The World of Warcraft Dance Emotes - Part One

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Have you often curious about the dance action in World of Warcraft? Do you want to know where the moves of that Night Elf dancing on the mailbox come from? I am sure most of you interest in the origin and inspiration of the dance emotes since the dancing action in world of warcraft is so excellent. Now to help you better know world of warcraft, I show you the racial dances and their most likely sources.

Draenei' dance origins from singers.
The male Draenei dance animation is mostly taken from a video by popular Indian recording artist Daler Mehndi. The video is for his song "Tunak Tuank Tun". Almost every in-game move comes from this video, including the fantastic shoulder shaking maneuver and the single arm raising followed by rhythmic clapping.

The female Draenei origins mostly from the singer Shakira. Her belly dancing style, illustrated in the video for her song "Whenever, Wherever" is the most likely inspiration for female's popular "waggle".

Dwarven Dancing has an Multi-Cultural origin.
Male Dwarves seem to have some Russian in their bloodline, as much of their dance animation comes from traditional Russian Cossack dancing. There is also a hint of John Travolta's "Saturday Night Fever" routine as well.

Female Dwarves have a more Irish slant, as their dance emote is clearly based on Irish step dancing, also known as "Riverdancing", as performed by the infamous "lord of the dance", Michael Flatley.

Gnomes dance inspired from different sources.
The male gnome's interesting dance inspired from various ways. Parts of the dance may have come from the end of M.C. Hammer's video for "You Can't Touch This".

Female Gnomes dance is inspired by salsa dancing, but it seems there is no clear source for it.

Night Elves-the most popular of Azeroth
Male Night Elves-coolest dance animation in all of World of Warcraft have the inspiration from Michael Jackson's iconic "Billie Jean" video routine.

Female Night Elf's dance moves come from French recording artist Alizée. Specifically, the dance comes from a performance of her song "J'en ai marre."

For more originations of racial dance in world of warcraft, please see part two.

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