# The 12 Most Iconic Dance Scenes in TV History

> Some of these routines were rehearsed for weeks, some only look that way, and a few became wedding-reception staples nobody asked for.

*By YPB Team · Published October 27, 2026 · https://youpick.best/ranking/the-12-most-iconic-dance-scenes-in-tv-history*

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1. **The Carlton** — score 1000/1000
   Alfonso Ribeiro's hip-swinging dance to Tom Jones on The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air.
2. **The Peanuts Dance** — score 428/1000
   Snoopy and the gang's jazz-backed dance in A Charlie Brown Christmas (1965).
3. **The Routine** — score 428/1000
   Monica and Ross's rehearsed 1980s dance on the New Year's Eve episode of Friends (1999).
4. **The Snow Ball** — score 428/1000
   The Hawkins middle-school winter dance that closes Stranger Things season 2 (2017).
5. **The Chicken Dance** — score 428/1000
   The Bluth family's four mismatched chicken impressions in Arrested Development.
6. **Elaine's Dance** — score 428/1000
   Julia Louis-Dreyfus's 'little kicks' at the office party in the 1997 Seinfeld episode 'The Little Kicks'.
7. **Wednesday's Rave'N Dance** — score 350/1000
   Jenna Ortega's stiff-armed school-dance routine to The Cramps' 'Goo Goo Muck' in Wednesday season 1 (2022).
8. **The Dance Marathon** — score 350/1000
   Lorelai and Rory's 24-hour Stars Hollow dance marathon in Gilmore Girls season 3 (2002).
9. **Jim and Pam's Wedding Entrance** — score 257/1000
   The guests' dance down the aisle to 'Forever' in The Office episode 'Niagara' (2009).
10. **Audrey Horne's Dance** — score 257/1000
   Sherilyn Fenn's dreamy solo sway at the Double R Diner jukebox in Twin Peaks (1990).
11. **Dance It Out** — score 0/1000
   Meredith and Cristina's ritual of dancing their problems away in Grey's Anatomy.
12. **Zou Bisou Bisou** — score 0/1000
   Megan Draper's sultry birthday performance for Don in the Mad Men season 5 premiere (2012).

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