Add a little Latin flair to your ballroom dancing by learning how to do the cha-cha-cha, a sexy dance that originated in Cuba. All you need is a willing partner and ..
Footwork: Steps in all directions should be taken first with the ball of the foot in contact with the floor, and then with the heel lowering when the weight is fully ..
The rock steps of a Cha Cha Basic Movement alternate forward and backward, the left foot taking the forward rock, the right foot taking the back rock.
Share Up next in How to Dance the Cha-Cha (37 videos) Add a little Latin flair to your ballroom dancing by learning how to do the cha-cha-cha, a sexy dance that originated in Cuba. All you need is a willing partner and these online dance lessons from Howcast. The step-by-step instructions make it easy to pick up quickly. Aaron: Hi guys, I'm Aaron. Christina: And I'm Christina. Aaron: And we're here from Dance Times Square here in New York City today, to talk about a dance called the cha-cha. So today we're going to be starting talking about how we count the cha-cha, and what we're going to do is, we're going to start on count one, which is our strongest beat in the cha-cha, and we're going to count this out together. It's going to start on one, two, three, four and one, two, three, cha-cha one. Now we're going to take that and we're going to do that in place. So get up and join us from home, and we're going to start this together. We're all going to start together on our left foot marching in place, on count one two, three, four and one, two, three cha-cha, one, two, three, four and one. And that's how you count the cha-cha. Christina: All right guys, so now we're going to try this with some music. I'm going to count in five, six, seven, eight, and then we'll start with our left foot, on the one marching in place. Ready? Five six, seven, eight; one, two, three, four and one, two, three, four and one, two, three, four and one. And that's how you count the cha-cha.','url':'http://www.howcast.com/videos/511251-How-to-Count-Dance-Steps-in-the-ChaCha-ChaCha-Dance
Add a little Latin flair to your ballroom dancing by learning how to do the cha-cha-cha, a sexy dance that originated in Cuba. All you need is a willing partner and these online dance lessons from Howcast. The step-by-step instructions make it easy to pick up quickly. Melanie LaPatin and Tony Meredith’s Dance Times Square is New York City’s premiere Latin and Ballroom Dance Studio.
Style: American Rhythm. Music: Medium-tempo Latin music. Meter: 4/4. Tempo: 112 - 120 beats per minute. Basic Rhythm: 2, 3, 4&1, 2, 3, 4&1 (accent on count ..
Cha-cha is generally done as a partnership dance, which means the "leader" (traditionally - though not necessarily - meaning the man) will control the flow of the ..