Dance how to shuffle dance

Dance how to shuffle dance

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История

Shuffle возникает в 80е годы в Австралии на основе джазовой музыки. Изначально на андеграундной сцене появился acid house, положивший начало двум ответвлениям: шаффлингу и бэк-стэпу. Благодаря тусовщикам, первый сразу стал популярен в ночных клубах и рейв-вечеринках, дискотеках и концертах. Сначала исполняли под техно, затем под хаус и транс. С появлением интернета стиль завоевывает мир. Появляются школы, проводятся ежегодные соревнования. Каждый дэнсер привносит в направление собственную манеру.

Отличительные особенности

Стили

Танец приобрел разнообразные трактовки в зависимости от географии, пола исполнителя и характера телодвижений. Основные подстили – австралийский (Melburn style, Aus) и малайзийский (Mas). Женское исполнение предполагает большую мягкость и плавность, мужское – резкость и жесткость. В hard style преобладают удары ногами, наклон корпуса вперед и работа рук, в софте – скольжения с прямым корпусом без подключения верхней части тела. Cutting shapes – популярный сейчас подвид с элементами free step.

Музыка

С чего начать

Перед любым dance классом принято делать разминку – набор подводящих па или обычную зарядку с разработкой основных суставов и разогревом мышц. Разминку обычно проводят сверху- вниз, начиная с шеи и рук (круговые вращения), прорабатывая корпус (повороты и наклоны) и заканчивая нижними конечностями (прыжки и махи). Правильное начало тренировки убережет от микротравм и плавно подготовит тело к интенсивной нагрузке.

Как танцевать

Элемент Running man

Самое популярное па – «бегущий человек», изначально взятое из hip-hop. Имитирует бег на месте и раскладывается на четыре этапа.
1) Исходная позиция – правая нога впереди, левая позади.
2) В невысоком прыжке соединить стопы вместе, подняв левое колено.
3) В таком же прыжке вернуться в исходную позицию, поменяв все местами (левая впереди).
4) Повторить пункт 2, подняв правое колено.
Движения чередуют, постепенно ускоряясь. Когда начнет получаться уверенный «бег», начинайте экспериментировать: добавляйте перемещения в разные стороны и по кругу.

Т-степ

Характерные фишки

Кроме основных хопов танец разбавляют эффектными фишками. Slide – перемещения по поверхности в виде скольжений с эффектом отсутствия гравитации. Spin – прокрутки и обороты тела по и против часовой стрелки в рондомном порядке. Kick – поочередные удары ступнями по полу и воздуху. Многие па взяты и стилизованы из других популярных жанров: твиста, mimeing, liquiding, locking. Опытные шаффлеры выдумывают собственные прыжки и отскоки.

Парный шаффл

Интересным способом исполнения является парный. Взаимодействие партнеров основано на синхронизации хопов. Каждый имеет право на спонтанность, однако должен придерживаться общего ритма и симметрии. Выполнение степов перемежается с касаниями стоп друг друга. Shuffle в паре предполагает предварительные совместные тренировки и выработку универсальных схем для последующего синхронного исполнения.

Занятия шаффлом развивают выносливость, благотворно влияют на сердечно-сосудистую и дыхательную системы, тренируют мышцы бедер, икр и ягодиц. По эффекту самостоятельные тренировки аналогичны фитнес-классам.

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Что такое шафл?

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Шафл — очень зрелищный танец, который изначально состоял из быстрых «шаркающих» движений ногами, создавая иллюзию парения и скольжения танцора. С годами приобрел много вариантов исполнения, оброс большим количеством элементов и продолжает развиваться. Сегодня шафл танцуют под самую разную музыку, и по этому он переживает второе рождение и взрывную популярность в интернете.

Школа Shape Dance — дает возможность всем желающим научиться танцу Shuffle/Cutting Shapes не выходя из дома, благодаря подробным урокам и контролю правильности выполнения заданий.

