Dance Animations

Hello all,

I have finally decided to get myself some dance animations, but before I do I was wondering if any of you out there have any recomendations please?

Sine Wave

What sort of dances? Classical? Modern? Club? Lap? Pole?

Solo? Couples?

Hi Eli thanks I have looked there and like what they have, just thought I should see if there are any others worth looking at, thanks for the quick reply

Sorry Deira, you're right I should have been more specific, I'm just looking for general club dances so I dont have to rely on the dance balls. I never seem to find one I like on those and the funky chicken just isn't a good look lol.

sine wave is about the best so far..

animazoo and akeyo have some good motion capture dances. smaller selection than sinewave but some really great ones. one other advantage is they are copyable dances so if sl eats your huddles, you don't lose everything.

Try 3fx, Sine Wave, and Henmations. They are all motion-capture companies.

oh and abranimations as well

is animation warehouse around??they have a huge selection..

Also you can buy sine wave copy dances .they just cost more than the no copy.

Henmations are my favourite.

If there's a club with a dance ball you really like the animations for, ask the club owner where she got them - there might be a HUD version available.

I'm very fond of the animations in two clubs I go to, and I've been thinking of doing that as I can't stand some of the animations in a few other clubs that I otherwise enjoy.

Until Akeyo recently appeared on the scene, I used to think Sine Wave better than the others that have been mentioned. However, to my eye at least, Akeyo seem to have moved things on to another level.

I totally agree! The animation work is really nice and the length of the dances seem pretty generous.

oh this sounds interesting =)
i will have to have a look there..do you have a slurl?

Another thumbs-up for Akeyo dances over here

Sine Wave, Akeyo, others mentioned are all good. Maar Auer has lovely couples dances in some unusual traditional styles. Animations & Arts has a very sweet hug dance for a couple.

And the best, smoothest, most realistic and fun couples dances, hands down, are from 3FX. Also great solo dances there too. Wonderful place.

Lots of great suggestions in this thread. I'll just mention Animazoo again, because their prices for copyable are great, and they have some nice subtle dances which are handy when you want to just stand and sway to the music a little.

Thanks everyone for your suggestions, I'm putting on my boogie shoes and heading off to try them all out You guys are stars

thats what i need..something where i don't look like i dance for a living hehehehe
i have tons of those already lol

Another thumbs-up for Akeyo. They don't have a huge selection, but what they have is amazing. Animazoo makes good ones, but to my mind the loops are just too short. Sine Wive is still "the place to go" for dances, all other things considered.

Many times you can actually Edit the dance ball, go to the Contents tab, and then right click on the animations and select Properties to get the Creator.

i think everything will show up also if you do an inspect on the object..
right click and keep selecting more until you see the inspect option show up in the pie..

On my dance tutorial page and in the dance tutorial video itself I made a list:

http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/User:Phoenixa_Sol#Dance_creators_I_like

This list is creator names and slurls for easier shopping.

Fantastic, thanks Phoenixa , this is a great help.