Mack the Knife

Choreographed by Diane J. Ellis🇺🇸
Music: Mack the Knife by Bobby Darin
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Created: 6/1/2025
Step Sheet
32 Count, 2 Wall
Intro: 32 counts

This dance is in honor of my Level 1, Absolute Beginner students who enjoy dancing to Bobby Darin's Hello Dolly or Mack The Knife.
This is a great floor split for Hello Dolly by Lorraine Kurtela, Codigo by Pat Stott, or 3 Tequila Floor by Maddison Glover and Jo Thompson Szymanski.

No tags, no restarts. 8 count intro.

2 SLOW V STEPS
1, 2, 3, 4R diag. fwd, L diag. fwd.; R back, L together,
5, 6, 7, 8Repeat 1 - 4

4 WALKS FWD. WITH SCUFFS, 4 WALKS BACK WITH TOUCHES
1&2&3&4&R fwd., L scuff, L fwd, R scuff, R fwd., L scuff, L fwd, R touch
5&6&7&8&R back, touch L beside R; L back, touch R beside L; R back, touch L beside R; L back, touch R beside L

(1 – 8) SWAY R/L, SIDE, CLOSE, SIDE. SWAY L/R, SIDE, CLOSE, SIDE
1, 2, 3&4R to side, L to side, R side, L together, R side
5, 6, 7&8Repeat 1 - 4 on left side

FAST K STEP, 2 SLOW 1/4 PIVOTS
1&2&3&4&R fwd, L touch beside R; L back, R touch beside L; R back, L touch beside R; L fwd, R touch beside L
5, 6, 7, 8R fwd., 1/4 left; R fwd., 1/4 left 6:00

Optional Music:
Hello Dolly, Bobby Darin
Codigo, George Strait
I'm A Believer, Smash Mouth or The Monkees
Coffee Days & Whiskey Nights, Robynn Shayne
Baby Come Back To Me, Manhattan Transfer
Shake It, The Lacs
Why Do Fools Fall In Love, Diana Ross

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