1
Chronological Shuffling Line Tue 26 Jul 2011, 18:16
treize13
Admin
There has been a lot of talk and debate about "Styles" and whatnot.
Anyway here's how this styles thing came on about. This is a Chronological shuffling line, not a styles explanation.
Original Melbourne Shuffle - This consisted of the T step + Weird and cool leg movements as well as a wide Variety of arm movements and cap tricks.
Next came the Classification of Hardstyling which was "stylized" by shufflers that liked to shuffle HARD. Mostly the runningman mixed in with the shuffle but the movements were hard and solid. E.g WeDanceHard
The 07 Generation of kids became aware of the melbourne shuffle and then seemingly took the easiest part of the dance which was the runningman and proceeded to slam a couple of mainstream hardstyle tracks which became popular and then spammed the move picking up as they went off.
The malaysians which went over to melbounre to study took the shuffle back home with them after experiencing the rave scene with practically only 2 notable people who actually did the shuffle without hardstyling. Even WeDanceHard Had a dedication to this "sick shuffler" Azmer which marked him as Lens first shuffling idol.
Dedication to Azmer by Len of WeDanceHard - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kuJojp-u1ZE
Azmer -
May 12, 2006
Ganjaguru from the Bass Agents -
May 14, 2006 Uploaded
The other 99% who enjoyed the harder version of shuffling then developed their own way of hardstyle which then was done by Hardstyle republic who were the first people to truly start the trend in malaysia beginning Mid - Late 06.
Notable names are Speedodevo and Apekwhuut who truly brought in the introduction to names like softstyling as opposed to hardstyling. Come the advent of Hardstyle Republic (HR) and their way of doing hardstyle soon brought the world of shuffling to know of many new and different moves. Since the malaysians hardstyled differently compared to the ravers in melbourne they dubbed it Malaysian aka MAS Style to so called keep it different.
*Fun Fact* The Side glide now done by every other MAS shuffler originally popularized by Apekwhuut in:
People Like THF Ochibi practically the most popular shuffler in the world came about from watching Speedodevo and emulating him until his own way of shuffling became unique.
I don't know how this electro Shuffle Came about but i can't comment so i shall leave it out.
So now we have a scene where essentially The melbourne ravers shuffled and hardstyled, the malaysians took the hardstyle and tweaked it a little bit/a fair bit and called it MAS Style.
The Brazilians, Russians and *insert any other country name* took this "New Hardstyling" aka MAS Style and incorporated it into other dances and finally we have where the shuffle is today.
MAS Style because of its amazingly aesthetic nature quickly became more popular than other ways and types of Shuffling.
The original melbourne shuffle became less popular as more people cared about the pure aesthetic of the dance and not the dance it self. This is also known as.....following mainstream.
A perfect example of this is the Cali-Style which is to put it in a form many of you can understand, Copying simply the length of the MAS styled runningman without the basic aesthetic with a measure of bounce and a slightly hunched back in many cases. The cali style is an attempt to copy the aesthetics of the MAS style without actually putting in any work which is why its actually looks really daft and strange. Every good shuffler has taken time to devote to the dance and therefore has become good.
Summary Version:
Hardstyling came out The Melbourne Shuffle
Mas Style Ripped from Hardstyling
Cali shuffle Ripped from MAS Style
Electro = *Please insert Information*
Hardstyling still exists in many forms, it now simply has more than 1 name. Newschooling( 07 era), MAS Styling etc.
*******************************************************************************************************
The crux of this was to give everyone an overview and history of the styles and how they came to be. Now however i would like to mention that the melbourne shuffle is a rave dance and at raves, people dance however they see fit. These styles and classifications only act as barriers for a persons expression. It has been said time and time again: This is still the Melbourne Shuffle.
Some people like to runningman more, some people like to T-Step more, some people like to throw their hands in the air like they just don't care .Its not your problem. This is mainstream and over-popularization at work.
Someone said "O then lets not classify music into hardstyle trance and hip hop lets just call it music"
I would like to say to you: The Melbourne Shuffle from the start has been a dance about expression just like every dance. Different music, same dance. Its not like i headspin in the middle of your ballet class and call that ballet as well. Dances evolve and change.If you want to classify them just go ahead but always keep in mind no matter what style this is....the dance will always be the Melbourne Shuffle.
