The grapevine is a
dance figure
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in
partner dancing
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that shares a common appearance, with some variation, in
ballroom,
club
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Arts, entertainment, and media
* ''Club'' (magazine)
* Club, a '' Yie Ar Kung-Fu'' character
* Clubs (suit), a suit of playing cards
* Club music
* "Club", by Kelsea Ballerini from the album ''kelsea''
Brands and enterprises ...
, and
folk
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* Folk Plus or Fo ...
dance
Dance is a performing art form consisting of sequences of movement, either improvised or purposefully selected. This movement has aesthetic and often symbolic value. 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
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,
polka,
Electric Slide
The Electric (better known as The Electric Slide) is a four wall line dance set to Marcia Griffiths and Bunny Wailer's song "Electric Boogie".
Choreographer, pianist and Broadway performer Richard L. "Ric" Silver created the dance in 1976 fro ...
and
hustle as well as in
freestyle aerobics
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.
Troy and Margaret West Kinney described it in 1914 as part of the
One-Step.
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
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Mayim Mayim
Mayim Mayim ( he, מים מים, "water, water") is an Israeli folk dance, danced to a song of the same name. It has become notable outside the Israeli dancing community and is often performed at international folk dance events.
History
The dance ...
, 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
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References
External links
*{{Youtube, id=Xx6L6tgH6ew, title=Right & Left Grapevines
Social dance steps