Not that I've run across. There's a few traditional ones that are sometimes done with a step-swing balance. (Some interpretations of "The Young Widow" or occasionally "Money Musk".) I've also run across a few obscure contras in print that use the grapevine step, though I've never encountered those on the dance floor. Cheers, -Chris Page Los Angeles, CA On Sat, Dec 17, 2022 at 9:06 AM Elizabeth Bloom Albert via Contra Callers <contracallers(a)lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:

Here in the SF Bay Area, when I started contra dancing in the mid-1980s it was pretty common for people to use a grapevine step in any circle in any contra dance. I guess that fell into the category of "common variation" rather than choreography that used it. I think by 2000 it had become rare. (Initially because it was done so frequently I didn't realize it was borrowed from IFD and thought it was just part of the tradition.) -- Alan ________________________________________ From: Chris Page via Contra Callers <contracallers(a)lists.sharedweight.net> Sent: Saturday, December 17, 2022 3:03 PM To: Elizabeth Bloom Albert Cc: contracallers(a)lists.sharedweight.net Subject: [Callers] Re: the Yemenite dance step Not that I've run across. There's a few traditional ones that are sometimes done with a step-swing balance. (Some interpretations of "The Young Widow" or occasionally "Money Musk".) I've also run across a few obscure contras in print that use the grapevine step, though I've never encountered those on the dance floor. Cheers, -Chris Page Los Angeles, CA On Sat, Dec 17, 2022 at 9:06 AM Elizabeth Bloom Albert via Contra Callers <contracallers(a)lists.sharedweight.net> wrote: _______________________________________________ Contra Callers mailing list -- contracallers(a)lists.sharedweight.net To unsubscribe send an email to contracallers-leave(a)lists.sharedweight.net

John is of course corrrect that grapevine exists in other contexts than IFD. However, I'm pretty sure I'm right about the source of the grapevine step in contra dancing in the SF Bay Area in the mid-1980s because I know some of the people who were doing it were involved in IFD. -- Alan ________________________________________ From: John Sweeney via Contra Callers <contracallers(a)lists.sharedweight.net> Sent: Saturday, December 17, 2022 3:49 PM To: contracallers(a)lists.sharedweight.net Subject: [Callers] Re: the Yemenite dance step Alan suggested that the Grapevine was borrowed from IFD. It could also have come from a number of ballroom styles of dance, or from early Line Dancing. It is such a basic piece of footwork that it occurs in many genres and may have arisen in multiple ones. Happy dancing, John John Sweeney, Dancer, England john(a)modernjive.com 01233 625 362 & 07802 940 574 http://www.contrafusion.co.uk for Dancing in Kent _______________________________________________ Contra Callers mailing list -- contracallers(a)lists.sharedweight.net To unsubscribe send an email to contracallers-leave(a)lists.sharedweight.net