Points of the Cha Cha Dance Fixed Point Turn
Preparatory movements: right foot weight, left foot open.
Step 1, left foot crosses the body and steps up to the right, leaving the head.
Step 2, the right foot pushes up in place for the axis of the right 180 °, at this time the center of gravity is between the two feet.
Step 3, step back with your right foot. Turn right 180°.
Step 4, left foot and to the right foot.
Step 5, move the right foot to the right, open the left foot, switch to the right foot and do the same.
Rhythm and counting beats: 1 beat, 1 beat, half a beat, half a beat, 1 beat. (TWOTHREE cha-cha-cha ONE).
Upper body movement: when going up to the left foot, contract the right hand, extend the left hand, and use the contraction of the right hand to turn the body.
Important note
Fixed-point turns turn a full circle, so one foot is not moving, fixed on the ground. To which direction to turn, you have to turn back to this direction, *** 360 °, do two turns to complete this action, one is turned 180 °, the center of gravity in the two feet between the rotation, once after 2 beats jump and step when turned 180 °, with the hand to drive and stay head is an important part of the rotation.
Latin dance difficult movements, difficult in the rotation, a good Latin dancer must have good rotation ability.
How to count the rhythm of cha-cha-cha
Cha-cha-cha dance originated in Cuba, the earliest is to imitate the penguin's walking form, which is very interesting. The basic elements of its dance steps have absorbed a lot of elements of the Rumba, their waist and hips movements are very similar, while the Cha Cha is faster due to the tempo of the dance, and the need to shorten the extended movements, so its center of gravity is also a little bit higher than the Rumba relative.
The cha-cha-cha dance is also four beats per measure, but it takes five steps, and there is a half-beat accent between the last beat, the fourth beat, and the first beat, which creates a "cha-cha-cha-cha" of three accents. Not only is the number of beats per minute more than the rumba, but the dance is divided into an extra step, so the cha-cha-cha is a dance that brings joy and pleasure, but it also makes it difficult to master the rhythm.
Therefore, in most of our basic exercises, we use "2-3-4-&-1" or "2-3-cha-cha-cha" as the number of beats. 3-cha-cha-cha-cha", i.e., start a step with the second beat of each bar of music. In complex steps, the first two beats may need to be divided into two half-beats, i.e., they need to be counted as "2-&-3-cha-cha-cha-cha", "2 -3-&-cha-cha-cha-cha" or "2-&-3-&. -cha-cha-cha-cha", or in a continuous .
In a standard cha-cha-cha, there is a clear rhythm, the "heavy-heavy-sub-heavy-sub-heavy-heavy" beat. If a less standard dance song is chosen as the cha-cha-cha, then several pairs of beats are needed. If a 2/4 beat is chosen, i.e. "heavy-light-heavy-light", then choose to start a step on the second "light" beat, which is why you need to count the beats when practicing. This is why you need to start counting from 2 when practicing. This is in accordance with the rhythm of the music, not the pace at which the dancer starts moving. And on the fourth beat, the rhythm is divided into two half-beats, which, together with the first beat of the next measure, form a "cha-cha-cha-cha" rhythm.
So when you dance, you should get into the habit of counting the beats in your mind, so that if you keep practicing for a while, you will be able to follow the beats as an instinctive response of the body.