Upside Down

Upside Down, choreographed by Sho Botham, a Health & dance Consultant in UK.
Currently she runs a column in the Linedancer Magazine, under "Sho's Dance Clinic" where she writes on dance and health matters of interest to line dancing communities throughout the world.
Upside Down, is danced to a great piece of upbeat song by Paloma Faith. There are a couple of dances to this popular music and I have selected the EASIEST, 32 step,no tags , no restarts. It is danced mainly to 1 wall until the last 2 counts when you make a 1/4 Left turn to start again.

We shall do a thorough revision on all the dances taught in 2010- Dancing In The Street, Meet You Halfway & Wild Ponies. Then we shall dance through continuously these 3 dances plus our Wild Cats Go as well. This will be done before our new dance, UPSIDE DOWN.


Upside Down
Choreographed by: Sho Botham, UK (Nov 09)
Music: Paloma Faith by Upside Down Descriptions: 32 count - 4 wall

Sec 1 Step R To R, Rock Replace Step Forward 1/4 Turn L, Step Forward R, Pivot Half Turn L And Syncopated Jazz Box
1 Long step R to R, drawing L towards R
2& Rock L behind R, replace R in place
3 Step forward L turning 1/4 turn to L
4& Step forward R, pivot half turn L
5 Step forward R
6 Step L across front of R
7&8 Step back R turning 1/4 L, step L to L, step R across front of L

Sec 2 Charleston Kicks And Exagerated Paddle Turn To L (1 Full Turn)
1,2 Step forward L facing diagonal L, kick R leg forward
3 Step back R
4& Rock back L, replace R
5&6&7&8& Step L to start turn to L, Lift R foot towards L knee then 3 exagerated paddle actions turn ing L (lifting R foot towards L knee on each & count). You can use shoulder and hand actions to accent footwork.

Sec 3 Hip Bumps With Twisting Action X4, Prissy Walks Forward X4
1&2&3&4& Step onto R with twisting hip bump (L foot placed on ball of foot a comfortable distance apart towards L). Twisitng hip bump action L (L foot stays on ball and swivels with hip bumps - heel towards same side as hip bump
Arms - Use arms/hands to accent hip actions
5-8 4 prissy walks forward LRLR with arms high and optional finger clicks or wrist shakes

Sec 4 Locking Steps Travelling Back (Locking Front) X 2, Coaster Step L, Walks RL To Turn 1/4 L
1&2 Step L diagonally back L to L, lock R in front of L, step diagonally back L to L
3&4 Step R diagonally back R to R, lock L in front of R, step diagonally back R to R
5&6 Coaster step LRL
7,8 Walk forward RL turning 1/4 to L


Option: On 3rd wall you have the option in Section 3 of dancing the prissy walks as 2 slow and 4 quick instead of the usual 4 slow and in Section 4 you can dance 4 quick walks instead of the 2 slow to reflect the music at these points. Dancing these changes does not alter the total number of counts in these sections.

Arms & style: plenty of arm and hand action in this dance will add to the fun, look and challenge