvek is not amused.
Characters.Frasier: I Can't Dance: Due to Maris' refusal to dance in public he never had to learn how, which leaves him in an awkward position when he arranges to attend a charity ball with another woman. He turns to Daphne for lessons which he thoroughly enjoys.
Webcomic.Encore: Clay and Aron dance at Homecoming, despite Aron's girlfriend Erica being less than 20 feet away.
Literature.American Girls Collection: Josefina first realizes that her father and Tia Dolores are in love when she sees them dance a waltz together at a fiesta.
Recap.Avatar The Last Airbender The Headband: Mating Dance: The Kataango. Sultry smiles, "come hither" looks (Katara, in particular◊, is described in one YouTube comment as giving Aang "the Nala eyes◊"), wild yet synchronized gyrations complete with lips passing within inches of each other, loads of gasping and sweat, ending in a dip. Also doubles as a Dance of Romance.
Heartwarming.Hotel Transylvania 3 Summer Vacation: Drac protecting Ericka from the traps in the Atlantis ruins. It ends up turning into a kind of Dance of Romance.Ericka also has a Heel Realisation when Dracula saves her that monsters aren’t actually that bad which leads to her Heel–Face Turn in the climax.
