From the underground clubs of Melbourne, Australia, has emerged the Melbourne shuffle, which incorporates such dances as the running man -- where a dancer moves in such a way that he appears to be running in place -- and the sideways sliding dance called the shuffle. Since its first appearance in the 1980s, the Melbourne shuffle has produced many variations. A newer variation of the dance includes the hardstyle, which uses electronic dance music, but with a faster beat and booming bass.
Another type of shuffle dance includes a line dance. It consists of a series of repetitive dance steps, mostly with shuffling actions of the feet. In the early 1990s, a line dance was choreographed to promote a popular song by Billy Ray Cyrus -- "Achy Breaky Heart." His music video helped promote the dance, which remained in the public's consciousness long after the song left the top of the charts. With dancers constantly shuffling to the rhythm of country music, the cowboy shuffle was born.
Hip-hop dancing also incorporates shuffling movements. One such type of well-known dance move is the Cupid shuffle, which the hip-hop artist Cupid created. It began in Lafayette, Louisiana, the songwriter's hometown. The basics of this dance contain similarities to the Melbourne shuffle, but it takes on a more-modern club scene dance style, slightly similar to a more-classical cha-cha slide.
Shuffling is a basic dance step in tap dancing as well. A tap dancer can do the shuffle as a dance step alone or incorporate it into other steps. Tap dancers mostly incorporate the shuffle as a rhythmic brushing step, performing it very quickly and sporadically.