About danse - serverside gestures / emotes
From ModrinthServer-side player gestures using a resourcepack. Dynamic player textures! No client-side mods required!
danse (dance)
> player gestures/emotes for fabric servers using 1.21.4+ item models 
There are 9 gestures at the moment;
- bits
- fall
- grow
- helicopter
- handstand
- wave
- zombie
- dab
- facepalm
- fold
- ascend
More are in the works...!
Using item models!\ Compatible with Sodium, Iris, and everything else!
Clients don't have to install any mods, they can connect with a vanilla client!
Commands:
/gesture bits
/gesture fall
/gesture grow
/gesture helicopter
/gesture handstand
/gesture wave
/gesture zombie
/gesture dab
/gesture facepalm
/gesture fold
/gesture ascend
Models
Persistent player models can be spawned like this:
/summon danse:player_model ~ ~ ~ {Player:Steve,Animation:wave}
Animation can be player by modifying the "Animation" NBT string:
/data modify entity @e[...] Animation set value wave
Changing the skin:
/data modify entity @e[...] Player set value Alex
Dialog
The config has an option to add a quick action dialog for the gestures.
To override existing icons or add icons for your own animations, place 256x256 png images in config/danse/<animation-name>_icon.png, for example the zombie animation would use this icon: config/danse/zombie_icon.png
Permissions
Permission checks can be enabled in the config.
The command requires: danse.animation
For the individual animations: danse.animation.<animation-name>
Checkout the discord for more info
How?
The mod uses the new 1.21.4 item models and custom_model_data to dynamically display the skins.
Adding custom animations
Put your .bbmodel or .ajblueprint files into the config/danse/ folder. You get can templates here
The name of the animation will be used in-game.
License
Versions before 2.0.0 are LPGL-3.0 licensed. 2.0 and later use AGPL

Highlights
From source dataGame versions
Supports 22 Minecraft versions, the newest being 26.3.
Loaders
Runs on Fabric.
Footprint
Rated a light load on a server.
What kind of mod it is
From the catalogCosmetics, visuals & audio
Skins, textures, shaders, models and sound — how the game looks and sounds.
Runs on your server
From source side supportModrinth lists danse - serverside gestures / emotes as required on the server. Check its Modrinth page to see whether players need it too.
Compatibility
- Game
- Minecraft
- Loaders
- Fabric
- Runs on
- Serverrequired on the server
- Game versions
- 26.3 and 21 earlier
Verified at the source
- ✓ModrinthOfficial listing, checked 2026-10-01Open ↗
- ✓Authortomalbrc, as published on Modrinth
- ✓LicenseAGPL-3.0-onlyFree











