Question: how many calories does vigorous dancing burn?
Answer: At a weight of 125 pounds, you're burning roughly 5.5 calories per minute dancing moderate steps, or 330 an hour. If you weigh 155 pounds, you burn almost 7 calories per minute, or 410 per hour. Someone who weighs 185 pounds burns more than 8 calories per minute, 488 in the course of an hour.