Cha Cha dance dance knowledge

Complete knowledge of Cha Cha dance

The key point of Cha Cha dance is to emphasize the internal foot movement and restraint. The choreography of the dance structure should not allow too much long-distance movement, and should be included in the combination dance. The live audience dances directly face to face, and the coordination of each movement beat is very important. Let’s take a look at the basic knowledge of Cha Cha dance!

Cha Cha

Originated from Mexico, Cuba and other places in Central America, it is a mambo dance. A deformation of (mambo), but today’s cha, cha, and cha are more popular than mambo, mainly because this dance gives people a bright and light feeling. Because the natives of South America played Mambo music faster and added percussion instruments, it became today's Cha, Cha, Cha. Mambo's dance posture is softer and the waist twists larger; Cha, Cha, Cha's dance is more lively, and the footwork is neat and neat, without any sloppiness.

Music: 4/4.

Action characteristics:

Four beats and five steps

Strong sense of rhythm, cheerful and neat movements, compact and humorous, full of fun, passionate and hot crotch steps Movements are very important. The so-called "8" figure (definitely not "eight" figure) is mainly an exaggerated movement during practice. Both horizontal 8 and vertical 8 should be practiced to practice the flexibility of the hip steps

Dance moves

Time step

Cuban break step

Forward lock step, backward lock step

Fixed point turn

New York step

Cha-cha step

Zizi step

Changing the center of gravity on the spot

Circle step

Cha-cha Dance breakdown movement teaching: time steps

Preparatory movements: focus on the left foot and open the right foot. You can also put your right foot back, with the sole of the foot touching the ground and the instep straight.

Step 1, retract your right foot to your left foot, place the sole of your foot on the ground and change your center of gravity to the entire sole of your foot.

Step 2: Keep your left foot in place, land on the sole of your foot, and shift your center of gravity to the entire sole of your foot.

Step 3, move your right foot to the right, with the entire ball of your foot.

Step 4, turn your left foot toward your right foot, with the entire sole of your foot.

Step 5, continue to move your right foot to the right, open your left foot on the spot, touch the sole of your foot, and straighten your instep.

Change one foot and do the same action.

Rhythm and number of beats: 1 beat, 1 beat, half beat, half beat, 1 beat. (TWOTHREE exactly ONE).

Upper body movements: When moving the right foot, contract the left hand and extend the right hand. Vice versa is the same. ;