TEMPTATION

Choreographed by: Peter Metelnick & Alison Biggs

Description: 48 count, 4 wall, beginner/intermediate line dance

Music: Temptation by Arash Featuring Rebecca [CD: Arash / Available on iTunes]

LEFT & RIGHT SYNCOPATED CROSS ROCK STEPS, LEFT FORWARD, 1/2 RIGHT PIVOT TURN, LEFT FORWARD SHUFFLE

1&2    Cross rock left over right, recover on right, step left side

3&4    Cross rock right over left, recover on left, step right side

5-6     Step left forward, pivot 1/2 right

7&8    Step left forward, step right together, step left forward

RIGHT & LEFT SYNCOPATED CROSS ROCK STEPS, RIGHT FORWARD, 1/2 LEFT PIVOT TURN, 3/4 LEFT & RIGHT CROSS

1&2    Cross rock right over left, recover on left, step right side

3&4    Cross rock left over right, recover on right, step left side

5-6     Step right forward, pivot 1/2 left

7&8    Turning 1/4 left step right side, turning 1/2 left step left side, cross right over left (facing 3:00)

Easier option for counts 5-6-7&8: step right forward, pivot 1/4 left, cross right over left, step left to side, cross right over left

LEFT SIDE ROCK & RECOVER, SYNCOPATED 3 STEP WEAVE RIGHT, RIGHT SIDE TOUCH-TOGETHER TOUCH-RIGHT SIDE STEP, LEFT SAILOR STEP

1-2     Rock left side, recover on right

3&4    Cross left behind right, step right to side, cross left over right

5&6    Touch right to side, touch right together, step right to side

7&8    Cross left behind right, step right side, step left side

RIGHT BEHIND, 1/4 LEFT & LEFT FORWARD, RIGHT FORWARD LOCK STEP, FORWARD MAMBO, COASTER CROSS

1-2     Cross right behind left, turning 1/4 left step left forward (optional flick with right)

3&4    Step right forward, lock left behind right, step right forward

5&6    Rock left forward, recover on right, step left together

7&8    Rock right back, step left together, cross step right over left

(ending)

LEFT SIDE TOUCH-TOGETHER TOUCH-LEFT SIDE STEP, RIGHT SAILOR STEP, LEFT BALL TOUCH & TURN 1/4 LEFT, LEFT COASTER STEP

1&2    Touch left to side, touch left together, step left to side

3&4    Cross right behind left, step left side, step right side

&5-6   Step left together, touch right forward, turning 1/4 left step down on right as you hitch up the left knee

7&8    Step left back, step right together, step left forward

RIGHT FORWARD, LEFT TOGETHER TOUCH, SYNCOPATED LEFT BACK-RIGHT HEEL FORWARD-RIGHT BACK-LEFT FORWARD, RIGHT FORWARD, 1/2 LEFT PIVOT TURN, RIGHT FORWARD SHUFFLE

1-2     Step right forward, touch left together

&3&4  Step left back, touch right heel forward, step right back, step left forward

5-6     Step right forward, pivot 1/2 left

7&8    Step right forward, step left together, step right forward

REPEAT

TAG

After completing 4 walls (you will be facing front) dance the following 12 counts and then start the dance from the beginning

STEP PIVOT, SHUFFLE, STEP PIVOT, SHUFFLE

1-2-3&4        Left forward, pivot 1/2 right, left forward shuffle

5-6-7&8        Right forward, pivot 1/2 left, right forward shuffle

FORWARD MAMBO, BACK MAMBO

1&2-3&4       Left forward mambo, right back mambo

ENDING

Dance ends facing back wall after counts 28-32 (the forward and back mambo steps). To end facing front, step left forward, pivot 1/2 right and strike a pose