With Much Love and Respect,
SDF//Xero
Anyway here's how this styles thing came on about. This is a Chronological shuffling line, not a styles explanation.
Original Melbourne Shuffle - This consisted of the T step + Weird and cool leg movements as well as a wide Variety of arm movements and cap tricks.
Next came the Classification of Hardstyling which was "stylized" by shufflers that liked to shuffle HARD. Mostly the runningman mixed in with the shuffle but the movements were hard and solid. E.g WeDanceHard
The 07 Generation of kids became aware of the melbourne shuffle and then seemingly took the easiest part of the dance which was the runningman and proceeded to slam a couple of mainstream hardstyle tracks which became popular and then spammed the move picking up as they went off.
The malaysians which went over to melbounre to study took the shuffle back home with them after experiencing the rave scene with practically only 2 notable people who actually did the shuffle without hardstyling. Even WeDanceHard Had a dedication to this "sick shuffler" Azmer which marked him as Lens first shuffling idol.
Dedication to Azmer by Len of WeDanceHard - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kuJojp-u1ZE
Azmer -
May 12, 2006
Ganjaguru from the Bass Agents -
May 14, 2006 Uploaded
The other 99% who enjoyed the harder version of shuffling then developed their own way of hardstyle which then was done by Hardstyle republic who were the first people to truly start the trend in malaysia beginning Mid - Late 06.
Notable names are Speedodevo and Apekwhuut who truly brought in the introduction to names like softstyling as opposed to hardstyling. Come the advent of Hardstyle Republic (HR) and their way of doing hardstyle soon brought the world of shuffling to know of many new and different moves. Since the malaysians hardstyled differently compared to the ravers in melbourne they dubbed it Malaysian aka MAS Style to so called keep it different.
*Fun Fact* The Side glide now done by every other MAS shuffler originally popularized by Apekwhuut in:
People Like THF Ochibi practically the most popular shuffler in the world came about from watching Speedodevo and emulating him until his own way of shuffling became unique.
I don't know how this electro Shuffle Came about but i can't comment so i shall leave it out.
So now we have a scene where essentially The melbourne ravers shuffled and hardstyled, the malaysians took the hardstyle and tweaked it a little bit/a fair bit and called it MAS Style.
The Brazilians, Russians and *insert any other country name* took this "New Hardstyling" aka MAS Style and incorporated it into other dances and finally we have where the shuffle is today.
MAS Style because of its amazingly aesthetic nature quickly became more popular than other ways and types of Shuffling.
The original melbourne shuffle became less popular as more people cared about the pure aesthetic of the dance and not the dance it self. This is also known as.....following mainstream.
A perfect example of this is the Cali-Style which is to put it in a form many of you can understand, Copying simply the length of the MAS styled runningman without the basic aesthetic with a measure of bounce and a slightly hunched back in many cases. The cali style is an attempt to copy the aesthetics of the MAS style without actually putting in any work which is why its actually looks really daft and strange. Every good shuffler has taken time to devote to the dance and therefore has become good.
Summary Version:
Hardstyling came out The Melbourne Shuffle
Mas Style Ripped from Hardstyling
Cali shuffle Ripped from MAS Style
Electro = *Please insert Information*
Hardstyling still exists in many forms, it now simply has more than 1 name. Newschooling( 07 era), MAS Styling etc.
*******************************************************************************************************
The crux of this was to give everyone an overview and history of the styles and how they came to be. Now however i would like to mention that the melbourne shuffle is a rave dance and at raves, people dance however they see fit. These styles and classifications only act as barriers for a persons expression. It has been said time and time again: This is still the Melbourne Shuffle.
Some people like to runningman more, some people like to T-Step more, some people like to throw their hands in the air like they just don't care .Its not your problem. This is mainstream and over-popularization at work.
Someone said "O then lets not classify music into hardstyle trance and hip hop lets just call it music"
I would like to say to you: The Melbourne Shuffle from the start has been a dance about expression just like every dance. Different music, same dance. Its not like i headspin in the middle of your ballet class and call that ballet as well. Dances evolve and change.If you want to classify them just go ahead but always keep in mind no matter what style this is....the dance will always be the Melbourne Shuffle.
With Much Love and Respect,
SDF//Xero
