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The Melbourne shuffle is a style of dance, which originated in the late 1980s in the Melbourne underground scene. The basic movements in the dance are a fast heel-and-toe action with a style suitable for various types of electronic music. Some variants incorporate arm movements.Most shufflers are male, as most females find it hard to get the heel-toe actions perfect.[1] This article is about the Australian city; the name may also refer to City of Melbourne or Melbourne city centre (also known as The CBD). ...
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History
The Melbourne shuffle was one of several dances that emerged during the acid house era around 1990. Although the precise origin of the style is unknown, it does bear a resemblance to earlier jazz dance styles.[2][3]. For the 1994 novel by Irvine Welsh, see The Acid House. ...
- Late 1980s to early 1990s
The Melbourne shuffle begins to emerge as a distinct dance, incorporating more hand movement than previous styles. Early footage of the style exists from a night on the 31st of August 1991 at the Sarah Sands Hotel in Melbourne[4]. Techno music was gradually replaced with trance music and house music[citation needed]. Trance is a style of electronic music that developed in the 1990s. ...
House music is a style of electronic dance music that was developed by dance club DJs in Chicago in the early to mid-1980s. ...
- Mid to late 1990s
A number of videos documenting the style during this era exist as the style increased in popularity[5]. There are many variations of this dance but the main heel to toe movement remained the key motion giving it the term "the Melbourne shuffle". - 2000 - Present
In 2006 with the emergence of YouTube, dancers internationally now contribute to the Shuffle online, posting their own versions and learning from others[6]. - 3000 - future
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Music The music that early Melbourne shufflers danced to was house music and acid house in the late 1980s. In the early 1990s, as trance music became popular, the dancing style changed to a glide. It regressed to the previous style when minimal house came in. In 2007, the music that Melbourne shufflers typically listen to are hard trance, hardstyle, hard house, Techno. Although the shuffle dance style could be performed to any genre of music, there is a preference for the 130-150 bpm hardstyle. For the 1994 novel by Irvine Welsh, see The Acid House. ...
Hard Trance originated in Germany in the early to mid-90s and is one of the earliest forms of trance. ...
Hardstyle, sometimes referred to as hardbass, is a sub-genre of trance music that is closely related to nu style gabber and hard trance. ...
Hard house is a style of electronic music that evolved from mixing techno and house music in the 1990s. ...
Dancing Today known as "shuffling" to the Melbourne locals, the name "Melbourne shuffle" has been derived from overseas DJs, party goers, visitors and the media trying to describe this phenomenon. The Age referred to it as looking like "a cross between the chicken dance and a foot stomping robot" to the untrained eye[1], but locals have simply called it the "shuffle" since 1992. DJ or dj may stand for Disc jockey, dinner jacket The DeadJournal website, or Djibouti. ...
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Some dancers sprinkle talcum powder on the floor beneath their feet to help them glide more easily, some including 360 degree spins or jumps into their moves.[1] Talc block Talc is a mineral composed of hydrated magnesium silicate with the chemical formula H2Mg3(SiO3)4 or Mg3Si4O10(OH)2. ...
There are a lot of people using "Phat Pants" for the Shuffle Dance, as it hides the actual movement of the feet, making the dance appear smoother[citation needed].
Media The Melbourne shuffle dance style has remained relatively underground since its birth in the late 80s and early 90s. The term "Melbourne shuffle" was recorded in the media when Sonic Animation's Rupert Keiller was interviewed by rage, an all night Australian music TV show[7]. The interviewer asked Rupert what his unique style of dance was and the reply was "the Melbourne Shuffle". In December of 2002 The Age, an Australian newspaper, made mention of the term in a front page article[1], attempting to illustrate what the popular Melbourne Shuffle was for the first time to the mainstream public. Sonic Animation (or sonicanimation) is an Australian dance/techno musical group. ...
Rage is an all-night Australian music video program that is broadcast on ABC TV on Friday and Saturday nights. ...
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The shuffle has spread to Malaysia and there have been "Shuffle Competitions" held in Malaysia[8].
Shufflers have taken their art form and self-expressive dance style overseas and are a regular sight to be seen at rave parties in the UK, Germany, Malaysia and also Thailand, where shufflers can be seen shuffling on the beaches of Koh Phang Ngan during the Full Moon Beach Party. The internet has also been a factor in spreading knowledge and interest in the shuffle. For other uses, see Rave (disambiguation). ...
A documentary on the topic entitled Melbourne Shuffler[9] was in production during 2004-2005 and was recently released in late 2005 on DVD.
See also Doof is Nick Barber, a London-based psychedelic trance artist. ...
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Hakken (sometimes Hakkûh) is a form of dancing originating from the Dutch Hardcore and Gabber scene. ...
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References - ^ a b c d The Age, front page, 7th December, 2002 - full article, "Dance Trance"
- ^ Melbourne shuffle beginnings
- ^ King of Jazz: Happy Feet
- ^ Shuffle earliest known shuffle footage - YouTube direct link
- ^ Mel-ben shuffle 92-94, Every picture tells a story - 1992-94, Ra/Natural One - 1994, Hardware 5 - 1994, Melbourne shuffle oldskool conversations
- ^ YouTube Melbourne shuffle channel
- ^ About rage television show
- ^ Good, clean fun with Glow
- ^ Melbourne shuffler, documentary
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