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Именно танцуя очень много людей находят свою вторую половину. Девушки обожают когда парни умеют танцевать, а парням нравятся красиво танцующие девушки. Преимущество шафла в том, что он смотрится уместно в рамках большинства танцевальных мероприятий и музыкальных стилей. Даже если ты исполнишь всего пару базовых движений на вечеринке, то ты уже будешь сильно выделяться среди прочих, привлекая внимание и интерес противоположного пола

Танец Шафл (Shuffle Dance) для начинающих: смотреть уроки (5+видео)

Что такое танец Шаффл?

Шаффл представляет собой современное направление танца. Суть его заключается в выполнении быстрых движений ногами, которые должны скользить по земле, создавая иллюзию вращений. Выполняется под электронную музыку хардстайл. Весь процесс очень яркий, зажигательный, подразумевает задействование всех частей тела. Подходит шафл (шаффл) танец для начинающих, так как не требует специальной физической подготовки.

История появления

Чтобы понять, что собой представляет шафл танец, рекомендуется посмотреть видео. Появилось направление в 80-х годах в Австралии, где его впервые продемонстрировали на сцене музыканты. В те времена модным было двигаться в стиле acid house, которое и стало прародителем шаффла. Заразительные движения под ритмичную музыку не были похожи ни на что другое, и очень быстро полюбились публике.

Поэтому не теряет направление популярность и сегодня. Подогрели к нему интерес клипы группы LMFAO, в которых демонстрируются движения этого танца. Так как они популярны по всему миру, просматривать видео обучение танцу шафл Ютубе стали все больше пользователей.

Танец шаффл видео:

Базовые движения

Поможет освоить базовые упражнения в шафл (шаффл) танце видео, где танцоры показывают правила и стиль направления под подходящую мелодию. Они не отличаются сложностью, поэтому при желании освоить его можно достаточно быстро. Основные движения:

Заразительный ритм дарит хорошее настроение и эффективно избавляет от уныния.

Танец Шафл (Shuffle Dance) для начинающих

Заразительный ритм дарит хорошее настроение и эффективно избавляет от уныния.

Подходит шаффл как молодым юношам, так и девушкам.

Кроме хореографии, одно занятие станет отличной тренировкой, и может легко заменить спортзал или фитнес. Танцы часто используются в качестве альтернативы диетам, кардионагрузкам и пилатесу. С ними можно поддерживать хорошую фигуру легко.

Танец станет отличной тренировкой, и может легко заменить спортзал или фитнес

В какой одежде лучше танцевать?

Каждый стиль танца имеет свои отличительные характеристики, которые выдают выполняющего с головой. Всегда понятно, что сейчас будет вальс, если выходит пара в смокинге и бальном платье. Но вот поклонников электронной музыки и самих шаффлеров вычислить достаточно проблематично, потому что выглядят они всегда по-разному.

Но для качественного выполнения отдельных движений требуется свободная и удобная одежда. Отличным решением может стать рваный деним, удобные кеды Converse, кроп-топ или майка. В этом пластика выглядит лучше, и весь танце смотрится гармонично. Иногда танцоры делают акцент на стопы, используя подсветку на кроссовках.

Танец шафл — акцент на стопы

Шафл (shuffle) – танец будущего

Несмотря на то, что танец шафл зародился еще в 80-х, сегодня он снова обрел популярность. Знаковые движения этого стиля – слегка «шаркающие» и скользящие шаги. Знаменитая «лунная походка» Майкла Джексона – это одно из движений в танце шафл.

Сегодня шафл является одним из самых трендовых танцевальных направлений, а изначально он зародился под влияние клубной музыки acid house и транс.

Сам стиль появился в австралийском Мельбурне, затем от него отделилось малазийское ответвление и сейчас принято разделять шафл на австралийский и малазийский.

Это направление не рассчитано на соревнования, здесь главное – выразить себя, свое настроение и мироощущение. Свободный, простой и яркий уличный стиль можно назвать танцем будущего, так как его может освоить практически каждый, кто умеет двигаться в ритме современной музыки.

Танец ногами – так называют шафл

Для этого танцевального направления характерно больше движений ногами и нижней частью корпуса, что и подарило стилю уличное название «танец ногами».

Если сначала шафл танцевали произвольно, с любой скоростью и в любом ритме, то сейчас его танцуют максимально быстро. Так зрители практически не видят каждого отдельного элемента и воспринимают движения танцовщика, как одно целое.

