Seedance Video

Data & APIs

Generate AI dance and motion videos with Seedance (ByteDance) via AceDataCloud API. Use when creating videos from text prompts or animating images into motion videos. Supports multiple models with configurable resolution, duration, and service tiers.

Install

openclaw skills install acedatacloud-seedance-video

Seedance Video Generation

Generate AI dance and motion videos through AceDataCloud's Seedance (ByteDance) API.

Authentication

export ACEDATACLOUD_API_TOKEN="your-token-here"

Quick Start

curl -X POST https://api.acedata.cloud/seedance/videos \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $ACEDATACLOUD_API_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"prompt": "a dancer performing contemporary ballet in a misty forest", "model": "seedance-1.0", "wait": true}'

Models

Model	Best For
`seedance-1.0`	General-purpose motion/dance video
`seedance-1.0-lite`	Faster, lighter generation
`seedance-1.0-pro`	Higher quality output
`seedance-1.5-pro`	Latest model, best quality
`seedance-acting-pro`	Character acting and expression

Workflows

1. Text-to-Video

POST /seedance/videos
{
  "prompt": "a street dancer doing breakdancing moves in an urban setting",
  "model": "seedance-1.0-pro",
  "resolution": "1080p",
  "duration": 5,
  "service_tier": "standard"
}

2. Image-to-Video

Animate a still image into a motion video.

POST /seedance/videos
{
  "prompt": "the person starts dancing gracefully",
  "image_url": "https://example.com/dancer.jpg",
  "model": "seedance-1.5-pro",
  "resolution": "720p",
  "duration": 5
}

Parameters

Parameter	Values	Description
`model`	See models table	Model to use
`resolution`	`"360p"`, `"540p"`, `"720p"`, `"1080p"`	Output resolution
`duration`	`2` – `12`	Duration in seconds
`service_tier`	`"standard"`, `"premium"`	Quality tier (premium = faster, higher priority)
`seed`	integer	Seed for reproducible results

Task Polling

POST /seedance/tasks
{"task_id": "your-task-id"}

States: pending → succeeded or failed.

MCP Server

pip install mcp-seedance

Or hosted: https://seedance.mcp.acedata.cloud/mcp

Key tools: seedance_generate_video, seedance_generate_video_from_image

Gotchas

Duration range is 2–12 seconds — values outside this range will fail
Higher resolutions (1080p) combined with longer durations take significantly more time
premium service tier costs more but generates faster
seedance-acting-pro excels at facial expressions and character acting versus pure dance
Image-to-video requires a single image_url — the person/subject in the image becomes the animated subject
Task states use "succeeded" (not "completed") — check for this value when polling