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Turkish Roman Choreography

April 9th, 2006

1. Side to side (start Right) 5 times: Left arm out, Right hand cutting belly (on 1) and forehead (on 5) (side to side review: step Right on 1, lift Left on 3, step Left on 5,  kick Right on 7, step Right on 8 – step Left on 1, lift Right on 3, step Right on 5, kick Left on 7, step Left on 8)

2. Step on Right foot, pose for pantomime (this part is tense and saucy!):

a) both hands cut low belly (on 1) up belly (on 5) forehead (on 1) and out (on 5)
b )stir clockwise with Right fist, Left fist on belly below navel (hips doing “ups” on  1,3,5,7,8) (1 measure)
c) swivel to Left foot (on 1) stir for 1 measure
d) swivel to Right foot (on 1) stir and dip down for 1 measure, come up for 1 measure
e) swivel back to Left foot, still stirring clockwise (on 1)
f) hit Left fist with Right fist (on 1) shifting weight to Right foot
g) hit forehead with back of Right hand (on 1) release neck

3. Left foot side to side with Right arm out shoulder shimmy, Left fist still on belly (2 measures) (remember the sense of release here!)   

4. “Horsey”: Step Left (on 1), Right foot landing (on 5), kick Left (on 7) , step Left (on 8)        

5. Semi-back basic  4 times: back Right (on 1), back Left (on 3), forward Right (on 5), kick Left (on 7), step Left (on 8)

6. step onto Right foot, pose for pantomime:

a) Right hand cutting thigh (on 1) and forehead (on 5)
b) Right hand cuts thigh (on 1) then back of hand hits forehead (on 1 of following  measure)
c) both hands cut low belly on 1(hips come up to respond), heart on 5 (chest comes forward to respond)
d) 2 measures, accents on 1 and 5 of heart beating/serving up the heart movement

7. Camel, starting on Left foot, stepping on 1, 3 and 5 (Left, Right, Left, then Right, Left, Right…) 4 measures – 4th camel spins Right foot over Left (spin over Left shoulder)

8. “Horsey” again stepping on Left foot as before

9. Slow/quick back step (Right on 1, Left on 3, Right on 5, Left on 8 –
Right on 1, Left on 3, Right on 5, shasse forward Left on 6, Right on 7, Left on 8)

10. Kick basic 4 times: weight on Left foot, kick Right foot forward brushing through the floor in a backwards bicycle motion, step Right on 5, kick Left on 7, step Left on 8

11. Swooping spin basic: spinning over Left shoulder, arms out in an airplane, swoop Right arm down toward floor as weight goes onto Right leg for the crouch (on 1), weight transfers toward Left foot (on 3), back to Right (on 5), kick Left (on 7), step Left (on 8)

12. Back to Right for side to side to repeat combination from the beginning!