History Main / DancingRoyalty

* ''TabletopGame/Exalted'': Perfect Soul is from Jiara, a region that as a whole is already obsessed with the art of dancing -- being one of the best performers from that region is no small feat, and she was the best even before she Exalted. Bonus points for actually being a queen, the Amirah of Jiara, to be specific.

* ''Series/TheCrown2016'': Galina Ulanova is not nicknamed the Prima Ballerina Assoluta for nothing. Whenever she performs, she undisputedly dominates the stage and, according to the series, seduces men of as high caliber as Prince Philip. This was TrueInTelevision for her real-life self, as can be seen in her [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nct5zh-l5Qc recorded performances]].

* Music/IZONE: Chaeyeon, a veteran of idol survival shows, is often praised for her amazing dancing skills which mesmerize not only the fans but also general audiences and even the other group members. In fact, this is the reason why she's part of the choreography team.

* ''Film/StepUp'' In ''The Streets'', the first sequel, Andie arrives at the nightclub she frequently visits. There she meets Tyler, the protagonist from the last movie, who is immediately recognized by the crowd, gets an immediate song request offer from the DJ, and the crowd quickly clears the dance floor for him to have his DanceOff with her. Although Andie held her own in the friendly battle, it wouldn't be far-fetched to assume that the crowd made Tyler the winner by default.

* ''Series/TheCrown2016'': Galina Ulanova is not nicknamed the Prima Ballerina Assoluta for nothing. Whenever she performs, she undisputedly dominates the stage.

On the flip side, the Dancing Royalty can be self-centered, obnoxious and [[{{pride}} smug about the attention]]. Although the crowd jealously watch on, they might live in fear and only give the Royalty special treatment to be nice and not get on the wrong side of them. This kind of Royal is more likely to be the tyrant who bullies others and shamelessly dares others to have a dance-off, [[ArrogantKungFuGuy knowing that they'll easily beat them]].

You're most likely to find this character mostly in music, typically the {{disco}}-era, but it can be found in other media too. They are often the LifeOfTheParty.

You're most likely to find this character mostly in music, typically the {{disco}}-era, but it can be found in other media too.

The {{trope namer}} and [[TropeCodifier codifier]] is Music/{{ABBA}}'s "Dancing Queen". It [[JustForFun/IThoughtItMeant doesn't refer]] to dancers who also happen to be royalty, although an example may also play the royalty part of the name literally in addition to fulfilling the actual trope. Contrast GracefulInTheirElement, which is sort of the same similar idea. Can also be the LifeOfTheParty.

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* ''VideoGame/HelixWaltz'': Consort Ju's main appeal lies in her beautiful dance performances. Enough for the Emperor himself to keep her by his side and play favorites just because of that.
* ''VideoGame/Persona5'': Kasumi Yoshizawa, from the UpdatedRerelease "Royal", has been struggling in all aspects of her life--her once professional-level gymnastics have lost their flair, her grades have been falling behind as the scholarship slips away, and she's ostracized for receiving special treatment. However, on the night of the school festival, we see that despite all of this ''she. can. dance.''

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* ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'': Jaune is infamously awkward at nearly everything he does, but is a shockingly good dancer. [[WholesomeCrossdresser Even while wearing a dress and heels]].

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* ''Literature/TheApothecaryDiaries'': The ladies of the Verdigris House, both elderly and young, seem to have been born to dance.
** Grams, the old woman in charge, is skilled enough at dancing that stories of one of her performances have survived for several generations. [[spoiler: Though she did have some help from a breed of luminescent moth for that one.]] She was even called to entertain foreign dignitaries.
** Pairin, of the three princesses of the House, is famous for her dancing skills to the point of it being the reason why she's one of the most expensive courtesans out there. Many clients go only to watch her perform.

* ''Series/OddSquad'': In the episode [[Recap/OddSquadS2E27ShapelyUniversitySlowDay "Slow Day"]], the postal worker is a pretty good dancer, something Olympia comments on.

* ''Literature/ShominSample'': Aika-sama becomes an instant master at [[VideoGame/DanceDanceRevolution Dance Dance Volcano]].

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* ''Film/SaturdayNightFever'': Tony is one of the most popular dancers at a nightclub in New York -- to the point of having the dance floor cleared when he's due to jump on -- but in the daytime, he's just a normal person with no specified talents. In fact, his mother seems to be embarrassed by him because he isn't as successful as his brother, and even blames him for his brother leaving the priesthood.

