By using an emote such as /sleep before you dodge on thief you can have the animation for the dodge be cancelled instantly and still apply the damage from the dodge and receive the bounding dodger buff.
Here is a gif of it that I had a friend make showing it on a dps golem. https://i.gyazo.com/2d69b7ac9a6100374c2b7e78f59d2da5.gif