The grapevine is a
dance figure in
partner dancing that shares a common appearance, with some variation, in
ballroom
A ballroom or ballhall is a large room inside a building, the primary purpose of which is holding large formal parties called balls. Traditionally, most balls were held in private residences; many mansions and palaces, especially historic man ...
,
club, and
folk 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
This is a list of dance terms that are not names of dances or types of dances. See List of dances and List of dance style categories for those.
This glossary lists terms used in various types of ballroom partner dances, leaving out terms of highly ...
. 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 tim ...
,
polka
Polka is a dance and genre of dance music originating in nineteenth-century Bohemia, now part of the Czech Republic. Though associated with Czech culture, polka is popular throughout Europe and the Americas.
History
Etymology
The term ...
,
Electric Slide and
hustle
Hustle or The Hustle may refer to:
Film
* ''Hustle'' (1975 film), an American crime film starring Burt Reynolds
* ''Hustle'' (2004 film), an American television film about Pete Rose
* ''Hustle'' (2008 film), a film starring Bai Ling
* ''The H ...
as well as in
freestyle aerobics.
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
*
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
References
External links
*{{Youtube, id=Xx6L6tgH6ew, title=Right & Left Grapevines
Social dance steps