Шафл можно танцевать по-разному, например, и в малазийском и в австралийском направлении выделяют несколько основных способа танцевать: с использованием рук и корпуса и без, с включением беговых движений и без них, с прыжковыми прокрутками и в более мягкой манере.

Как и многие танцевальные стили, шафл – это микс из других стрит-клуб-направлений. Главная особенность стиля в том, что он доступен каждому, кто желает выразить себя с помощью голоса своего тела.

Как танцевать шафл

Для современного шафла характерен определенный набор движений, которые комбинируются между собой, чтобы получился уникальный и оригинальный танец.

Из небольшого количества основных движений каждый танцовщик собирает собственный танец, который будет разительно отличаться от того, что танцуют другие. Тренеры этого направления стараются развить персональный стиль каждого танцовщика, благодаря чему шафл выглядит свежо и ново в разных исполнениях.

Как научиться танцевать шафл

Шафл – это стиль, в котором нет запретов и ограничений по весу возрасту, полу. Любой желающий может освоить основные движения, чтобы танцевать на дискотеках, в клубе, на вечеринках.

Чтобы научиться танцевать шафл на базовом уровне, нужно понять принцип движений и комбинировать их на свое усмотрение.

Но, прежде чем начать разучивать па, необходимо сделать разминку, хотя бы обыкновенную гимнастику для суставов, чтобы минимизировать риск возникновения растяжений и других травм.

Shuffle into a world of fun and fitness!

The Shuffle Dance Community helps you take your first steps in learning this energetic house and rave dance through this website. We also invite you to join our Facebook group where Shuffle dancers can hang out, chat Shuffle, post videos and collaborate.

Intro

What is shuffling and what isn’t shuffling?

Group members share what they love about shuffling

Styles A–Z

Know your Cali from your Skitting. An overview of 13 styles

Master Classes

3 courses on Udemy from Brian B

Introduction

What’s a shuffle?
The word ‘shuffle’ can be used in a variety of ways:
1. In every day usage, it means walking while dragging your feet along the ground in a way that causes unnecessary friction.
2. It can mean moving up and down or re-arranging an order, such as with a deck of cards or songs on a playlist.
3. Perhaps the Cambridge dictionary definition with the closest resemblance to Shuffle Dance as we now know it is ’to move similar things from one position to another, often to give an appearance of activity when nothing useful is being done’. Like when someone is shuffling papers to look busy. This has more than a passing resemblance to popular moves such as the T-Step, The Running Man and the Charleston, where rapid foot movement contrasts with a lack of much (or any) distance travelled.

What’s Shuffle Dance?
It’s an umbrella term for a wide range of rave dances based around footwork. These dance styles include Cali Style, Cutting Shapes, DnB Step, Free Step, Ghost Step, JumpStyle, Konijnendans, Malaysian Style, Melbourne Shuffle, Neo Swing Dance, Rebolation, Russian Style and Skitting. Within these sub-genres, there are also sub-categories. Some dancers prefer to sub-divide these styles in terms of Shuffling, Shaping and Stepping. For now, to promote inclusion and highlight just how far they intersect, we will consider them all as part of the Shuffling umbrella.

Don’t worry about being unfamiliar with these styles. We will explore them in more detail below.

What isn’t Shuffle Dance?
Arm-based rave dances such as Electro Dance (also known as Milky Way or Tecktonik), Liquid, Muzzing and Hacking are not considered Shuffle Dances, but can be combined with them. Unlike Breaking/B-Boying, in Shuffle Dance, your hands rarely touch the ground, if at all.

