Space Dancers

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The Space Dancers (スペースダンサーズ^?, Supēsu Dansāzu) are tall, light blue, box-headed humanoid creatures that appear in Space Dance in Rhythm Tengoku and Rhythm Heaven Megamix. Their leader is Space Gramps.

Story

Their dance that they have created^[3] is considered brutal, because those who mistime their moves will end up getting hit by the person next to them^[4]. Dancing in outer space provides novelty when compared to dry land, which is considered commonplace by dancers^[5]. The player controls the fourth dancer on their first performance^[6] where they must successfully "And Pose", "Let's Sit Down", and "Pu-Pu-Pu-Punch" in order to perform the dance correctly and avoid getting hit.

The Space Dancers appear frequently in weekly magazines and are considered the rivals of the Cosmo Dancers. Experts say the Space Dancers can't compare to the Cosmo Dancers and their sharp moves^[7].

The Space Dancers appear to be Racing Fans, as they form a crowd in Freeze Frame. In Rhythm Heaven Megamix, many quartets of variously colored Space Dancers also appear.

In rare cases, some Paddlers turn into dancers^[8]. This is shown in Rhythm Tengoku Gold Comic 05 彼らのダンスがすごい理由の巻 (Why Their Dance is Amazing by Maki), where a trio of Paddlers are shown trying to do the Space Dance, but always coming up short. Suddenly, what appears to be Space Gramps in Paddler attire comes in to suggest they play table tennis to get back in the groove. They find this method to work, and continue their dancing, albeit as Space Dancers.

Appearances

Gallery

Artwork

Artwork from Rhythm Tengoku
Solo artwork from Rhythm Tengoku
Artwork from Rhythm Heaven Megamix

Miscellaneous

As seen in Staff from Rhythm Tengoku

Trivia

The presence of Paddlers who look like the Cosmo Dancers in Cosmic Rhythm Rally implies that both Space Dancers and Cosmo Dancers come from different looking Paddlers.

In Other Languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	スペースダンサーズ	Space Dancers
French	Danseurs « étoiles »^[9]	"Star" Dancers [Quotations are meant for emphasis]
Korean	스페이스 댄서즈^[10]	Space Dancers

References

↑ "最初に任天堂サイドでたたき台をつくったんですね。自前で作詞・作曲をして、歌はデザイナーの女の子に頼んで、それをつんく♂さんに聴いていただいたんです。すると、つんく♂さんから「歌ってる人、うまいねえ」とほめていただいたので、「そのまま使われるかも？」って、淡い期待をいだいたのですが、そのあと時東ぁあみさんに歌っていただくことになって…。たたき台だったとはいえ、すごく気合いを入れてつくったんですけどね（笑）。ちなかみに、デザイナーの女の子は、「スペースダンス」の「Turn Right」や「告白マシーン」の声も担当しています。" (First, Nintendo created the basis for the song. I wrote the lyrics and music myself, asked a designer girl to sing the song, and had Tsunku♂ listen to it. Then, Tsunku♂ complimented me on my song, saying, "The singer is good". I had faint hopes that they might use the song as it was, but then, after that, Ami Tokito sang it for us. Even though it was just a draft, I put a lot of energy into it (laughs). The designer girl also voices Space Dance's "Turn Right" and "Kokuhaku Machine".) ~ Masami Yone, Rhythm Tengoku Zen Kyoku-shu STAFF'S VOICE
↑ "s_space_ikeo_right" ~ Internal filename of one of the feminine voice clips in Space Dance, Rhythm Tengoku
↑ "Vous apprendre devez mouvements trois avons nous créés." (You must learn three movements we have created.) ~ Dialogue during the Practice for Space Dance, Rhythm Paradise Megamix, (French)
↑ キャラクターアルバムステージ３ (Character Album Stage 3)
↑ "Danser sur la terre ferme, c'est d'une banalité... La danse zéro gravité, voilà la vraie nouveauté !" (Dancing on dry land is so commonplace... Zero gravity dancing is the real novelty!) ~ Description for Space Dance in Rhythm Paradise Megamix (French)
↑ "Le moment venu est de notre représentation première." (The time has come for our first performance.) ~ Dialogue during the Practice for Space Dance, Rhythm Paradise Megamix (French)
↑ キャラクターアルバムステージ６ (Character Album Stage 6)
↑ "まれに、ダンサーに転身する種族もいるようです。" (In rare cases, some of them seem to turn into dancers.) ~ プロフィール１ (Profiles 1), Rhythm Tengoku Gold
↑ "Des danseurs « étoiles » sommes nous !" (We are “star” dancers!) ~ OK Epilogue for Space Dance, Rhythm Paradise Megamix (French)
↑ "옆 체육관에는 스페이스 댄서즈 소속인 탁구부가 있거든~" (There is a table tennis club belonging to the Space Dancers in the gym next door.) ~ 탁구공 (Table Tennis Ball), Rhythm Sesang: The Best Plus

[comment-1] "最初に任天堂サイドでたたき台をつくったんですね。自前で作詞・作曲をして、歌はデザイナーの女の子に頼んで、それをつんく♂さんに聴いていただいたんです。すると、つんく♂さんから「歌ってる人、うまいねえ」とほめていただいたので、「そのまま使われるかも？」って、淡い期待をいだいたのですが、そのあと時東ぁあみさんに歌っていただくことになって…。たたき台だったとはいえ、すごく気合いを入れてつくったんですけどね（笑）。ちなかみに、デザイナーの女の子は、「スペースダンス」の「Turn Right」や「告白マシーン」の声も担当しています。" (First, Nintendo created the basis for the song. I wrote the lyrics and music myself, asked a designer girl to sing the song, and had Tsunku♂ listen to it. Then, Tsunku♂ complimented me on my song, saying, "The singer is good". I had faint hopes that they might use the song as it was, but then, after that, Ami Tokito sang it for us. Even though it was just a draft, I put a lot of energy into it (laughs). The designer girl also voices Space Dance's "Turn Right" and "Kokuhaku Machine".) ~ Masami Yone, Rhythm Tengoku Zen Kyoku-shu STAFF'S VOICE

[ikeo-2] "s_space_ikeo_right" ~ Internal filename of one of the feminine voice clips in Space Dance, Rhythm Tengoku

[3] "Vous apprendre devez mouvements trois avons nous créés." (You must learn three movements we have created.) ~ Dialogue during the Practice for Space Dance, Rhythm Paradise Megamix, (French)

[4] キャラクターアルバムステージ３ (Character Album Stage 3)

[5] "Danser sur la terre ferme, c'est d'une banalité... La danse zéro gravité, voilà la vraie nouveauté !" (Dancing on dry land is so commonplace... Zero gravity dancing is the real novelty!) ~ Description for Space Dance in Rhythm Paradise Megamix (French)

[6] "Le moment venu est de notre représentation première." (The time has come for our first performance.) ~ Dialogue during the Practice for Space Dance, Rhythm Paradise Megamix (French)

[7] キャラクターアルバムステージ６ (Character Album Stage 6)

[8] "まれに、ダンサーに転身する種族もいるようです。" (In rare cases, some of them seem to turn into dancers.) ~ プロフィール１ (Profiles 1), Rhythm Tengoku Gold

[9] "Des danseurs « étoiles » sommes nous !" (We are “star” dancers!) ~ OK Epilogue for Space Dance, Rhythm Paradise Megamix (French)

[10] "옆 체육관에는 스페이스 댄서즈 소속인 탁구부가 있거든~" (There is a table tennis club belonging to the Space Dancers in the gym next door.) ~ 탁구공 (Table Tennis Ball), Rhythm Sesang: The Best Plus

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