SO SMOOTH

CHOREOGRAPHER: Anthony Lee
COUNT: 96
TYPE: 1 Wall Line Dance
LEVEL: Advanced
MUSIC: Smooth by Santana Featuring Rob Thomas (CD: Single or Supernatural)

SIDE ROCK STEP, CHA-CHA CROSS TRIPLE FORWARD

1-2	Step left to left side (feet now slightly apart), shift weight to right foot
3	Shift weight onto left foot (using Cuban motion)
4&1	Step right forward, step left up to right and behind (5th position), step right forward

1/4 TURN RIGHT WITH SYNCOPATED SIDE ROCK LEFT,
1/2 TURN RIGHT WITH SIDE STEP LEFT, 1/4 TURN RIGHT, FULL SPIN RIGHT

2&	Turn 1/4 right rocking left to left side, step right in place
3	Turn 1/2 right stepping left to left side
4	Turn 1/4 right stepping right forward
&1	Step left up next to right and spin a full turn over counts
	Note: Make sure you transfer weight to left foot.
	This is known as either a Platform Spin or a Pencil Turn

SYNCOPATED TOE TOUCHES FORWARD, KICK, STEP TOUCH, CHA-CHA, CROSS TRIPLE FORWARD

2&	Touch right toe forward, step right next to left
3&	Touch left toe forward, step left next to right
4&	Touch right toe forward, step right next to left
1&	Touch left toe forward, step left next to right
2&3	Kick right forward, step right back (5th pos), touch left toe forward
	Note: This is like a kick, ball, change, but you will end up
	touching the left toe with the knee slightly bent, heel up,
	instead of changing weight. Your body will be slightly angled
	to the right with the left shoulder slightly forward
4&1	Step left forward, step right up to and behind left (5th pos), step left forward

1/4 TURN LEFT WITH SLOW SIDE ROCK, 1/2 TURN LEFT WITH SLOW SIDE ROCK

2-3	Turn 1/4 left stepping right to right side, shift weight to left foot
4-1	Turn 1/2 left stepping right to right side, shift weight to left foot
	Note: On these turns your body will first face 9:00, then 3:00.
	When your body is at 3:00, you will be looking to 12:00 and
	preparing to go towards 12:00. Actually you don't square off
	completely to 3:00. The body should end up more at 2:00. I am
	using clock notation so that you will know that these turns
	are sharp and not smoothly rounded.

SYNCOPATED CROSS STEPS TRAVELING FORWARD, CROSS OVER BREAK (ROCK STEP)

2&	Step right up to and behind left (5th), step left forward toward 12:00
3&	Step right up to and behind left (5th), step left forward
4-1	Step right up to and behind left (5th), step left forward
	(notice there is no "&" on this one)
2-3	Rock right forward and across left, step left in place
	Note: You should now be more toward 12:00

2 SETS OF CHA-CHA CROSS TRIPLES TRAVELING BACKWARD

4&1	Step right back, cross left over right, step right back
2&3	Step left back, cross right over left, step left back
	Note: Remember: when you are traveling backward, angle your body
	first to the right, then left as you dance these triples to make
	them more comfortable. You might try stepping the right back in 5th
	position on the right cross triple, then step the left back in 5th
	on the left cross triple. You will still be at the 12:00 wall. Your
	body will just have angled to the corners as you move backward

1 & 1/4 SPIN RIGHT, KNEE BEND (PLIE'), KNEES TWIST LEFT, CENTER, HIP ROLL TO THE LEFT

4-1	Start to turn right swivelling onto right foot, completing 1 1/4 spin right
	Note: This is a Platform or Pencil turn.
	The feet are together. End facing 3:00 wall
2-3	Bend both knees, then straighten
4-1	Twist both knees to the left, center
	Note: You will have to go up onto the balls of your feet to do this.
	Yes, you could think of this as twisting both heels to the right,
	center. However, this is more of a body movement, not just a foot movement
2-3	Place left toe forward (no weight) and roll hips to the left (left to right)
	Note: End up with weight still on right foot.
	You are sitting back slightly with hip out to the right

