Spiral dance

Spiral Dance: Also called the Grapevine Dance and the Weaver’s Dance. An ancient Pagan dance, popular at festivals. An excellent way to raise energy, the Spiral Dance gets its name from the movements of the dancers. To do the Spiral Dance, one person starts by taking the hand of someone next to her, and they take another hand, and so on until all are holding hands and moving in a circle. Usually, the step done with the feet involves one foot crossing in front of the other, then the other foot crossing behind, and the knees are kept flexed for balance. The first person leads the dancers in a tighter and tighter ring toward the center, and then abruptly turns inward to face the other dancers, and still everyone follows. The end result is that all the dancers face another person, and the circle then spirals outward again.