Learn how to do the Cha Cha Dance LessonsCha-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