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* ''LightNovel/ShominSample'': Aika-sama becomes an instant master at [[VideoGame/DanceDanceRevolution Dance Dance Volcano]].

* Violet from ''FanFic/TotalDramaLegacy'' is a competitive dancer, and is shown to be ''really'' good at dancing.

* ''Film/WhiteNights'' is about famous dancers helping each other to escape the Soviet Union with their spouses and families: one is a Russian ballet dancer and the other is a captured African-American tap dancer. Justified because the movie stars famous Russian ballerino Mikhail Baryshnikov (often declared as one of the best ballerinas of all time) and tap dancer Gregory Hines.
* Musicals from UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfHollywood, particularly the [[Creator/FredAstaire Astaire]]/[[Creator/GingerRogers Rogers]] ten-film team-up, exploited this from the stars, often creating movies just to show off the actors' jaw-dropping dance skills. However, the problem with this not only led to {{typecast}}ing but PopCultureOsmosis (Ginger Rogers, for example, was forever irritated that audiences never remembered [[HeAlsoDid that she was]] an Oscar-winning [[SugarWiki/HeReallyCanAct dramatic actress]] that had a big career in movies years before Fred Astaire left Broadway, yet she'll always be known as "Fred Astaire's partner," albeit with her reputation as a dancer enhanced with the meme that she did everything Astaire did "but backwards and in high heels.").
* ''Film/DirtyDancing'' {{invoke|d}}s this, to an extent, through the vacation resort's annual talent show on the final day, with Johnny and Penny as the final act. The two of them are celebrities among the staff and Baby even meets Johnny after he and Penny are dancing as a centerpiece on an empty floor surrounded by cheering colleagues and background dancers. This is possibly one of the reasons why Neil, the grandson of the resort owner, is determined to keep Baby away from Johnny after she finds out that [[MistakenForRomance he and Penny]] [[LikeBrotherAndSister are just friends]].

* "He's The Greatest Dancer" from Sister Sledge has the band spot a good-looking man dancing on the dance floor, who "never leaves the disco alone".
* Music/TheJacksonFive had the song "Dancing Machine", which is about being captivated by a woman's dancing. Interestingly, the lyrics describe her in mechanical terms, implying that her dancing is so good that she could've been a robot, but not in an UncannyValley way.
* "That Boy Could Dance" by Music/WeirdAlYankovic is about a homely jerk who made it big because he was an incredible dancer.
* "Dance Soterios Johnson Dance" by Music/JonathanCoulton is about a local newscaster who lives a double life as the most amazing dancer the club has ever seen.

The {{trope namer}} and [[TropeCodifier codifier]] is Music/{{ABBA}}'s "Dancing Queen". It [[JustForFun/IThoughtItMeant doesn't]] refer to dancers who also happen to be royalty, although an example may also play the royalty part of the name literally '''in addition''' to fulfilling the actual trope. Contrast GracefulInTheirElement, which is sort of the same similar idea. Can also be the LifeOfTheParty.

* Sakura from ''Manga/LaMagnifiqueGrandeScene'' is the arrogant version of this at her dance school because she's won numerous competitions thanks to being the daughter of a professional ballet dancer. When a classmate wants to befriend her, it takes a while for Sakura to be won over.
* ''LightNovel/ShominSample'' has Aika-sama, who becomes an instant master at [[VideoGame/DanceDanceRevolution Dance Dance Volcano]].
* An episode in ''Anime/YuGiOh'' featured Yugi and Anzu going to an arcade, and Anzu's turn on a ''DDR''-esque machine stuns Yugi and eventually gathers crowds of stunned gamers. Since Anzu took dance lessons, it isn't surprising that she's so good.

* In the first ''Film/StepUp'' sequel ''The Streets'', Andie arrives at the nightclub she frequently visits. There she meets Tyler, the protagonist from the last movie, who is immediately recognized by the crowd, gets an immediate song request offer from the DJ, and the crowd quickly clears the dance floor for him to have his DanceOff with her. Although Andie held her own in the friendly battle, it wouldn't be far-fetched to assume that the crowd made Tyler the winner by default.
* Tony in ''Film/SaturdayNightFever'' is one of the most popular dancers at a nightclub in New York -- to the point of having the dance floor cleared when he's due to jump on -- but in the daytime, he's just a normal person with no specified talents. In fact, his mother seems to be embarrassed by him because he isn't as successful as his brother, and even blames him for his brother leaving the priesthood.
* Karin in ''Film/TwoFacedWoman'' is an unintentional one. In her disguise as Katherine, she tries to convince doubters at a nightclub that she's a dancer. She gets on the dancefloor, improvises moves to a stunned audience, and soon enough, ''everyone'' watching is [[AccidentalDanceCraze enthusiastically imitating her]], turning it into a flash mob. [[BettyAndVeronica The Betty to her Veronica]] is absolutely furious.

