What dance was performed in "The Rocky Horror Picture Show"?

The dance performed in "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" is the Time Warp. It appears during the musical number of the same name, performed by Riff Raff, Magenta, Columbia, the Criminologist, and the Transylvanians.

The song originated in Richard O’Brien’s 1973 stage musical, The Rocky Horror Show, before appearing in the 1975 film adaptation. Its lyrics give simple dance instructions, including a jump to the left, a step to the right, hands on the hips, and knees drawn inward.

The Time Warp is more than a scene in the film: it became one of the defining audience-participation traditions surrounding Rocky Horror screenings. Viewers commonly perform the movements along with the characters, making it one of cinema’s best-known interactive dance numbers. The title refers both to the song and to the dance it describes.