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Cha Cha Overview
Cha Cha is a 8 count, latin style of dance. There are two types of basic - forward/back and side-to-side.
Counts
1-2-cha-cha-3-4-cha-cha-cha OR
1-2-3-and-4-5-6-7-and-8 OR
Rock-Step-Step-together-Step-Rock-Step
Styling Tips
Stay low (Think- bend the knees)
Stay smooth (Think- Can you balance a book on your head?)
Stay linear (Think- Stay on the plank!)
Hips!
Small circular motion with the hands on the 1-2 and the 3-4. Hold on the cha-chas.
Cha Cha Moves
Forward/Back
Basic
Girl's Under Arm Turn
Guy's Turn
3 Cha Cha’s
Cross Body
Hammerlock Cross Body
Chase Turn
Cape Turns
Back-break into sweetheart
Fast Spins
Rond De Jambe
Swivels
Side-To-Side
Basic
Girl's Under Arm Turn
Guy's Turn
3 Cha Cha’s
New Yorker
New Yorker with Swivels
Butterfly
Cross Over
Traveling Box
Instructional Videos
0 BasicBasic
Side-to-Side
Guy's step left foot forward first.
Girl's step right foot back first.
1 Forward-Back Basic.mp4Basic
Forward/Back
Guy's step left foot forward first.
Girl's step right foot back first.
Cha-Cha-Cha= "side-together-side"
1 Underarm Turn (forward/back on 3-4)Girl's Turn
Foward/Back on 3-4
Guys prep on cha cha (raise right hand)
Girls spin on 3-4 (pivot turn & spot)
***Sriking on the left back after the turn is the first count of "cha"
1 Underarm Turn (forward/back on cha cha; side-to-side on 3-4)Girl's Turn
Foward/Back on cha-cha-cha
Guys prep on 3-4.
Girls keep the same footwork while spinning on the cha-cha-cha.
Side-to-Side on 3-4
Guys prep on cha-cha-cha.
Girls spin on 3-4 (step out to the right w/ the left foot & pivot turn).
***Sriking on the left back after the turn is the first count of "cha"
2 Guy's TurnGuys's Turn
Foward/Back on 1-2
Guys initiate turn on 1.
He lets go of his right hand & hammer locks himself w/ the left.
3 Cross BodyCrossbody
Foward/Back
Girls- hold on the cha-cha-cha, big step left/right across on the 3-4. Guys- move arms to guide girl's on the 3-4.
4 Triple ChaCha (forward-back)Triple ChaCha's
Foward/Back
Counts:
"1-2, cha-cha-cha, cha-cha-cha, cha-cha-cha,
3, 4, cha-cha-cha, cha-cha-cha, cha-cha-cha".
4 Triple ChaCha (side-to-side)Triple ChaCha's
Side-to-Side
End the move with a girl's spin on the 1-2.
Counts:
"1-2, cha-cha-cha, cha-cha-cha, cha-cha-cha,
3, 4, cha-cha-cha, cha-cha-cha, cha-cha-cha".
6 Hammerlock Crossbody (2 variations)Hammerlock Crossbody & Reverse Crossbody
Forward/back.
Guys- swoop w/ the left arm on the 1-2. To help the girl spin while unwinding, guys push down and then up with your right hand, her left hand.
Girls- stay on the plank.
7 The Chase (forward-back)The Chase
Foward/Back
Guys start the move as they would a guy's turn, but hold her hand for a half second longer while in the hammerlock position. Pivot turns on the 3-4 and 1-2. To get out, guys stay facing forward after the 1-2 instead of pivot turning.
8 New Yorker.mp4New Yorker
Side-to-Side
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9 New Yorker with SwivelsNew Yorker w/ Swivels
Side-to-Side
Counts: "1-2, cha-cha-cha,
swivel-swivel, cha-cha-cha, girls-turn, cha-cha-cha, 3-4."
On the swivel, girls step across with their right and then left left while the guys hold as the base. On the cha-cha-cha the girls shuffle to the side while guys take small cha-cha steps. The girls then unwind with a pivot turn.
10 Butterfly.mp4Bufferfly
Side-to-Side
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4 Crossover.mp4Cross Over
Side-to-Side
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Cape Turns
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13 Sweetheart Hold (2 variations)Sweetheart hold
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Sliding Doors
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14 Traveling Box.mp4Traveling Box
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Fast Spins
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Rond De Jambe
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Other Swivels & Rond De Jambe Variations
Cha Cha Spotify Playlist
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