* ''Film/DirtyDancing'' invokes this, to an extent, through the vacation resort's annual talent show on the final day, with Johnny and Penny as the final act. The two of them are celebrities among the staff and Baby even meets Johnny after he and Penny are dancing as a centerpiece on an empty floor surrounded by cheering colleagues and background dancers. This is possibly one of the reasons why Neil, the grandson of the resort owner, is determined to keep Baby away from Johnny after she finds out that [[MistakenForRomance he and Penny]] [[LikeBrotherAndSister are just friends]].

* On ''Series/TheGongShow'', Eugene Patton got his start as a stagehand, entertaining the StudioAudience between acts with his dance moves. He proved such a hit with the crowd that the producers brought him onto the show under the name "Gene Gene the Dancing Machine!" Gene promptly stole the show with his infectiously happy dancing moves, and became a {{recurrer}} with the show regularly stopping to let Gene Gene the Dancing Machine take center stage in a dance break to Music/CountBasie's "One O'Clock Jump."

* Kasumi Yoshizawa, of ''VideoGame/Persona5 [[UpdatedRerelease Royal]]'', has been struggling in all aspects of her life--her once professional-level gymnastics have lost their flair, her grades have been falling behind as the scholarship slips away, and she's ostracized for receiving special treatment. However, on the night of the school festival, we see that despite all of this ''she. can. dance.''

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-->'''Liara:''' Do you have any idea how long my mother insisted I take classical dance? ''Thirty years'', that's how long. "No daughter of mine is going to shake her ass in a titty bar," she said. Even if all my room mates did. I had to take a dance course every semester for my entire college career. So I have ''thirty'' years of classical dance experience, thank you very much.\\

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* In the first ''Film/StepUp'' sequel ''The Streets'', Andie arrives at the nightclub she frequently visits. There she meets Tyler, the protagonist from the last movie, who is immediately recognized by the crowd, gets an immediate song request offer from the DJ, and the crowd quickly clear the dance-floor for him to have his DanceOff with her. Although Andie held her own in the friendly battle, it wouldn't be far-fetched to assume that the crowd made Tyler the winner by default.
* Tony in ''Film/SaturdayNightFever'' is one of the most popular dancers at a nightclub in New York -- to the point of having the dance floor cleared when he's due to jump on -- but in the daytime, he's just a normal person with no specified talents. In fact, his mother seems to be embarrassed by him because he isn't as successful as his brother, and even blame him for his brother leaving the priesthood.
* Karin in ''Film/TwoFacedWoman'' is an unintentional one. In her disguise as Katherine, she tries to convince doubters at a nightclub that she's a dancer. She gets on the dancefloor, improvises moves to a stunned audience and soon enough, ''everyone'' watching is [[AccidentalDanceCraze enthusiastically imitating her]], turning it into a flash mob. [[BettyAndVeronica The Betty to her Veronica]] is absolutely furious.
* ''Film/WhiteNights'' is about famous dancers helping each other to escape the Soviet Union with their spouses and families: one is a Russian ballet dancer and the other is a captured African-American tap dancer. Justified because the movie stars famous Russian ballerino Mikhail Baryshnikov (often declared as one of the best ballerinos of all time) and tap dancer Gregory Hines.

* ''Film/DirtyDancing'' invokes this, to an extent, by the vacation resort's annual talent show on the final day, with Johnny and Penny as the final act. The two of them are celebrities among the staff and Baby even meets Johnny after he and Penny are dancing as a centerpiece on an empty floor surrounded by the cheering colleagues and background dancers. This is possibly one of the reasons why Neil, the grandson of the resort owner, is determined to keep Baby away from Johnny after she finds out that [[MistakenForRomance he and Penny]] [[LikeBrotherAndSister are just friends]].
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** The group have the song "Dancing Queen" from their ''Music/{{Arrival|Album}}'' album. It tells the story of a seventeen-year-old girl who wows the crowd on the dancefloor in clubs and attracts the attention of other men.
** ABBA also made an obscure song of the same topic earlier in their discography with "Nina, Pretty Ballerina" (the page quote) on their debut album ''Music/RingRing'', which was about a seemingly-boring woman named Nina with a lack of social skills, who was ignored at work but would go out to a nightclub every Friday and clear dance-floors with her amazing talent. Then, on Monday, it's back to the office, "living in a dream".
* "He's The Greatest Dancer" from Sister Sledge has the band spot a good-looking man dancing on the dance-floor, who "never leaves the disco alone".

