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Choreographed by Joanne Taylor Smith🇬🇧
Music: Dancing In the Dark by Bruce Springsteen
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Created: 12/30/1999
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Step Sheet
64 Count, 4 Wall
9/27/2025
TOUCH TWICE, CROSS STRUT, SIDE STRUT TWICE
1-2
Touch right toe across left, touch right toe to right side
3-4
Cross right toe over left, stepping heel down clap hands
5-6
Step left toe to left, stepping heel down clap hands
7-8
Step right toe to right, stepping heel down clap hands
On struts and touches keep knees slightly bent and relaxed
TOUCH TWICE, CROSS STRUT, BACK STRUT, ¼ LEFT, CROSS
1-2
Touch left toe across right, touch left toe to left side
3-4
Cross left toe over right, stepping heel down clap hands
5-6
Touch right toe back, stepping heel down clap hands
On struts and touches keep knees slightly bent and relaxed
7-8
Turn ¼ left stepping left to side, cross step right over left (9:00)
SIDE, BEHIND, ¼ LEFT, STEP, ¼ LEFT, CROSS, SIDE, TAP
1-2
Step left to side, step right behind
3-4
Step left ¼ left, step right forward (6:00)
5-6
Turn ¼ left, cross step right over left (3:00)
7-8
Step left to left side, tap right toe beside left
SIDE, TAP, BACK ROCK, LEFT LOCK STEP, BRUSH
1-2
Step right to right side, tap left toe beside right
3-4
Rock back on left, rock forward onto right
5-6
Step left forward, lock step right behind left
7-8
Step left forward, brush right forward
FORWARD ROCK, ½ RIGHT, HOLD, ½ RIGHT, HOLD, ¼ RIGHT, CROSS
1-2
Rock forward on right, rock back onto left
3-4
Turn ½ right stepping right forward, hold, (9:00)
5-6
Turn ½ right stepping left back, hold (3:00)
7-8
Turn ¼ right stepping right to side, cross step left over (6:00)
Alternative for full turn:
3-6
Back right, hitch left, back left, hitch right
RIGHT SCISSOR, HOLD, LEFT SCISSOR, ½ RIGHT UNWIND
1-2
Step right to right, step left beside right
3-4
Cross step right over left, hold
5-6
Step left to left side, step right beside left
7-8
Cross step left over right, unwind ½ right (12:00)
BACK ROCK, WEAVE RIGHT, CROSS ROCK, ¼ LEFT
1-2
Rock back on right, rock forward onto left
3-4
Step right to right, step left behind
5-6
Step right to right, cross rock left over right
7-8
Rock back onto right, step left ¼ turn left (9:00)
STEP, ½ PIVOT, STEP, HOLD, LEFT, RIGHT, LEFT, TOUCH
1-2
Step right forward, pivot ½ turn left (3:00)
3-4
Step right forward, hold
5-6
Step left forward, step right beside left
7-8
Step left forward, touch right toe to right
REPEAT
RESTART On 2nd wall, dance the first 48 counts (both scissors ½ unwind). This brings you back to 3:00. Restart dance from beginning