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Sledgehammer

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Count:
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Wall:
2
Level:
Intermediate
Choreo:
Choreographer:
Mark Brown (UK)
Music:
Sledgehammer - Peter Gabriel
 
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Sequence: AAAB, ABB, AAAA

PART A
RIGHT KICK TWICE, STEP RIGHT ½ TURN, TOUCH, DIAGONAL STEP FORWARD, TOUCH, DIAGONAL STEP BACK TOUCH

1-2Kick right forward twice
3-4Step right making ½ turn right, touch left beside right
5-6Step left diagonally forward and to the left, touch right beside left
7-8Step right diagonally back and to the right, touch left beside right.

LEFT KICK TWICE, STEP LEFT ½ TURN, TOUCH, DIAGONAL STEP FORWARD, TOUCH, DIAGONAL STEP BACK TOUCH
9-10Kick left forward twice
11-12Step left making ½ turn left, touch right beside left
13-14Step right diagonally forward and to the right, touch left beside right
15-16Step left diagonally back and to the left, touch right beside left

LUNGE/ROCK RIGHT, RIGHT SAILOR STEP, LUNGE/ROCK LEFT, LEFT SAILOR STEP
If the dancer wishes they could add styling to the lunges. In this case the lyric is 'Big Dipper', so the dancer could exaggerate the lunges to compliment the lyric

17-18Step right to right side with a lunging action, close right to left
19&20Step right behind left, step left to side, step right level with left
21-22Step left to left side with a lunging action, close left to right
23&24Step left behind right, step right to side, step left level with right

RIGHT KICK FORWARD AND SIDE, RIGHT SAILOR TURNING ¼ RIGHT, KICK LEFT TWICE, LEFT SHUFFLE
25-26Kick right forward, kick right to the right side
27-28Step right behind left, step left to left side, step right to right with ¼ turn right
29-30Kick left forward twice
31-32Left shuffle forward, left right left

SIDE RIGHT, LEFT BEHIND, CHASSE RIGHT WITH ¼ TURN RIGHT, TWO ¼ PADDLE TURNS TO RIGHT
More styling could be added here. For example the lyrics include the words 'aeroplane' and 'bumper car', so the dancer can hold out their arms with the lyric 'aeroplane', or bump their hips with the lyric 'bumper car'

33-34Step right to right side, step left behind right
35&36Chasse right, right left right, making ¼ turn to right on last step
37-38Step left slightly forward, push with the left to turn the body ¼ turn right
39-40Step left slightly forward, push with the left to turn the body ¼ turn right

LEFT HIP BUMP FORWARD TWICE, RIGHT HIP BUMP FORWARD TWICE, STEP FORWARD LEFT, ½ PIVOT TURN RIGHT, SYNCOPATED LEFT BEHIND, SIDE RIGHT, CROSS LEFT
41-42Step left forward bumping left hip forward twice
43-44Step right forward bumping right hip forward twice
45-46Step left forward, pivot ½ to right
47Step left behind right
&Step right to right side
48Cross left in front on right

PART B
Counts 1-16 are repeated for counts 17-32. The only difference being that after the slide there are three stomps instead of two
STOMP LEFT IN PLACE, STRONG STEP RIGHT, SLIDE LEFT TO RIGHT, STOMP LEFT, TWO VORDAVILLE STEPS LEFT THEN RIGHT

1-2Stomp left in place, step right strongly to right
3&Slide left up to right
4&Two left stomps, step right slightly back
5&Dig left heel forward, close left to right
6&Cross right over left, step left back slightly
7&Dig right heel forward, close right to left
8Cross left over right

TWO ¼ PADDLE TURNS LEFT, TWO VORDAVILLE STEPS LEFT THEN RIGHT
9-10Step right slightly forward, push on right to turn body ¼ turn left
11-12Step right slightly forward, push on right to turn body ¼ turn left
&Step right slightly back
13&Dig left heel forward, close left to right
14&Cross right over left, step left back slightly
15&Dig right heel forward, close right to left
16Cross left over right

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