Melbourne shuffle | |
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Dance type | Rave dance |
Year | 1980s–present |
Country | Australia |
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The Melbourne shuffle is a rave dance that developed in Melbourne, Australia, in the late 1980s and early 1990s.[1][2] The dance moves involve a fast heel-and-toe movement or T-step, combined with a variation of the running man coupled with a matching arm action.[1] The dance is improvised and involves "repeatedly shuffling your feet inwards, then outwards, while thrusting your arms up and down, or side to side, in time with the beat". Other moves can be incorporated including 360-degree spins and jumps and slides.[2]
During the Melbourne shuffle's heyday in the 1990s and 2000s, the dance was a common sight at Melbourne clubs Hard Kandy, Bubble, Xpress at Chasers, Heat, Mercury Lounge, Viper, Two Tribes at Chasers and PHD.[1] Melbourne's first techno dance parties—Biology, Hardware, and Every Picture Tells a Story—were also popular with Melbourne shuffle practitioners.[3]