VERTICAL EXPRESSION ( Partner ) [2 Pages]
Choreographed by Toshio Suzuki ~ sujukisan@yahoo.com  ~ 25 January 2006
Description  32 count, 4 wall, Intermediate Partner Dance
Music  Vertical Expression (Of Horizontal Desire) by The Bellamy Brothers 
(102 bpm) / CDs: Lonely Planet / Line Dance Fever 10
Position  Side By Side / Sweetheart. Both face the same direction and wall as the
solo line dancers. Steps are same for Man and Lady except where stated
Acknowledgement  This Partner dance is based on "Vertical Expression", a classic line dance
which was choreographed by Robbie McGowan Hickie
ODD NUMBER WALL 1,3, EVEN NUMBER WALL 2,4,
Start Sweetheart Position. Man on Lady’s 
left, his right arm across her shoulder. Her 
right arm is bent at the elbow to join his right 
hand. Lady’s left hand is in the Man’s left and 
is held in front of the Man between his mid 
chest and shoulder. 		 Start Reverse Sweetheart Position. Man on
Lady’s right, his left arm across her shoulder.
Her left arm is bent at the elbow to join his left
hand. Lady’s right hand is in the Man’s right
and is held in front of the Man between his
mid chest and shoulder.
MAN: BASIC CHA CHA FORWARD 
(raise right hand over Lady’s head on count 1
& release left hand as Lady turns on counts 2,
3&; regain left hand on count 4)		 1-16 Same steps
LADY: STEP, PIVOT ½ TURN LEFT, RIGHT SHUFFLE ½ TURN LEFT
1-2 MAN: Step forward on right, rock 
back(recover) on left		 LADY: Step forward on right, pivot ½
turn left (weight on left)
3&4 MAN: Triple step (in place) right, left, right LADY: Right shuffle forward making ½ turn
left stepping right, left, right
ROCK, ROCK, FLICK/KICKBALL – STEP
5-6 Rock back on left, recover on right
7&8 Low flick / kick left forward, step on ball of left beside the right, step slightly forward) on right
ROCK, ROCK, LEFT LOCK STEP BACK, STEP BACK, SLIDE, LEFT SHUFFLE FORWARD
9-10 Rock forward on left foot, recover on right
11&12 Step back on left, lock right over left, step back on left
13-14  Long step back on right, slide left toe towards and across right
15&16 Left shuffle forward stepping left, right, left
ODD NUMBER WALL EVEN NUMBER WALL
MAN: SIDE ROCK, ROCK, SIDE SHUFFLE
TOWARDS LEFT		 MAN: SIDE ROCK, ROCK, TRIPLE
STEP FULL TURN LEFT
(lead Lady on/from count 17. Raise right hand 
over Lady’s head, dropping left hand as she turns
on counts 19&; regain left hand on count 20 to
resume Sweetheart Position)		 (move in front of Lady on counts 19&20)
LADY: SIDE ROCK, ROCK, TRIPLE STEP
FULL TURN LEFT		 LADY: SIDE ROCK, ROCK, SIDE
SHUFFLE TOWARDS LEFT
(move in front of Man on counts 19&20) (lead Man on/from count 17. Raise right hand
over Man’s head, dropping left hand as he turn on
counts 19&; regain left hand on counts 20, 21 for
Reverse Tandem Position)
17-18 Rock right out to right side,
rock in place on left		 17-18 Same steps
19&20 MAN: Side shuffle towards left
stepping right, left, right		 19&20 MAN: Triple step traveling full turn left
stepping right , left, right
LADY: Triple step traveling full
turn left stepping right, left right		 LADY: Side shuffle towards left stepping
right, left, right











SIDE ROCK, ROCK, SYNCOPATED VINE










SIDE ROCK, ROCK, SYNCOPATED VINE
(Sweetheart Position but with Lady slightly
in front of Man)		 (Reverse Tandem Position., Man stands in front
 of Lady but slightly to the right. Lady holds his
right hand in her right over his right shoulder.
His left hand is on his left hip, fingers together
Pointing to his right side. Lady places her left
hand on top of his left hand )
21-22 Rock left out to left side,rock in place on right 21-24 Same steps
23&24 Cross left behind right, step 
right to right, cross left over right 
STEP, CROSS  STEP, CROSS
(maintain Sweetheart Position as Man starts
to move slightly diagonally forward in front
of Lady at count 25) 		(maintain Reverse Tandem Position as both
continue on same steps)
25-26 Step right to right side, cross left behind right 25-26 Same steps
¼ TURN RIGHT & RIGHT SHUFFLE FWD  ¼ TURN RIGHT & RIGHT SHUFFLE FWD
(maintain Sweetheart Position. Man has
moved to Lady’s left side at count 27)  		(maintain Reverse Tandem Position as the
couple ¼ turn right. Man is now on Lady’s
left side. Lady takes small shuffle steps to
allow the Man to "overtake" slightly)
27&28 Making ¼ turn right, shuffle forward 
stepping right, left, right 		27&28 Same steps
ODD NUMBER WALL  EVEN NUMBER WALL
PIVOT ½ TURN RT, LT SHUFFLE FWD  PIVOT ½ TURN RT, LT SHUFFLE FWD
(maintain Sweetheart Position. On
pivot ½ turn right at count 30, Man 
has moved to lady’s right side. for
Reverse Sweetheart Position) 
 		(release left hand before pivot. Raise
right hand over Lady’s head at counts
29,30. Regain both hands during the
shuffle forward for Sweetheart Position.
Man has moved to Lady’s left side)

29-30

 		Step forward on left, pivot
½ turn right (weight on right) 		 29-30 MAN: Large step forward (slightly
diagonally to the right) on left, make ½ turn 
("U" turn) right on right
LADY: (In place or with very small steps) 
Step fwd on left pivot ½ turn right
31&32 Left forward shuffle stepping L-R-L 31&32 Left forward shuffle stepping L-R-L,

(Now facing Even Number Wall) 

 		(Now facing Odd Number Wall)