Breathe

DESCRIPTION: 2-Wall Line Dance, executed with Night Club Two-Step styling and timing (quick-quick-slow, quick-quick-slow)

DIFFICULTY/COUNTS: Intermediate / 64 Counts / 90 Movements

SUGGESTED MUSIC: Breathe—Faith Hill (choreographed to this song); also try: Because You Love Me—Jo Dee Messina; My Best Friend—

Tim McGraw; Cowboy Take Me Away—Dixie Chicks; It’s A Beautiful Thing—Paul Brandt; Like The Rain—Clint Black; Where The Green

Grass Grows—Tim McGraw; The Quittin’ Kind—Joe Diffie (fast and funky to this song); Lady In Red—Chris DeBurgh (non-country)

COUNT/CALL/DESCRIPTION

CROSS ROCK & STEP HOME (LEFT THEN RIGHT), LEFT CROSS, UNWIND ½ RIGHT, RIGHT SAILOR STEP; REPEAT

1&2 Rock & home Left rock across right (1), right step in place (&), left step next to right (2)

3&4 Rock & home Right rock across left (3), left step in place (&), right step next to left (4)

5,6 Cross, unwind Left cross over right (5), unwind ½ turn right shifting weight to left (6)

7&8 Sailor step Right step ball of foot behind right heel (7), left step slightly side left (&), right step forward (8)

1-8 REPEAT Repeat previous 8 counts

LEFT LOCKING TRIPLE, RIGHT LOCKING TRIPLE, LEFT ROCK, RIGHT STEP,

LEFT 1½ TURNING TRIPLE (TRAVELING TO OPPOSITE WALL)

1&2 Left-right-left Left step forward (1), right lock step behind left heel (&), left step forward (2)

3&4 Right-left-right Right step forward (3), left lock step behind right heel (&), right step forward (4)

5,6 Rock, step Left rock forward on ball of foot (5); right step in place (6)

Note: Counts 7&8 are a traveling triple, you will end up facing the wall opposite your current position.

7&8 Triple turn Pivot ½ left off right foot stepping left forward (7), pivot ½ left off left foot stepping right back (&),

pivot ½ left off right foot stepping left forward (8)

RIGHT LOCKING TRIPLE, LEFT LOCKING TRIPLE, RIGHT ROCK, LEFT STEP, RIGHT 1¼ TURNING TRIPLE (TO SIDE WALL)

1&2 Right-left-right Right step forward (1), left lock step behind right heel (&), right step forward (2)

3&4 Left-right-left Left step forward (3), right lock step behind left heel (&), left step forward (4)

5,6 Rock, step Right rock forward on ball of foot (5); left step in place (6)

Note: Counts 7&8 are a traveling triple, you will end up facing the wall ¼ turn right from your current position.

7&8 Triple turn Pivot ½ right off left foot stepping right forward (7), pivot ½ right off right foot stepping left back (&),

pivot ¼ right off left foot stepping right forward (8)

SYNCOPATED WEAVE RIGHT, RIGHT SIDE STEP, LEFT SLIDE/TOUCH, 2-COUNT SWEEP

1&2& Back & front & Left step behind right (1), right side step (&), left step across right (2), right side step (&)

3&4 Back & front Left step behind right (3), right side step (&), left step across right (4)

5,6 Step, slide Right side step (5); left slide next to right, keeping weight on right (6)

7,8 Point, sweep Left toe point forward (7); left toe sweep counterclockwise in a half circle (8)

SYNCOPATED WEAVE LEFT, LEFT SIDE STEP, RIGHT SLIDE/TOUCH, 2-COUNT SWEEP

&1&2 & front & back Left side step (&), right step across left (1), left side step (&), right step behind left (2)

&3&4 & front & back Left side step (&), right step across left (3), left side step (&), right step behind left (4)

5,6 Step, slide Left side step (5); right slide next to left, keeping weight on left (6)

7,8 Point, sweep Right toe point forward (7); right toe sweep clockwise in a half circle (8)

ROCK OUT & STEP FORWARD (RIGHT THEN LEFT), ROCK OUT & STEP BACK (RIGHT THEN LEFT)

1&2 Rock & step Right side rock (1), left step in place (&), right step forward (2)

3&4 Rock & step Left side rock (3), right step in place (&), left step forward (4)

5&6 Rock/step/back Right side rock (5), left step back (&), right step back next to left (6)

7&8 Rock/step/back Left side rock (7), right step back (&), left step back next to right (8)

PADDLE TURN, LEFT SIDE STEP, RIGHT SLIDE, RIGHT SIDE STEP, LEFT SLIDE

On counts 1-4, execute a 450° left turn in place, pushing off right foot and “paddling” around left.

1&2& Turn & 2 & Start 1¼ left paddle turn, pushing ball of right side right (1), left step

in place (&), push ball of right side right (2), left step in place (&)

3&4 3 & 4 Continue 1¼ left paddle turn, pushing ball of right side right (3),

left step in place (&), right step side right, finishing turn (4)

5,6 Step, slide Left side step (5); right slide next to left,

keeping weight on left (6)

7,8 Step, slide Right side step (7); left slide next to right,

keeping weight on right (8)

START AGAIN AND ENJOY!

BREATHE