Q&As with Kuen-Wah Cheung

Kuen-Wah Cheung is moderator of The Shuffle Dance Community on Facebook and creator of this website. He has written the first ever shuffle dance instructional book, ‘Charleston Variations,’ as part of a brand new series called The Quick and Dirty Guide To Shuffle Dance. Here he explains what’s the deal with this new book:

1. What’s your dance background?
KUEN-WAH: When I was younger, I was very much into b-boying (breakdancing), popping and locking. It came as a natural outgrowth from dancing in nightclubs in Brighton, UK. Then in 2007, there was a BBC documentary called Dance Britannia which included a Lindy Hop instructor Julie Oram demonstrating Charleston moves such as the scarecrow, cowtail and the basic Charleston and it blew my mind. I went up to London to ‘Jitterbugs’ to do her five week Charleston workshop which was tremendous fun. For a while, I kept typing in ‘Charleston dance Brighton’ in search engines hoping to find something more local without much success. Then in Summer 2014, I found myself dancing at Brighton Spiegeltent festival, kept bumping into the same friendly folks, was given a flyer by one of them, and started attending MyCharleston classes (then known as I Charleston Brighton), taught by Elena Burslem and Fiona Ring at the Happy Cell Studio in Hove.

2. How did you discover Shuffle Dance?
KUEN-WAH: I’m not entirely sure if it was a shared compilation video on Facebook or if it popped up on YouTube, but when I saw it, it really captured my imagination. It was like a Charleston of the 21st Century. The music, the modern look with all those LED light-up shoes, and the vibe really spoke to me. Without words, it said to me that we don’t have to hark back to racially segregated USA of the 1920s as some kind of golden era, with white flappers stealing the limelight from the black African-Americans who created the dance, that instead we can create a new scene that represents who we are now. Gabby J David and Elena Cruz’s tutorials, along with Anderson Jovani, Guerrorojah and Mark Tore videos, made essential viewing for me in those formative months of learning to shuffle. They were doing the Charleston and Happy Feet, moves I already knew, but they were doing it in a slightly different way, and had variations I had never seen before. And they mixed it up with new moves to me such as the Running Man and T-Step. With the soundtrack of Deamn’s ‘Save Me’ and other iconic tracks, they presented Cutting Shapes in a very appealing, exciting package. Over time, I’ve learnt to appreciate other styles, such as the Melbourne Shuffle and Malaysian Style. I also built up knowledge about the history of shuffling in the UK, from the jazz-funk fusion pioneers such as Foot Patrol, to the 1980s UK rave scene to the early 2010s London Cutting Shapes scene.

There has actually been a ‘How to Charleston Correctly’ book by Bemis Walker from 1925, but the diagrams and symbols are very confusing, as well as other flaws such as rather whitewashing the black African-American roots of the dance.

I wanted to add to this rich collection of literature, but do one that genuinely helped dancers to learn rather than being more style than substance. I started writing my book after many years of drawing stick figures and writing notes to help me remember choreography learnt at various dance classes. And i knew these worked. At least for me. I figured a tidied up version could be ideal for others to pick up moves at their own pace and in their own time.

4. Why not just do a video? Why a book?
KUEN-WAH: There are already a lot of videos of shuffling. Probably over 100 Running Man tutorials, and over 100 Charleston ones. I wanted to create something unique, and no-one has yet written a dance instructional book about Shuffle Dance, something that you can take out of your bag to practise anywhere you want, such as a studio, car park or your kitchen, with or without decent internet access.

In The Shuffle Dance Community group on Facebook, which has over 8,000 members, we often get posts from beginners, asking “Where do I start?” This from people who clearly know how to use YouTube, TikTok and Instagram. It is because there is an information overload. A book is a great way of organising learning in a logical way, unlike scattered videos all over social media. Learning from a book also has its advantages. As Madeleine Fairfax wrote in The Shuffle Dance Community: “I love it when people break things down step by step because half the time, videos go way too fast. Usually I have to slow a video down, pause it a million times and try to jot the steps down.»

5. What will we gain from reading ‘Charleston Variations’?
KUEN-WAH: You will learn 45 different Charleston variations, including different stylings, and how the Charleston combines with other moves such as the Running Man, T-Step, Switchblade, Happy Feet, kicks and jumps, slides and glides, and spins and turns. There is also a history of the Charleston and explanatory information about how Charleston fits into Shuffle Dance as a whole. There are also preparatory exercises for anyone learning the Basic Charleston for the first time. Plus an interview with ex-Prodigy dancer Leeroy Thornhill, who helped introduce the Charleston to the rave generation.