* Music/{{Shenandoah}}'s "If Bubba Can Dance, I Can Too" about an unassuming guy who becomes this at the local dancehall by learning to dance via videocassette. The singer decides if someone like Bubba can learn to dance that well, so can he.
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* ''Dance Soterios Johnson Dance" by Music/JonathanCoulton is about a local newscaster who lives a double life as the most amazing dancer the club has ever seen.

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* "He's The Greatest Dancer" from Sister Sledge has the band spot a good-looking man dancing on the dance-floor.

* Kasumi, of ''VideoGame/Persona5Royal'', has been struggling in all aspects of her life--her once professional-level gymnastics have lost their flair, her grades have been falling behind as the scholarship slips away, and she's ostracized for receiving special treatment. However, on the night of the school festival, we see that despite all of this ''she. can. dance.''

The Dancing Royalty themselves can have certain personalities. They can be modest about their talent and just blame it on being GracefulInTheirElement, but are flattered by the attention -- especially from attractive fans. Outside of dancing, they might be terrible at everyday things, or they might have {{no social skills}} or very [[{{Adorkable}} shy]], or might be [[CuteClumsyGirl very clumsy]].

* Musicals from UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfHollywood, particularly the [[Creator/FredAstaire Astaire]]/[[Creator/GingerRogers Rogers]] ten-film team-up, exploited this from the stars, often creating movies just to show off the actors' jaw-dropping dance skills. However, the problem with this not only led to {{typecast}}ing but PopCultureOsmosis (Ginger Rogers, for example, was forever irritated that audiences never remembered [[HeAlsoDid that she was]] an Oscar-winning [[SugarWiki/HeReallyCanAct dramatic actress]] that had a big career in movies years before Fred Astaire left Broadway, yet she'll always be known as "Fred Astaire's partner").

* ''Film/DirtyDancing'' invokes this, to an extent, by the vacation resort's annual talent show on the final day, with Johnny and Penny as the final act. The two of them are celebrities among the staff and Baby even meets Johnny after he and Penny are dancing as a centerpiece on an empty floor surrounded by the cheering colleagues and background dancers. This is possibly one of the reasons why Neil, the grandson of the resort owner, is determined to keep Baby away from Johnny after she finds out that [[MistakenForRomance he and Penny]] [[LikeBrotherAndSisters are just friends]].

* Musicals from UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfHollywood, particularly the [[Creator/FredAstaire Astaire]]/[[Creator/GingerRogers Rogers]] ten-film team-up, exploited this from the stars, often creating movies just to show off the actors' jaw-dropping dance skills. However, the problem with this not only led to {{typecast}}ing but PopCultureOsmosis (Ginger Rogers, for example, was forever irritated that audiences never remembered that she was an Oscar-winning [[SugarWiki/HeReallyCanAct dramatic actress]] that had a big career in movies years before Fred Astaire left Broadway, yet she'll always be known as "Fred Astaire's partner").
* ''Film/DirtyDancing'' invokes this, to an extent, by the vacation resort having an annual talent show on the final day, with Johnny and Penny as the final act. The two of them are celebrities among the staff and Baby even meets Johnny after he and Penny are dancing as a centerpiece on an empty floor surrounded by the cheering colleagues and background dancers. This is possibly one of the reasons why Neil, the grandson of the resort owner, is determined to keep Baby away from Johnny after she finds out that he and Penny are just friends.

* An episode in ''Anime/YuGiOh'' featured Yugi and Anzu going to an arcade, and Anzu's turn on a ''DDR''-esque machine stuns Yugi and gathering crowds of stunned gamers. Since Anzu took dance lessons, it isn't surprising that she's so good.

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The {{trope namer}} and [[TropeCodifier codifier]] is Music/{{ABBA}}'s "Dancing Queen". It [[JustForFun/IThoughtItMeant doesn't]] refer to dancers who also happen to be royalty, although an example may also play the royalty part of the name literally '''in addition''' to fulfilling the actual trope. Contrast GracefulInTheirElement, which is sort of the same similar idea.