How to Dance the Cha Cha
The Cha Cha is hard to miss.
Those three distinctive beats of the dance moves have partners side by side and close as they cha cha cha together.
Bold creative dancing moves are permitted within the mastery of the dance's two basic moves.
Partners are flamboyant, creative and suggestive as they strut their stuff.
The dance uses the popular 4/4 time, which is typical of most Latin dances.
The movement begins on beat 2.
On the fourth beat, the dancers step side and close to each other.
This is accomplished by a drag of the step foot followed by a drag of the other, closing foot.
When this move is complete, the dancers have just performed the distinctive step.
Many instructors count this particular dance with slow-slow-quick-quick-slow but that can be confusing.
New dancers may have better luck considering the rock-rock-side-close-side count.
That count not only draws the proper rhythm but also highlights the proper step image.
As in most Latino dances, the dancing commences on the 2nd beat of the music.
Dancers change weight from one leg to another between beats.
In the dance, the dancer's feet only move on the 1st, 2nd and 4th beats.
It is the change of weight that gives the movements their distinctive look and feel.
Weight changes take place halfway through the 1st and 2nd beats, on the 3rd beat and halfway through the 4th beat and again on the 1st beat.
So, counting from the second beat of the music, the preferred count is 2 & 3 Cha-Cha, 1.
There are two basic moves; the Forward Basic Movement and the Back Basic Movement.
The dancers execution of these two movements defines the dance.
The Cha Cha is composed of any sequence of eight steps.
When the man leads with his a left foot forward, the female moves her right foot backwards.
When the man performs the Forward Basic Movement, the woman is performing the Back Basic Movement.
The man's Forward Basic Movement is followed by his Back Basic Movement.
The most striking steps initiate from the Back Basic Movement.
After the man steps back on his left foot and the woman steps forward on her right, they both step back from each other.
To create this move, the man pushes the woman back as if to prevent her from stepping forward.
Now, the dancers are in position to perform their most passionate steps.
Those three distinctive beats of the dance moves have partners side by side and close as they cha cha cha together.
Bold creative dancing moves are permitted within the mastery of the dance's two basic moves.
Partners are flamboyant, creative and suggestive as they strut their stuff.
The dance uses the popular 4/4 time, which is typical of most Latin dances.
The movement begins on beat 2.
On the fourth beat, the dancers step side and close to each other.
This is accomplished by a drag of the step foot followed by a drag of the other, closing foot.
When this move is complete, the dancers have just performed the distinctive step.
Many instructors count this particular dance with slow-slow-quick-quick-slow but that can be confusing.
New dancers may have better luck considering the rock-rock-side-close-side count.
That count not only draws the proper rhythm but also highlights the proper step image.
As in most Latino dances, the dancing commences on the 2nd beat of the music.
Dancers change weight from one leg to another between beats.
In the dance, the dancer's feet only move on the 1st, 2nd and 4th beats.
It is the change of weight that gives the movements their distinctive look and feel.
Weight changes take place halfway through the 1st and 2nd beats, on the 3rd beat and halfway through the 4th beat and again on the 1st beat.
So, counting from the second beat of the music, the preferred count is 2 & 3 Cha-Cha, 1.
There are two basic moves; the Forward Basic Movement and the Back Basic Movement.
The dancers execution of these two movements defines the dance.
The Cha Cha is composed of any sequence of eight steps.
When the man leads with his a left foot forward, the female moves her right foot backwards.
When the man performs the Forward Basic Movement, the woman is performing the Back Basic Movement.
The man's Forward Basic Movement is followed by his Back Basic Movement.
The most striking steps initiate from the Back Basic Movement.
After the man steps back on his left foot and the woman steps forward on her right, they both step back from each other.
To create this move, the man pushes the woman back as if to prevent her from stepping forward.
Now, the dancers are in position to perform their most passionate steps.
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