6. What have you learnt from writing the book?
KUEN-WAH: I’ve learnt that arrows on diagrams really help! That it’s not enough to give a text description to go along with an illustration. This is one of the key points I have gained from asking for feedback from the Shuffle Dance Community. I’ve also learnt how to use 3D modelling software. The process of self-publishing had to be learnt from scratch. From the beginning, I was determined not to seek an established book publisher, as I firmly believed that going it alone, aided and abetted by the shuffle community, would be more fun and more in keeping with the spirit of grassroots level dance.

I’ve also learnt how much work is involved in writing and designing a book and polishing it up on my trusty Apple Macintosh computers, and getting it ready for prime time via a lengthy proof-reading process. It’s been a real labour of love during lockdown. So many energy have been expended on this project at weekends, often into the early hours of the day, until I’m bleary eyed. It’s been like going to a rave, but sitting down!

7. How dirty is the book going to be?
KUEN-WAH: I don’t think you can expect a ‘Position of the Fortnight’ in it!

“Quick and dirty’ simply means it’s not promising to be without flaws but that it gets the job done.

That said, the quality of the printing is breathtakingly good, with a hard cover, 24 full-colour lay flat pages and beautifully lush matte finish. You’ll love it!

8. What are you future plans?
KUEN-WAH: I hope to add other books in the series, with ones on the T-Step, Running Man, Switchblade, Happy Feet, Kicks and Jumps, Slides and Glides, and Spins and Turns. All these moves, techniques and stylings of shuffle dance deserve to be archived and shared, and I hope my books help towards achieving this.

The book is available for purchase as of today. Just click to add it to your Shopping Bag, make sure you enter your shipping address and check out……

Q&As with Sabrina Caputi
(article by Tanja Viti)

I started private online lessons with Sabrina Caputi, a.k.a Rebel Industry, about two months ago.

I’m 45, have no previous dance experience. However, I had a foundation of some moves that I had learned on my own from watching videos. Sabrina introduced me to the Melbourne Shuffle with an emphasis on the correct execution of the Running Man, T-Step, and rocking combined with spins and glides.

She has a professional and competitive dance background in different dance styles (jazz,ballet, modern, hip hop, contemporary etc). Her approach to teaching goes beyond just showing you some steps. She gives you the ability to appreciate and better understand the art of dancing and its technique.

I found that she has endless patience and a very motivating way to teach and push you forward. She is so encouraging and enthusiastic and you can tell that she loves sharing her extensive knowledge with her pupils.

She takes time to really explain technique and the feel of each movement. I wouldn’t hesitate in recommending her as an excellent teacher to anyone, any level and age.

She was also happy to answer my questions for her:

1. How did you start your shuffle journey, what were you inspired by?
SABRINA: I began my shuffle journey back in 2014. I was inspired by the countless dancers I would see at music festivals and events, along with the growing trending videos on Instagram. Since 2010 when I started raving, I was always extremely passionate about the music; specifically house, trance and techno. I realized that shuffling could be a way to experience the music on a soulful level, therefore I decided to begin my journey.

2. You already had a solid dance background. Did you find it difficult though?
SABRINA: My dance background was focused around ballet, along with other styles like contemporary, modern, jazz and tap. I quickly learned that what was required for shuffling was much different than other dance styles, especially due to the extreme speed and muscle memory that was required. I wouldn’t say it was easy but having a dance background definitely helped in areas like technique and anatomy, since I could distinguish what was necessary in order to embody the movement. The practice took me a great deal of time either way, since the style is extremely intricate and fast paced.

3. Do you have a favorite Shuffle style and if yes which one?
SABRINA: I absolutely love all the styles of shuffling. I have done a great deal of work and research becoming versed in Melbourne, Cutting Shapes and Cali styles, along with having some understanding of Malaysian. If I had to decide it would be Melbourne. Not just because it is an originating style but because it helps with smoothness, fluidity and overall flow. I prefer to mix all the styles as I dance, in order to form more of a hybrid style.

