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You've got to work your way to it.
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And the act of working your way to it is known as shaping.
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So, here is how to get a pig to dance.
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You wait for the pig to do something that's halfway close to dancing,
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like stumbling, and you reward it.
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Then it does something else that's even closer to dancing
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and you reward it.
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And you keep rewarding it
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as it gets closer to closer.
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Here's how to get your child to bring you some beer.
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You say,
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"Johnny, could you go to the kitchen and get me some beer?"