The full English name of Melbourne shuffle is Melbourne Shuffle (Dance), also known as shuffle, slide dance, super slide, drift dance, ghost step, which is a kind of dragging feet. The dance steps are fast and powerful, the music is powerful and shocking (mostly Hardstyle Music and DJ dance music, etc.), the dance is full of dynamic vitality and has great live rendering power.
It emerged in some underground dance halls in Melbourne, Australia in the 1980s. Its unique dance steps, powerful music and unique clothing (fluorescent pants) are extremely eye-catching and gradually became popular; in 1992 , the name of dance in other overseas areas is confusing. This year Australians began to call this dance Shuffle. The name was determined. In December 2002, an Australian newspaper explained the Melbourne Shuffle on the front page. This was the first time the Shuffle appeared in mainstream media. After that, it became popular in Malaysia and Brunei (there are Shuffle competitions in these two countries) and then spread to the United Kingdom, Germany, Thailand and other countries. With the help of the Internet and online media uTube, it became popular around the world. In 2005, a DVD feature documentary was published introducing Melbourne shuffle dance. In 2006, the media that quickly increased its reputation and popularity was the uTube video website. On September 6, 2008, the Australian media network10 reported on Shuffle, a hard style dance (HSD: Hard Style Dance). In November 2008, the "So You Think You Can Shuffle" dance show was launched on Utube. In 2009, "So You Think You Can Shuffle" dance show fan gatherings and competitions were held in countries such as Australia and Germany. It became popular internationally in the 2000s (thanks to the Utube video website in 2006). Shuffle was introduced to China around 2004, thanks to Dongdong singing (uku) and overseas Chinese studying in mel who love shuffle. Friends of the dance, as well as a shuffle dance organization called 〆, ghost drag clan﹏, broadcast China's first shuffle dance program on Shandong Satellite TV in 2009. This was the first time shuffle dance appeared in China's mainstream media. The ones are three CSD (China shuffle dancers) members from Green Seven Eight in Henan.
Note: CSD is the first shuffle dance team in China.
Action Style
Hard Style Dance (HSD: Hard Style Dance) focuses on the movements of the legs and feet. The dance has a very fast rhythm and follows the music. The rhythm is fast kicking, stepping, jumping, stomping, and rapid rotation; one of the dance movements is the rapid lateral twisting of the front and rear feet on the heel, and the embellished movements are body rotation, hand dance and kicking, and other movements. For example, hand and foot dance plus 360-degree continuous rotation; Running Man: Stomp one foot on the ground in front and then jump backwards twice, and then repeat this action with the other foot, giving people the illusion of running (similar to M.J.'s Moon Walking but actually different), accompanied by hand movements and body movements (such as spinning, turning, etc.). Shuffle is a twisting of one foot accompanied by rapid lateral movement of the other foot. The dance is accompanied by hand movements and body movements (such as spinning, turning, kicking legs and feet, etc.).