4. What did you struggle most with?
SABRINA: I definitely struggled the most with being able to embody multiple styles of shuffling. This is because there is a different muscle memory required for each. Therefore training must be rigorous in order to have a developed understanding. I found it was hard to practice one style without integrating movement from another, so a very disciplined form of practice is what helped me achieve what I was looking for. I have perfected this method of learning to pass on to my students so that they in turn can embody multiple styles and create a depth to their flow like I do.

5. Your favorite shuffle song?
SABRINA: It’s hard to pick just one song, but my go to artist would definitely be Above and Beyond especially if I’m working on flow. One particular song I’ve always loved by them, especially from my early days of raving is ‘Love Is Not Enough’ with vocals by the wonderful Zoe Johnston. A vocalist can truly spark a feeling when you’re dancing that lends itself to musicality.

6. What sort of people usually book your classes?
SABRINA: I work with all types of levels and ages so I wouldn’t say just one! My youngest student is 6 and my oldest is 64. It is my belief that any age can learn! I often start with complete beginners, however I have a range of intermediate students that are looking to develop their movement base. I also train advanced levels as well, in achieving and developing personal style, working with complex concepts and movement, and even assisting in professional choreography advice for commercial shufflers. I absolutely love working with all stages and offer a wide range of lessons and concepts that will transform my students. I have also been teaching shuffling for 4 years, so I have developed a multitude of teaching methods to suit each dancer’s needs.

7. What style of shuffle dance classes do you teach?
SABRINA: As previously mentioned, I offer a wide range of lessons. Since I teach all different levels, the types of classes vary from student to student. At a beginner level, I focus on technique and building the foundations in order to develop a proper movement understanding. As the level of the student progresses, different exercises, drills, combos and choreographies are utilized. I always start with a Melbourne focus for beginner students, as I believe this is an important foundation for freestyling and understanding the dance form. Units of focus on different styles help the student learn new pathways as well as develop their own style.

8. How do you inspire and motivate your students?
SABRINA: I have been obsessed with shuffling since the day I began practicing. My passion for this style became so much a part of my life that I quit my job as a project manager to pursue it full time. I share this passion with every single student. I am so grateful and excited to help them every step of the way on their own journey. By becoming their own personal cheerleader, I hope to inspire them to continue their practice, despite whatever obstacles they face. I hold my students accountable and have frequent interactions with them, through messaging apps rather than strictly through email. Students are encouraged to send videos of their practice so they can get feedback between sessions along with being able to ask any questions they may have. It is my hope that they see me as both a mentor and friend, which has helped me develop a wonderful relationship with all my students.

9: How important is technique when it comes to shuffle dancing?
SABRINA: My opinion on technique stems from my experience with dancing professionally for a majority of my life. Technique is extremely important and I spend a great deal of time making sure that movement is demonstrated with this being the primary focus of understanding. Since I have such a strong background in other dance styles, I ensure that my students understand the technique behind dance concepts like pirouettes or glides. Shuffle technique and form also assists in maintaining healthy body function. When movement is executed improperly, tension, pain or ultimately injuries can occur. So yes I believe technique is one of the most important things a dancer should be educated in.

10: Describe your dance class in three words…
SABRINA: Technical,enlightening, passionate

11: Advice for anyone who wants to start their shuffle journey?
SABRINA: My best advice is just to begin! We can make all kinds of excuses not to do something when in reality taking the first step is not so hard. Commit and dedicate yourself to what you want to accomplish, because as I tell my students, you can do anything you set your mind (and body) to do. There are a plethora of resources out there, much more than when I began my own journey. So take that first step, and you’ll be happy you did! If you don’t know where to start and you’re looking for mentorship I would be honored to share this passionate dance with you!

Sabrina offers private shuffle lessons in Toronto or worldwide on a online base. Online lessons can be booked for a single person as a private lessons or collective for a group. Due to her teaching experience she offers a personalized program developed on the need and request of every single dancer. Also workshops with different techniques/styles and ranging from beginner to advanced are available on her website rebelindustry.ca

21 Day Challenge – Q&As with Victoria Diaz

1. How long have you been shuffling? Whose lessons have you found to be most helpful?
VICTORIA: I started shuffling in 2015 and learned mostly from YouTube videos and replaying shuffle videos I found on Instagram. I took a break from it and found shuffling again in 2019 after attending a live shuffle workshop in Miami, FL. Since then I have been practicing consistently and taking classes from experienced shufflers! I have found classes from The Shuffle Circle, Elev8ed Movement (Chelsee Ramos), Sabrina (Rebel Industry), Gabby J David, Dave Ruby and Ciara Castro to be most helpful.

