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@lists.sharedweight.net> Sent: Saturday, December 17, 2022 3:03 PM To: Elizabeth Bloom Albert Cc: contracallers@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@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote: > > dear callers and dance writers, > > has anyone out there come across/written a contra dance that incorporates the > dance move, Yemenite (as in “Yemenite right; Yemenite left”), from Israeli > folk dance? > > thanks much !! > > > > > -- > Elizabeth Bloom Albert > > _______________________________________________ > Contra Callers mailing list -- contracallers@lists.sharedweight.net > To unsubscribe send an email to contracallers-le...@lists.sharedweight.net _______________________________________________ Contra Callers mailing list -- contracallers@lists.sharedweight.net To unsubscribe send an email to contracallers-le...@lists.sharedweight.net _______________________________________________ Contra Callers mailing list -- contracallers@lists.sharedweight.net To unsubscribe send an email to contracallers-le...@lists.sharedweight.net
