There are no rules other than that it needs to be danceable music, but the aesthetic there tends towards shiny and, um, shallow I guess? Like, I mean that you don't have to watch carefully for themes and narrative. They often have striking visuals and lots of motion.
That sounds a lot more like what a dance AMV is--both the Kaleido Star AMVs on my recs list fit the bill, actually, because they are about choreographing bodies in motion to a dance track, and use lots of digital effects to do it (though that particular anime brought the sparkles in the source footage). I know there are dance parties at Otakon, but I don't think they use AMVs, just dance music.
And, see, there aren't enough dance anime, I'd say, to make AMVs about--"Hold me now" is set to a magical ballerina anime, and it's honestly the only anime having to do with dance that I can think of.
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That sounds a lot more like what a dance AMV is--both the Kaleido Star AMVs on my recs list fit the bill, actually, because they are about choreographing bodies in motion to a dance track, and use lots of digital effects to do it (though that particular anime brought the sparkles in the source footage). I know there are dance parties at Otakon, but I don't think they use AMVs, just dance music.
And, see, there aren't enough dance anime, I'd say, to make AMVs about--"Hold me now" is set to a magical ballerina anime, and it's honestly the only anime having to do with dance that I can think of.