(15 Mar 2013)
Jakarta - 19 January 2013
1. Wide of teenagers arriving at shuffle dance competition in a mall
2. Tilt up from feet to shufflers practicing
3. Wide of group practicing moves
4. Mid of practice
6. Wide of group performing in shuffle competition
7. Mid of crowd watching
8. Wide of group members standing in line, and performing shuffle dance
9. Mid of shufflers dancing
10. Mid of crowd watching
11. Close up of group performing
12. Tilt up from feet to man dancing
13. SOUNDBITE: (Indonesian) Firmansyah, Shuffler
"When we're shuffling, we move our body. We will end up sweaty just like if we are doing a sport. But with shuffle dancing, we also need to control our movement and avoid overdoing it. We must be able to follow the beat and find the balance between the movement and the music."
Jakarta - 21 January 2013
14. Wide of high school students preparing for shuffle dancing class
15. Mid of students
16. Tilt up from pants to jacket
17. Wide of students practicing shuffle dance
18. Close up of feet
19. Wide of students practicing
20. Mid of feet
21. Close up of other students watching
22. SOUNDBITE: (Indonesian) Rifky Afiff, Shuffle Dancing class participant
"We can be good at shuffle dance by mastering the basic moves. This may take a month or 3 months depending on the student. Then we can advance our skills and develop new moves. Therefore most of us have our own style."
23. Wide of high school students practicing shuffle dance
24. Tilt up from feet to student
25. Wide of practice
26. Wide of principal talking to students in shuffle dancing class
27. Pan from instructors to principal
28. Mid of students
29. SOUNDBITE: (Indonesian) Danang Prabowo, High school's principal
"This is something new for our school. The students have had the initiative to develop shuffle dancing into an extracurricular activity, and that has had a positive impact and fills up their afternoon schedule. Since shuffling does not interfere with studying at the school, the teachers here have decided to fully support it."
Jakarta - 19 January 2013
30. Close up of shufflers in action
31. Wide of shuffle dance competition
32. Mid of group performing
33. Mid of crowd
34. Wide of group performing
35. SOUNDBITE: (Indonesian) Nadia, Shuffler
"Shuffle dancing has some fun moves and I enjoy learning them. The people in the shuffle groups are also fun people. I love the music as well."
36. Wide of shuffle dance competition
37. Tilt up from feet to shuffler
38. Wide of group performing
LEAD IN:
Shuffle is the new dance craze sweeping malls, public parks and schools in Indonesia.
For many shufflers, the dance movement is not only an outlet for their creativity, but also a smart move to make some extra cash.
STORYLINE:
At this shopping mall the teenagers are dancing to a different beat.
They have come to participate in a shuffle dance competition.
Originated in Australia, shuffle dancing is now has a huge following among Indonesian youth since 2009.
American pop band LMFAO has helped create the hype over shuffle dance in Indonesia by featuring it in their massively popular "Party Rock Anthem" music video in 2011.
Shuffle dancing can generally be characterised by fast movement of someone's heels and toes to the tune of various types of electronic music.
Some arm movements usually complement the shuffling move.
There are two basic moves that identify the shuffle dance. The first move is "Running Man" where the shuffler is seemingly running on the spot.
In addition, other well-known moves for shuffle pros are kick, spin, slide, jumps and many more.
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