2. What’s your background in health and physical fitness?
VICTORIA: I did ballet from age 6-11, and stopped dancing when I discovered tennis in 5th grade. I competed in USTA tournaments and played in many leagues throughout middle to high school. I was also on the swim team for three years in high school. I wanted to go pro in tennis at one point and would travel to the Dominican Republic every summer to train for hours with different coaches. However, my path changed and I ended up doing college tennis my first two years. During those years I worked with personal trainers and strength and conditioning coaches. That’s when I realized I wanted to become a coach myself. They helped me transform my game and physique entirely! I have been a certified personal trainer for 4 years and tennis coach for 5 years now. I work with mostly middle aged-older populations in PT and work with all ages for tennis.

3. Do you see shuffling primarily as a vehicle to achieve fitness, or fitness as a means to shuffle longer and better?
VICTORIA: The two go hand in hand, but I definitely use fitness as a means to shuffle longer and better. I picked up shuffling just for fun and didn’t really look at it as a form of exercise (even though it is). Now I can’t stop! I fell in love with it, I just want to continue improving and learning. I have also noticed that my endurance on court has improved since shuffling.

4. Please tell us about the concept behind Shuffle and Sculpt.
VICTORIA: I wanted to fuse my two passions together and form a program that people could benefit from. Shuffling is not only a great form of cardio, but it’s also extremely fun! People lose interest fast in exercise programs if they are not thoroughly enjoying what they are doing.

Shuffling provides a fun way to express yourself while also doing cardio. The “sculpt” part of this program is strength training and conditioning. I’ve designed this to include workouts that will help build up strength and muscle to protect your joints, prevent injury and ultimately sculpt (tone) your body. The conditioning portion includes workouts and drills to build up speed, stamina and footwork.

5. Is the course about developing a positive body image?
VICTORIA: Absolutely! I want people to learn to love their body in every stage of the process. Developing a strong and healthy mindset is another main factor in this challenge.

6. Will there be daily tasks? What do these involve?
VICTORIA: Yes, I have a set task for each day which will involve either shuffling or working out (sometimes both). There will also be positive habit forming tasks for each week.

7. In your challenge, what is required in terms of participation? Are participants expected to post videos and photos of themselves to show their progress?
The only thing I am requiring is effort! I encourage participants to post progress photos and videos as these are extremely helpful! I am also giving participants the option for check in calls with me to help with accountability and discipline.

8. Will participants be in an online group to support each other?
VICTORIA: Yes! The group is on facebook “Shuffle and Sculpt – 21 Day Challenge” and is free to join in December.

9. How does someone sign up?
VICTORIA: Sign up by clicking the link in my bio on my IG: @shufflesculpt or my main @fitnessfinn_. You can also message me for the link to join.

Q&As with Jolie Anastasia Hubbard

1. To those who don’t know yet, what is Shuffle Wisdom? What’s its purpose and how will you achieve this?
JOLIE: The purpose of Shuffle Wisdom is to #bridgethegap in 3 ways:

• Between professional dancers and shufflers
We want shufflers to get the recognition and respect we deserve. Plenty of artists and companies wanting to utilize our dance for content. We’d like to correctly set the standard for shufflers, not for level of influence, but from respect for the dance.

• Within the shuffle community
There’s been loads of division within the shuffle community for almost a decade. Back in March of 2011, when ‘Party Rock Anthem’ came out, the shuffle scene was exposed from the underground. Ever since then, there hasn’t been a clear platform for people to turn to find the roots of this dance. We’d like to take the dance back to its roots to define and clarify what shuffling actually is and give the credit where it’s due.

