Turbo shuffle

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Turbo Shuffling is a variation of the popular dance, the Melbourne Shuffle. However it is to be noted that only a few can truly Turbo Shuffle.[citation needed] As in the Melbourne Shuffle, the basic movement in the dance is a fast heel-and-toe action with a style mainly suitable for hardstyles, but various other types of electronic music can be used.

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[edit] History

The Turbo Shuffle emerged from the Melbourne Shuffle. The Melbourne Shuffle was one of the several dances that emerged during the acid house era, around 1990. Though the precise origins of the dance are unknown.

In the late 1980s and early 1990s, the Melbourne Shuffle began to emerge as a distinct dance, incorporating more hand movements. The earliest footage of the Melbourne Shuffle is from the night of the 31st of August, 1991 at the Sarah Sands Hotel in Melbourne. In the mid to late 1990s a number of videos documenting the style exist, as the dance grew more and more popular.

In 2006, the emergence of YouTube allowed dancers to internationally online contribute to the shuffle scene, posting their variations and learning from others.

In 2007, the term "Turbo Shuffle" was coined by two young shufflers from Australia, who did not with to be named for privacy purposes.

[edit] Music

Early Melbourne shufflers danced to house music and acid house, in the late 1980s. In the early 1990s, trance music became popular and the Melbourne shuffle changed to a glide. However 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 and house music. Although the shuffle dance style could be performed to any genre of music, there is a preference for hardstyle.

Turbo Shuffle is normally danced to hardstyles, a faster 130-150 bpm sound.

[edit] Dancing

Known simply as "shuffling" to the Melbourne locals, as the dance grew in popularity, it also became known as "shuffling" to Sydney-goers and those who shuffled were known as shufflers. Overseas DJ's, party goers, visitors and media have tried to describe this phenomenon, The ages referred to is as looking like, "a cross between the chicken dance and a foot stomping robot" to the untrained eye, however local Melbournians and Sydneysiders have simply called it the "shuffle" since 1991.

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. Also alot of people wear "Phat Pants" for the Shuffle Dance, as it hides the actual movement of the feet, making the dance appear smoother.

[edit] Media

The dance style has remained relatively underground since its birth in the late 80;s and early 90's. In December, 20002, The Age, an Australian newspaper mentioned the Melbourne Shuffle in a front page article, attempting to illustrate what the popular dance was for the first time to the mainstream public.

The Melbourne Shuffle and its variations have taken the world by storm. There have been "Shuffle Competitions" held in Malaysia, Shuffle 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 the spread of knowledge and interest in the dance style.

Also documentary on the topic, entitled Melbourne Shuffler was in production during 2004-2005 and was recently released in late 2005 on DVD.

[edit] YouTube

YouTube has been an important factor in the enormous spread of knowledge and popularity of the shuffle. YouTube is a video sharing website which allows users to upload, view and share video clips. YouTube was created in mid-February, 2005 by three former PayPal employees. The San Bruno-based sevice uses Adobe Flash technology to stream and display a wide variety of user-generated video content, including video clips, TV clips, music videos, videoblogging and short original videos. In October 2006, Google Inc. announced that it had reached a deal to acquire the company for US$1.65 billion in Google stock. The deal was closed on November 13, 2006.

Many users have uploaded instructional tutorials of the Melbourne Shuffle, which has helped in its spread. Some videos are tutorials for spinning, kicking, running man, hat tricks, arm movements and the basic "shuffle" movement. BigMilan, is one subscriber that has uploaded many helpful tutorials for the Melbourne Shuffle. Also the Melbourne Shuffle Compilations are compilations put together of some of the best shuffling videos avaliable on YouTube. Abangben uploads videos of himself and his smaller brother, Moonboy shuffling. Moonboy is believed to be 11 years old and is a very competent shuffler already.

[edit] Hard Dance

Hard Dance is an umbrella term that refers to the grouping of modern electronic dance music genres and subgenres. The term usually includes genres such as Hardstyle, UK Hard House, Hard NRG, Hard Trance, UK Hardcore, Freeform Hardcore, Psychedelic Trance, Techno, Jumpstyle and Scouse House (Bouncy Hard House). The tempo within Hard Dance usually ranges from 135 bpm to 190 bpm.

[edit] Hardstyles

Hardstyle, sometimes referred to as hardbass, is a sub-genre of trance music that is closely related to NU style gabber and hard trance. It is usually characterised by a four to the floor kick beat and an off-beat gabber style bass line, trance like synth stabs sweeps and micellaneous samples. The average tempe is between 130-150 bpm.

Turbo Shuffling is predominantly danced to hardstyles music, though is versatile enough to be adapted to dance to any genre of music.

Some notable artists that create hardstyle music are:

Some notable events for hardstyles are:

There are also some radio stations which play hardstyles including:

  • Hard.fm
  • Fear.fm

[edit] Shuffle Crews

Shuffle Crews exist to bring together members of the shuffling community and often give them a sense of brotherhood or sisterhood with their fellow shufflers. They allow shufflers to show off their skills and teach new members the basics and more advanced moves.

Some shuffle crews are:

  • TBK-Turbo Beat Krew
  • HR-Hardstyles Republic
  • HSC-Hardstyles Connection
  • HSA Shuffle
  • FCK Shuffle

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