Awful Beautiful (Life)

Count:
64
Wall:
2
Level:
Intermediate
Choreographer:
Alan Birchall (UK)
Music:
Awful Beautiful Life - Darryl Worley
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SIDE, BEHIND, SIDE, CROSS TOUCH, SIDE, CROSS TOUCH, SIDE, SAILOR STEP
1-2Step left to left, cross right behind left
&3Step left to left, cross touch right heel over left foot
&4Step right by left, cross touch left heel over right foot
&5Step left by right, cross right over left
6Step left to left
7&8Cross right behind left, step left to left, step right in place

¼ SAILOR TURN, STEP, ½ PIVOT, ½ TRIPLE TURN, ½ TURN, STEP
9&10Cross left behind right making ¼ turn left, step right by left, step left in place (9:00)
11-12Step forward on right, ½ pivot left (3:00)
13&14Make ½ shuffle turn left stepping right, left, right (9:00)
15Making ½ turn left stepping forward on left (3:00)
16Step forward on right

½ PIVOT, DIAGONAL STEP, DOROTHY STEPS, ROCK, RECOVER, SIDE, CROSS
17½ pivot left (9:00)
18-19Step forward to right diagonal (11:00), lock left behind right
&20Make a small step forward to right diagonal, step left to left diagonal (7:00)
21Lock right behind left
&Make a small step forward to left diagonal
22-23Rock forward on right, recover on left - straightening up to face 9:00
&24Step right to right, cross left over right

SIDE, BEHIND, ¼ TURN, STEP, ½ PIVOT, SHUFFLE, FULL TURN
&25Step right to right, cross left behind right
26-27Making ¼ turn right step forward on right, step forward on left (12:00)
28½ pivot right (6:00)
29&30Step forward on right, step left by right, step forward on right
31-32Making ½ turn left, step back on right, making ½ turn left step forward on left (6:00)

HEEL DIGS, BEHIND, SIDE, IN FRONT, HEEL DIGS, BEHIND, SIDE, TURN
33-34Touch right heel forward twice
35&36Cross right behind left, step left to left, cross right over left
37-38Touch left heel forward twice
39&40Cross left behind right, making ¼ turn right step forward on right, step forward on left (9:00)

TOUCH, TOUCH, BACK LOCK STEP, TOUCH, TOUCH, SIDE SHUFFLE
41-42Touch right toe across left bumping hips left, touch right toe to right bumping hips right
43&44Step back on right, lock left over right, step back on right
45-46Touch left to left bumping hips left, cross touch left over right bumping hips right
47&48Step left to left, step left by right, step left to left

ROCK, RECOVER, ¼ SIDE SHUFFLE, STEP, ½ PIVOT, SHUFFLE
49-50Rock back on right, recover on left
51&52Step right to right, left by right, step right to right making ¼ turn right (12:00)
53-54Step forward on left, ½ pivot right (6:00)
55&56Step forward on left, right by left, forward on left

FULL TURN, HEEL BALL CROSS, ROCK RECOVER, BEHIND, SIDE, IN FRONT
57-58Making ½ turn left step back on right, making ½ turn left step forward on left
59&60Touch right heel forward, step right by left, cross left over right
61-62Rock right to right, recover on left
63&64Cross right behind left, step left to left, cross right over left

REPEAT

TAG
After first & third walls (6:00) & fourth wall (12:00)

1-2Cross left over right, step back on right

3-4Step left to left, cross right over left
On the third wall add two extra counts:
5-6Cross left over right, step back on right
On the fourth wall (facing the front) after the tag the music radically slows down. You need to slow the dance to fit. If you have done it correctly you will be on count &20 when the beat comes back in. Just carry on to the end of the song

TO FINISH THE DANCE
You will be facing the front wall and on counts 33-36 simply replace these with counts 59-64