Rave dancing is really about doing it yourself. Going to a rave party means that you are giving yourself up to the pulsating music and the frenetic and crowded dance floor. In order to rave dance, you have to allow your body to become loose; but at the same time stay perfectly in sync with the beat. One thing to remember is that everyone has their own style and the only thing that separates a beginner from an advanced raver is the ability to confidently be in this space, ready to let anything happen and to let the emotion of the rave move their body.
One of the most popular rave dances is the Melbourne Shuffle. It originated in house clubs and early rave party days during the 1980's in Australia. To do the shuffle, you first focus on a heel to toe rocking motion, while finding the beat. Next you integrate this rocking into shuffling, by adding walk like motions with your legs. It should give you the feeling of forward moment in tight spaces, as if you are shuffling in place. Try to stay in place -- or at best -- not move too far away from where you start. You won't have much of a choice in a crowded club. This dance can integrate hand and hip swaying, but it is the shuffle move that is its' signature.
An odd name, but a very descriptive rave dance. Always staying with the beat, raise your arms and hands above your head and move them as if you are reaching up to pick apples out of a tree. Add a jump off both feet high into the air with each beat and arm raise, and you will find yourself swallowed up in a group of apple pickers in no time at all. This is a popular dance, because it requires little finesse. Just raise 'em up and jump the night away.
The liquid form of rave dancing requires more strength and creativity than most other styles. It looks a little like breakdancing, but without the popping of the body and the ground-based spins. Because you are at a rave and in tight quarters, dancing liquid is when you create in your dance steps what it would feel like if the music were traveling up from your feet to your up-raised hands. Great liquid dancers will rotate and spin their legs as the beat passes through them.