Dance

Dance Icon of the Dance skill in Three Houses. Use Dance to allow an ally to move again.

Type(s) Class Standard (Genealogy of the Holy War) Game(s) Mystery of the Emblem Genealogy of the Holy War Thracia 776 The Binding Blade The Blazing Blade The Sacred Stones New Mystery of the Emblem Awakening Three Houses

Dance (Japanese: 踊る Dance) is a skill which debuted as a command in Mystery of the Emblem, then debuted as a defined visible skill in Genealogy of the Holy War, and has appeared in some form in almost every Fire Emblem series title since. Exclusively held by Dancers, its function is to refresh adjacent allied units to grant them a second movement opportunity in the turn, if they had previously moved already.

A small few games feature classes which replace Dancers or act as a counterpart to them, but otherwise perform an identical function. In The Binding Blade and The Blazing Blade, the Bard acts as a direct male countepart to Dancers, performs the same function through the Play command and, in Fire Emblem, can make full use of the same four dancer ring items as the Dancer. Neither appears in Path of Radiance and Radiant Dawn, replaced by Herons who can use the functionally identical Canto or Galdrar skill, respectively, to fill the same role. In Fates, the Dancer is instead replaced by the Songstress class, who also performs the same function with the Sing command.

Data

In the main Fire Emblem series

Game	Icon	Effect	Activation	Capacity	Notes
Mystery of the Emblem	--	Refreshes one adjacent ally, allowing them to move again if they have already moved.	Command	--	Exists only as a command; this game does not have a skills system.
Genealogy of the Holy War		Refreshes all four adjacent allies, allowing them to move again if they have already moved.	Command	--	Debut as a defined, visible skill.
Thracia 776		Refreshes one adjacent ally, allowing them to move again if they have already moved.	Command	--	Appears as a defined, visible skill.
The Binding Blade	--	Refreshes one adjacent ally, allowing them to move again if they have already moved.	Command	--	Exists only as a command; this game does not have a skills system.
The Blazing Blade	--	Refreshes one adjacent ally, allowing them to move again if they have already moved. If the unit has Ninis's Grace, Thor's Ire, Filla's Might or Set's Litany in their inventory, they can choose between doing the normal refreshing dance or using one of these items.	Command	--	Exists only as a command; this game does not have a skills system.
The Sacred Stones	--	Refreshes one adjacent ally, allowing them to move again if they have already moved.	Command	--	Exists only as a command.
New Mystery of the Emblem	--	Refreshes one adjacent ally, allowing them to move again if they have already moved.	Command	--	Exists only as a command; this game does not have a skills system.
Awakening		Refreshes one adjacent ally, allowing them to move again if they have already moved. If the unit has Special Dance equipped, it activates alongside the dance.	Command	--	Exists only as a command. An unused skill icon suggests it may have been intended to be a defined skill at one point.
Three Houses		Refreshes one adjacent ally, allowing them to move again if they have already moved. If the unit has Special Dance equipped, it activates alongside the dance.	Command	--	Appears as a defined, visible skill.

In other Fire Emblem series titles

Game	Icon	Effect	Activation	Capacity	Notes
Heroes		Refreshes one adjacent ally, allowing them to move again if they have already moved.	Command	--	Appears as a defined, visible skill. Range: 1 Cannot be used on units with the Dance, Sing, or Gray Waves skills. Cost: 150 SP

Availability

Mystery of the Emblem

Classes

Dancer

Genealogy of the Holy War

Classes

Dancer

Thracia 776

Classes

Dancer

The Binding Blade

Classes

Dancer

The Blazing Blade

Classes

Dancer

The Sacred Stones

Classes

Dancer

New Mystery of the Emblem

Classes

Dancer

Awakening

Classes

Dancer

Three Houses

Classes

Dancer

Flavor text

Game	Text (English)	Text (Japanese)
Genealogy of the Holy War	Refreshes adjacent allies, allowing them to act again.*	りんせつした ユニットを いどうかのうにする
Thracia 776	Grant ally another action*	ユニットを 移動かのうにする
Awakening	A dance that allows allies to move again.	??
Three Houses	Use Dance to allow an ally to move again.	味方を再行動させる

Etymology and other languages

Names, etymology and in other regions
Language	Name	Definition, etymology, and notes
English	Dance	--
Japanese	踊る	Dance
Spanish	Bailar	Dance
French	Danser	Dance
German	Tanzen	Dance
Italian	Danza	Dance
Portuguese (Brazil)	Dança	Dance
Korean	춤추기	Dancing
Simplified Chinese	跳舞	Dance
Traditional Chinese	• 起舞 • 跳舞	• Dance. Used in Heroes. • Dance; used in Three Houses.

Gallery

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  Phina dancing in Mystery of the Emblem.

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  Lene dancing in Genealogy of the Holy War.

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  Lara dancing in Thracia 776.

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  Larum dancing in The Binding Blade.

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  Ninian dancing in Fire Emblem: The Blazing Blade.

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  Tethys dancing in The Sacred Stones.

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  Phina dancing in New Mystery of the Emblem.

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  Olivia dancing in Awakening.

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  Ingrid dancing in Three Houses.

See also

• Play
• Galdrar
• Sing
• Special Dance

Assist skills in Heroes

Healing skills Ardent Sacrifice • Maiden's Solace • Reciprocal Aid • Sacrifice Positioning skills Draw Back • A Fate Changed! • Foul Play • Future Vision • Pivot • Reposition • Shove • Smite • Swap • To Change Fate! Rally skills Rally Attack • Rally Atk/Def • Rally Atk/Res • Rally Atk/Spd • Rally Defense • Rally Def/Res • Rally Resistance • Rally Speed • Rally Spd/Def • Rally Spd/Res • Rally Up Atk • Rally Up Def • Rally Up Res • Rally Up Spd Staff skills Heal • Martyr • Mend • Nudge • Physic • Reconcile • Recover • Rehabilitate • Rescue • Restore • Return Miscellaneous skills Call to Flame • Dance • Dragon's Dance • Frightful Dream • Gentle Dream • Gray Waves • Harsh Command • Sing • Sweet Dreams • Whimsical Dream