The Up and Down Dance (Teletubbies Dance)

**The Up and Down Dance** is a dance that the Teletubbies do. It was shown in the 1998 UK episode, Painting Easter Eggs. The Teletubbies do this dancing inside the house near the Control Panel.

## Plot

This extra rare dance features the Teletubbies up and down their dance with foot and dancing. The dance starts off as Tinky-Winky puts his left foot up onto the step near the control panel and puts it back down on the floor to the rhythm. He repeats it a few more times as the other Teletubbies come stepping to the right and to the left. Then, one at a time, they sit down on the step, and then they stand back up. They sit back down on the step, except Tinky Winky. They keep repeating this pattern a few times until they all stand up. Then, Tinky Winky goes over to the control panel, and pulls one of the five levers up and down three times. Next, Laa-Laa also goes over to the control panel and slides the slider up and down also three times. Po jumps up onto the step near the control panel and jumps back down on the floor a few times. Dipsy also goes over to the control panel and presses each of the middle coloured buttons that make funny noises. The dance ends as the Teletubbies walk to the left of the house as they keep jumping up and down the step near the control panel, except Tinky Winky, who jumps up and down the step without walking with the others. Dipsy, Laa-Laa and Po turned around to him and Po whispers "Tinky Winky". Then Tinky-Winky joins the others as the dance ends.

## Episodes that it appears in

* Numbers: 3 (Version 1) (UK CBBC Version) **(extended version)**
* Handy Hands (Sunday Special Version) **(shortened version)**
* Painting Easter Eggs (UK Original Version) **(extended version)**
* Towers (Sunday Special Version) **(extended version)**
* Ladybirds (UK CBeebies Version) **(extended version)**
* Making a Den (Sunday Special Version) **(extended version)**
* Dog Kennel (UK CBeebies Version) **(extended version)**
* Rumble Tumble Fun (UK CBeebies Version) **(shortened version)**
* Floating Boat (UK CBeebies Version) **(extended version)**
* Handshapes: Bats **(extended version)**
* Feeding the Horse **(shortened version)**
* Swallow **(extended version)**
* Ned's Ice Cream **(shortened version)**
* Numbers: 13 (Version 1) **(extended version)**
* Laboratory **(shortened version)**
* Pandas **(extended version)**
* Bingo **(shortened version)**
* Vegetable Soup **(extended version)**
* Girls and Boys Come Out To Play **(extended version)**
* A Day for Dancing [Video] **(extended version)**

## Trivia

* This is one of the three dances where the Teletubbies dance inside the house, the other two are the Follow the Leader Dance and the Skipping Dance.
* In the Album version, the percussion instruments are heard the first time. The second time, the music changes key like the extended versions of other dances. (First time - E and F sharp major, Second time - G and A sharp major)
* In the TV series, the Teletubbies do the dance twice. However, when they dance the first time, there are no percussion instruments used. The second time, percussion instruments are used.
* In Painting Easter Eggs, Handshapes: Bats, Swallow, Numbers: 13 (Version 1) and Girls and Boys Come Out To Play, after the dance, the Magic Windmill spins for the TV Event.
* In Laboratory, Pandas and Vegetable Soup, after the dance, the Windmill spins for a magical event.
* In Feeding the Horse, Bingo and Ned's Ice Cream, after the dance, the Baby Sun giggles for Tubby Bye-Bye.
* There is a shortened version of the dance in the UK episode of Feeding the Horse. In this version, the percussion instruments are used and the Teletubbies giggling audio is taken from the Round and Round Dance and the Happy Dance and after the dance, the Sun Baby shrieks for Tubby-Bye Bye. That version was taking from the Sunday Special Version of Handy Hands.
* In Pandas, The Magic Windmill spins for Little Bo Peep at the end of the dance.