Cha-cha Dance Lessons
Cha-cha adds fun to your dancing through its syncopated steps and many open movements. When you can dance many interesting combinations with ease, you and your partner will be able to feel the pulsating Latin rhythms which make this dance so fascinating. It works with music from Latin, Big Band and Country to Top 40.
History
One of the most popular Latin dances in the U.S., the Cha-cha began as a variation of the Mambo called triple Mambo. It was so easy and so much fun; it became the rage of the early 1950’s. Its infectious one-two, one-two-three rhythm demands that sitters become dancers. Everybody can learn the Cha-cha.
Schedule
for Cha-cha Dance Classes
Syllabus
for the Cha-cha Dance Classes
*You can start with either (1a) or (1b) and a partner is not required.
Syllabus (1a)
Basic In Place
Side Basic
Progressive Basic
Outside Partner (Parallel Breaks)
Cross-body Lead
Open Break Underarm Turn
Shoulder Check
Shadow Positions
Alternating Underarm Turns (Right)
Crossover Flick to Side Break
Printable Version
Syllabus (1b)
Basic In Place
Side Basic
Progressive Basic
Cross-body Lead
Crossover Break
Chase Turn
Butterfly
Three Cha-Cha-Chas
Conversation Steps w/Lead’s Foot Change
– w/o turning (side to side)
– w/turning (forward & backward)
Music Selections
for the Cha-cha
BPM
99
115
116
120
121
122
126
128
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Song Title
Represent Cuba
Me, Myself & I
Smooth
Corazon Espinado
Watch Me Go
Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps
Amame
Carioca
Caballero
Artist
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Vitamin C
Santana
Santana
Girls Aloud
Pussycat Dolls
Belle Perez
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Orchestra Mario Riccardi