Grapevine is the name of a dance figure, which may look different in various ballroom

Ballroom dance

Ballroom dance refers to a set of partner dances, which are enjoyed both socially and competitively around the world. Because of its performance and entertainment aspects, ballroom dance is also widely enjoyed on stage, film, and television....

, club

Club Dance

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, and folk

Folk dance

The term folk dance describes dances that share some or all of the following attributes:*They are dances performed at social functions by people with little or no professional training, often to traditional music or music based on traditional music....

  dance

Dance

Dance is an art form that generally refers to movement of the body, usually rhythmic and to music, used as a form of expression, social interaction or presented in a spiritual or performance setting....

s, but shares a common appearance: it includes side steps and steps across the support foot.

Sequence

The most basic endless grapevine sequence of steps may look as follows:

• Side step,
• Step across in front of the support foot,
• Side step,
• Step behind the support foot.

The sequence is then repeated.

The whole movement is in the same sidewise direction. The sequence may start from any of the four listed steps and may break at any place wherever it is convenient to move into another dance figure, e.g., into a grapevine in the opposite direction.

Troy Kinney

Troy Kinney

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 (1914) described the Grape-Vine as part of One-Step

One-Step

The One-Step was a ballroom dance popular in social dancing at the beginning of the 20th century.Troy Kinney writes that One-Step originated from the Turkey Trot dance, with all mannerisms of the latter removed, so that "of the original 'trot' nothing remains but the basic step".The One-Step...

 as follows:

The grape-vine is an alternation of second and
fourth positions of the feet ; one foot travelling sidewise
on a straight line, the other foot going from anterior to posterior fourth position, and vice versa. The step
travels to the woman's right (the man's left), without
turning.

The man's steps are the converse of the woman's, he starting with his left foot. The step is executed in
closed position of the couple, and is usually performed
several times in succession.
The arrival of the feet in fourth position is usually punctuated with a slight dip.

The step is used, e.g., in Foxtrot

Foxtrot (Dance)

The foxtrot is a smooth progressive dance characterized by long, continuous flowing movements across the dance floor. It is danced to big band music, and the feeling is one of elegance and sophistication...

, Polka

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, Electric Slide

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 and Hustle

Hustle (dance)

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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".

1. Step right
2. Step left foot to the right, crossing in front of right foot
3. Step right
4. Tap left against right
5. Step left
6. Step right foot to the left, crossing in front of the left foot
7. Step left
8. Tap right against left