What Makes You Beautiful by Jennifer Choo

This song “What Makes You Beautiful” by One Direction was performed at the recent Olympics closing in London.

 The choreographer said, "The song was often played on the radio, in the malls, and I heard the song everywhere until I told myself, I just got to do this one. I especially love the part where they sang, “The way that you flip your hair gets me overwhelmed”. So there I go, fitting the ‘hair flip’ motion into the dance every time that part was sung!

The phrasing is a little tough though as there are 3 restarts and 1 tag in the dance, in order to fit the ‘hair flip’ part. But the good news is that all the restarts and tags happened at 3:00 wall, so that should be easy. The 32-count steps are fairly simple but the dance is rated intermediate due to the numerous restarts.

I hope you’ll enjoy the dance and flipping your hair! "

What Makes You Beautiful Count: 32 Wall: 4 Level: Intermediate Choreographer: Jennifer Choo Sue Chin (Aug 2012)  Music: What Makes You Beautiful by One Direction   Intro: 2x8  SET 1: DOROTHY STEPS, ROCK RECOVER, ½R STEP, L FWD SHUFFLE  1Step RF diagonal fwd R 2&3Lock LF behind RF, Step RF to diagonal R fwd, Step LF to diagonal L 4&5Lock RF behind LF, Step LF to diagonal L fwd, Rock RF fwd 6-7Recover on LF, ½ R stepping RF fwd 8&1Step LF fwd, Close ball of RF next to LF, Step LF fwd SET 2: STEP, ½L SIT (FLIP HAIR), STEP, R FWD SHUFFLE, ¼R PIVOT  2-3Step RF fwd, ½ L keeping weight on RF (do a head roll or flip your hair to L during chorus) 4Step LF fwd 5&6Step RF fwd, Close ball of LF next to RF, Step RF fwd 7-8Step LF fwd, ¼ R pivot stepping on RF SET 3: CROSS POINT, HOLD, MONTEREY ½R, POINT HOLD, CLOSE JAZZ BOX  &1-2Cross LF over RF, Point RF to R, Hold &3-4½ R close RF next to LF, Point LF to L, Hold &5-8Close LF next to RF, Cross RF over LF, Step Back on LF, Step RF to R, Step LF fwd SET 4: R HIP BUMPS, ½L L HIP BUMPS, SYNCOPATED OUTS AND INS  1&2R hip bump fwd & back, step on RF 3&4½ L hip bump fwd & back, step on LF &5&6(facing 1:30) Step RF to R, Step LF to L, (Square back to 3:00) Step RF in, Step LF in &7&8(facing 4:30) Step RF to R, Step LF to L, (Square back to 3:00) Step RF in, Step LF in (Easier option: Step RF to R diag fwd (5), Step LF to L diag fwd (6), Step RF back to centre (7), Step LF next to RF (8) or any other freestyle!)  Start Again and enjoy flipping your hair!  Restart 1* On walls 2 and 7 (First 2 times facing 3:00), dance until count 12 and substitute counts 13-16 with the syncopated OUTS and INS.  Or: your easier option:- &5&6(facing 1:30) Step RF to R, Step LF to L, (Square back to 3:00) Step RF in, Step LF in &7&8(facing 4:30) Step RF to R, Step LF to L, (Square back to 3:00) Step RF in, Step LF in. Then restart the dance (3:00).  Restart 2 (Do this after Walls 5 and 10, first 2 times start facing 9:00)  1-8Do the steps of Set 1 (Restart after count 8 after Wall 10), Add the following Tag only after Wall 5)  Tag Syncopated Step Touches in a box.  &1-2Step RF to R, touch LF next to RF, Hold &3-4¼R step LF to L, touch RF next to LF, Hold &5-6¼R Step RF to R, touch LF next to RF, Hold &7-8¼R step LF to L, touch RF next to LF, Hold (You’ll end facing 12:00) Phrasing: 32, 16-R1*, 32, 32, 8-Tag, 32, 16-R1*, 32, 32, 8-R2, 32, 32, 32, 32, End