Dancer Tank!!!

[Brightshadow]

You hit the nail on the head. Look how dancer is shown in FFXI in cutscenes.

https://youtu.be/3eg_Xz-OFyI?t=1m50s

Distracting foes with movement and dancing out of harms way is exactly what she does. Also Dancer in FFXI lore wise was specifically developed as a way to turn dancing into a weapon. Dancers were used as frontline fighters during the great war and it is not used primarily to bring comfort to allies like bard is.

The evasive combat dancer isn't that far fetched if that's what Dancers have been portrayed as in the series. They even have a tank stance in XI.

They were created as healers in FFXI and fan dance wasn't made for tanking but rather for protection against AOE's

[Calypsx]

They were created as healers in FFXI and fan dance wasn't made for tanking but rather for protection against AOE's

I used fan dance as a dancer tank (Also if you merit fan dance it's even more amazing for tanking) Also fan dance builds enmity which is very strange for a move that is just used for protection against AOE's. It wasn't that far fetched and there were plenty of Dancer tanks I've met. We held enmity pretty well, had good sustain and evasion really helped with taking damage. It was kind of like Pal/Nin with higher numbers. DNC/WAR (for provoke) worked out very well.

I like the idea of dancer being an entertainer that draws attention to themselves though.