The grapevine is a
dance figure in
partner dancing that shares a common appearance, with some variation, in
ballroom
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,
club, and
folk
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dance
Dance is an The arts, art form, consisting of sequences of body movements with aesthetic and often Symbol, symbolic value, either improvised or purposefully selected. Dance can be categorized and described by its choreography, by its repertoir ...
s. It includes side steps and steps across the
support foot. The step is used, for example, in the
foxtrot
The foxtrot is a smooth, progressive dance characterized by long, continuous flowing movements across the dance floor. It is danced to big band (usually vocal) music. The dance is similar in its look to waltz, although the rhythm is in a time ...
,
polka
Polka is a dance style and genre of dance music in originating in nineteenth-century Bohemia, now part of the Czech Republic. Though generally associated with Czech and Central European culture, polka is popular throughout Europe and the ...
,
Electric Slide and
hustle as well as in
freestyle aerobics.
Troy and Margaret West Kinney described it in 1914 as part of the
One-Step
The One-Step was a ballroom dance popular in social dancing at the beginning of the 20th century.Claude Conyers. 'One-step', in ''Grove Music Online'' (2001)
Troy Kinney writes that One-Step originated from the Turkey Trot dance, with all man ...
.
Sequence
The most basic repeating sequence of steps may be;
* Side step,
* Step behind the support foot,
* Side step,
* Step across support foot.
The sequence may start from any of the four steps and may break wherever it is convenient to move into another dance figure or in the opposite direction. The whole sequence is in the same direction.
In some dances (e.g., Polka, Hustle, Electric Slide) it is an eight count figure, often split into two, mirroring each other and called "grapevine to the right" and "grapevine to the left".
# Step right
# Step left foot to the right, crossing in front of right foot
# Step right
# Tap left against right
# Step left
# Step right foot to the left, crossing in front of the left foot
# Step left
# Tap right against left
See also
*
Mayim Mayim, a popular Israeli folk dance that uses a grapevine-style step
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Glossary of dance moves
A–K
Apple Jacks
A step on the spot, with twisting foot and the weight on the heel, likthis
Ball change
Ball change is a movement where the dancer shifts the weight from the ball of one foot to the other and back. This is mostly used i ...
References
External links
*{{Youtube, id=Xx6L6tgH6ew, title=Right & Left Grapevines
Social dance steps