CHA-CHA CROSS TRIPLE FORWARD, CROSS OVER ROCK, CHA-CHA TURNING FULL RIGHT

4&1	Step left forward toward (12:00), step right up behind left (5th position), step left forward
2-3	Cross rock right over left, step left in place (cross over break)
4	Start to turn right crossing right behind left
&1	Step left in place turning, step right in place turning
	Note: The feeling is similar to doing a sailor shuffle,
	except that you will turn a full turn

SYNCOPATED CROSS OVER BREAKS, CHA-CHA TURNING 1/2 LEFT

2&3	Cross rock left over right, step right in place, step left to left side
&4-1	Cross rock right over left, step left in place, hold
	Note: You will start to move your right foot to the right side
	during count 1, you just will delay in stepping on it
2&3	Step right to right side, cross rock left over right, step right in place
4&1	Turn 1/2 left crossing left behind right, step right in place, step left in place

FORWARD TRAVELING CROSS OVER ROCK STEPS, FORWARD ROCK,  CHA-CHA BASIC BACK WITH 1/2 TURN RIGHT AT THE END OF THE BASIC

2	Step right diagonally forward and to the right
&3	Step left forward and across right, step right up behind left (5th position)
4	Step left diagonally forward and to the left
&1	Step right forward and across left, step left up behind right (5th position)
2-3	Rock right forward, step left in place
4&1	(Cha-cha back) step right back, step left back, step right back and turn 1/2 right on count 1

2 CHA-CHA TRIPLES FORWARD, STEP FORWARD, LOCK, UNWIND FULL SPIN RIGHT

2&3	Left cha-cha forward (left, right, left)
4&1	Right cha-cha forward (right, left, right)
2-3	Step left forward, lock cross right up behind left
4-1	Unwind turning a full turn right

STEP OUT, OUT, IN, IN, STEP BACK IN 5TH, POINT LEFT FORWARD, ROLLS HIPS, LEFT THEN RIGHT

2	Hold
&3	Step right to right side, step left to left side
74	Step right in to center, step left in to center
&1	Step right back behind left (5th pos) count, touch left toe forward
	Note: When you touch the left forward, pull up the heel and bend
	the knee slightly for a "Latin Pose"
2-3	Roll hips to the left counts 2, 3
4-1	Roll hips to the right keeping weight on right counts 4, 1

STEP FORWARD, TOGETHER, FORWARD, TURNING 1/2 RIGHT

2-4	Step left forward, step right up next to left, step left forward
1	Sharply turn 1/2 right keeping weight on the left foot

3 FORWARD CHA-CHA TWINKLES (GUA-PA-CHA) FOOTWORK)

2&3	Step right forward and across left, step left to left side, step right next to left (right diagonal)
4&1	Step left forward and across right, step right to right side step left next to right (left diagonal)
2&3	Step right forward and across left, step left to left side, step right next to left (right diagonal)

STEP FORWARD, TURN 1/2 RIGHT, BEND KNEES, STRAIGHTEN

4	Step left forward squaring off to the wall (6:00)
1	Sharply turn 1/2 right keeping weight back on the left foot (facing 12:00)
2-3	Bend both knees, straighten putting weight onto right foot
	Note: This can be done using upper rib cage movement (contraction)

STEP FORWARD, POSE ARMS WHILE PUMPING RIGHT HEEL

4	Sharply turn 1/2 left keeping weight back on the right foot (facing 6:00)
1	Hold and raise arms over head grabbing right wrist in left hand
2-4	Raise and lower right heel (2, 3, 4 refers to the heel lowering)
	while spreading arms, opening out to sides at chest level, palms up-turned
&	Sharply turn 1/2 right keeping weight forward on the right foot (facing 12:00)

Choreographer's Notes:
When dancing this as a demo, use the last section to start the routine starting
on 5,6,7,8 of the intro. Start with your back to the audience.

Styling Suggestions:
On the 2nd section of the dance (syncopated side rocks into full spin)
arms should be raised at sides as if making a "muscle man" pose. Hands
don't have to be in fists. You can relax the arms upon completion of the
spin. When dancing this to the song "smooth" the 2nd repetition on the
section with the knee bends then twists, don't do the knee bends. Just
hold, then twist the knees to the left.

START AGAIN AND ENJOY!

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