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The Melbourne Shuffle
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How to do it?
VIDEO (its a strange vid, first 30 sec are music without vid, then the movie starts.
Been seeing this alott lately in Germany on there raves. Its a weird dance, but extremely cool if you can do it properly :D
I got this from another forum based on Melbourne. Just a short history on how Melbourne shuffle came around. There are alot of other other stories on how Melbourne Shuffle came around. But this is what I manage to find out so far.
A Brief History of The Melbourne Shuffle
The Melbourne Shuffle was one of several dances that emerged during the Acid House era; the main ones were Jacking,
Stepping and Shuffling.
Jacking came first (from overseas) and was the definitive dance methodology for Acid House. It was a stationary dance (ie you remained strictly in one place) and it consisted mainly of overhead arm movements with occasional knee-bends and knee-ups (whilst bending at the waist). However, as Acid House became more diverse and rhythmically complex, Jacking simply didn't cut it any more and went extinct. 2 different (though not mutually exclusive) dance philosophies evolved to meet the eightened rhythmic demands of early techno:
The Back-Step (aka The Quick-Step)
The Shuffle
The Back-Step approach was to map the main central beat to a pronounced backward step or hop. The secondary beats and off-beats were then mapped to series of small steps and hops coordinated around the main back step. The Shuffle approach did away with a main central move (ie the back-step in The Back-Step) and "smudged" the numerous small steps and hops into a smoother more integrated series of shuffling/dragging foot movements. Both approaches enabled dancers to wander freely about the dance-floor, and both spurned the extravagant arm movements of Jacking.
The greatest strength and weakness of The Back-Step was its openness & clarity; when done well the Back-Stepper's connection to the music was unmistakeable and intimate in a way that a Shuffler could never hope to achieve. However, if any of a Back-Stepper's hops and steps were not totally synchronised to the music then the smooth continuity of even an
apprentice Shuffler would make the Stepper look clumsy and awkward.
In contrast, the Shuffle was esoteric & indistinct; when done well the Shuffler would seem to float through and over the music rather than being "inside" the music like a Back-Stepper. Both dance philosophies are alive and well in Melbourne today, but whereas the Shuffle has remained recognisable over the years, the Back-Step has changed its form (though not its intent) many times. For this reason the Shuffle has become
famous but the Back-Step has faded into obscurity.
1 > Who heard of it?
2 > What do you think of it?
3 > Can you do it? |
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| DJ-Ande |
| i have the video allready, and it fukcing rules, and no i can't do it |
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| Acid Circus |
We have a dance here in Scotland called "the Ned Shuffle". Only done by blokes! Note that this dance works best whilst earing either Burberry or Ben Sherman shirts, blue jeans and brown/sand coloured Timberland boots. Also having a bottle of Smirnoff Ice or some similar feminine drink in each hand adds to the effect.
Your face should be in the "ever-lasting chuggy" mode, this is where your jaw continuall chews on gum that isn't there. Half closed ees complete the effect.
Hold our 2 bottles of alchopop out at right angles to your body with your elbows bent and at your side. Now just shuffle back and forwards, does not have to be in time to the music, and you have the Ned Shuffle.
Coming soon to disco floor near you, the elephant dance (I have witnessed this myself)...
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| Renegade |
I think this is the third topic on the Melbourne Shuffle in these forums now (I think the other two were in the C/O Room?) so it's obviously starting to become more famous overseas now. It's wierd, because when I started clubbing I just assumed that everyone in the world danced the same way we do down here, but obviously that's not the case? :conf:
Anyway....
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Well I have obviously. ;)
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I reckon it's pretty cool, and the best thing about it is that you don't have to be the greatest dancer in the world to be able to do it in public without embarrassing yourself. Just a bit've leg shuffling, some hand movements that make you look like an epileptic librarian trying to do the chicken dance and hey presto, you're in. :D
Yep, I suppose so. As I understand it, there's as many takes on the MS as there are people so I'm not sure if the way I dance is really true to the MS (or if it's any good) but yeah, I'm pretty sure I can do it okay.
Anyway, I reccomend you dig up the older threads in the Chill Out Room and the Aussie forums that cover this topic, because there were some pretty good responses there, but it doesn't mean we have to shut this topic down...... it makes us Melbournians feel special. :clown: |
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| nate735 |
| Thats a cool in dance i have to say. the guy and girl a 1:45 in the movie were sick. I gotta learn that dance. :toothless :nervous: |
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| xxTRANCEBOYxx |
Melbourne is the shiznit :) So far i've got the hang of it shuffling my feet and shuffling my legs up in the air. All i need to do is just get the flow going :)
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Bah! Phat pants trippers from Hard Kandy! |
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| PointyDC |
| Hahhaah...phat pants galore, check out the chick on the left n the chick in the black pants next to her...THEY HAVE NO FEET! |
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| quote: | Originally posted by PointyDC
Hahhaah...phat pants galore, check out the chick on the left n the chick in the black pants next to her...THEY HAVE NO FEET! |
I would love to grab an xm177e2 and take them all out :) |
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| Miss Vandit |
I have just arrived home to Melbourne after I spent two years living in the UK and clubbing the world. During my travels I have had countless people approach me on the dance floor and ask me "Are you from Melbourne?" based on the fact that I was dancing in "that" way. ing amazing if you ask me!!!
We just thought we were a bunch of kids from Melbourne who liked to go to parties, get f**ked, listen to tunes and dance in our own weird way that no one knew about - we had no idea that it had internationally recognised status!
Yup i've heard of it, yup I do it and yup it rocks!!!! :D :D
Proud to be from Melbourne!!! |
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| mongeone |
sydney shuffle kills you all
runs away and crys that we dont have a shuffle!!! dammit im gonna learn how to do the full old skool break dancing styles and then start a new style fkn!!
bah you have to be good to do the shuffle so many uncos in hard kandy but then the ones that could do it phwoar phwoar!!! |
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| InAcoma |
damn, am i the only one from melb that cant do the shuffle :(
it does look really good, only if someone does it right
otherwise it can really suck |
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