• Between people and dancers
We believe that everyone can dance. Social media has caused this HUGE wave of people *literally* stepping into this realm of dance. We LOVE to see it. We want to keep growing and inspire people to tap into their creative selves by further deconstructing shuffling to make it more tangible to tap into the true freestyle ‘flow state’ that shuffling stems from.

2. How have your plans been affected by COVID19?
JOLIE: Ooof. Well, of course we had to enforce a limited capacity. 50 shufflers. 70 in attendance in total (DJs & production crew) in a 1500-person capacity venue.
Mandated COVID-19 testing & temperatures checked upon entry.

3. You’ve kicked things off with a Shuffle Masterclass, with Dave Rubinstein, Val (founder of Shuffle Babes), Lauren Corazza, and yourself. Do you find that teaching and learning upper body flow is often much harder than footwork?
JOLIE: I don’t feel that upper body flow is necessarily harder to teach or learn with shuffling. I just feel that it’s a core subject that is more than often overlooked.

4. How long have you been shuffling for? How did you learn?
JOLIE: Fun question. I’ve been actively shuffling (every week at least) for the last 3 years. That being said, when I was 16, still living in Hawaii, I did discover shuffling on YouTube:

That was not only my first time being exposed to shuffling, but also to electronic music. Growing up a playing guitar and electronic bass, I’ve always gravitated towards the harder styles of music. Discovering hardstyle made me instantly curious to dive into electronic music and expand my musical knowledge.

When I moved to California, I found the rave scene, continued to fall more and more in love with the MUSIC. Then NYE 2018, I made it my New Year’s Resolution to find my own style in shuffling. And now, here we are!

5. Is Cutting Shapes a sibling of Shuffling, a type of Shuffling, or just another word for Shuffling? Where do you stand on this vexed issue?
JOLIE: Cutting Shapes and Shuffling are both styles of footwork. The fundamental teaching of both have been consistently blended through out the last few years. Hence, the birth of the ‘hybrid shuffler’.

Are they different styles? 100%.

Shuffling and/or Rocking stems from the illusion of gliding across the floor from side to side while implementing different variations of the Running Man and T-Step. Although I am not as proficient in Cutting Shapes, I believe the most obvious difference between the two styles is literally ‘cutting’ or creating shapes under your body. There isn’t a lot of ‘traveling’ and definitely no ‘rocking’ involved in Cutting Shapes. It all comes from fast footwork in place and/or slightly from front to back.

My stance on the issue is: there shouldn’t be an issue. It’s just a matter of defining and clarifying the different styles. Especially if you’re teaching it.

6. What can we expect from the Virtual Showcase (Halloween Edition) on Friday, October 30th 8PM PST on the Wisdome LA YouTube channel?
JOLIE: The most epic shuffle movie the world has ever seen. 6 hours of amazing shufflers from across the country to different styles of electronic dance music. House, Techno & even Trance! (my favorite!)

8. What are you plans for the future for Shuffle Wisdom?
JOLIE: The future is SO bright for Shuffle Wisdom. рџ’Ћ This is a platform meant to teach the THEORY of shuffling. Never choreography. Shuffling originated as a freestyle dance.

Shuffle Wisdom will be filled with loads of knowledge on how to find your unique flow in this dance. We’re already drafting loads of other segments for the future on how to truly deconstruct this dance to make it more tangible for the average viewer/aspiring shuffler.
Everyone wants to learn how to shuffle, right?

But the core break downs of this movement and flow is something that the world hasn’t seen yet. We can’t wait to share this knowledge with the world and not only inspire people to start dancing with us, but to do it for the love of the music.

THE MASTERCLASS: Shuffle Wisdom: Learn to Shuffle Online
THE EVENT: Shuffle Wisdom: Halloween Edition (Friday, October 30th 8pm PST)

CAROLYN ANNE says:
I found this master class a great starting point for beginners. The teachers are thorough with the steps they cover. It covers a broad range of moves including T-step variations, basic upper body movements, shapes, and RM variations. I personally found Dave Ruby the most effective teacher, and learned the most from him. If you are intermediate / advanced, you’ve likely covered this material in other classes or just picked it up over time. I would love to see more collaborative master classes like this. Perhaps one with combos and mini sequences for intermediate / advanced.