Cha Cha Cha

The Cha Cha Cha is a Latin American dance that originated in Cuba. The influences of Cuban time is seen in the now danced classical type of the Cha Cha Cha to still, but it differs not only in de step sequence from the previous high dances. He is one of the most important dance company in the world, and is taught in all the dance schools in the first lessons to the dancers.

It is danced in 4 / 4 beat and the dance is almost always platzgebunden, that is, not the couples run, as in other Latin American dances across the dance floor to dance, but most of the steps from a fixed seat. The music at the Cha Cha Cha dances played, is always cheerful and full of energy, the dance is a dance partner of flirting with each other dar. The dance steps are always executed from the hip, so the dance acts around, and looks as if one does not move.

The feet are only slightly drawn up on the balls, so that the steps seem easy. At Cha Cha Cha, there is a very simple basic step that all dance students quickly mastered, with two bars, the dancers traced almost to the feet of two squares. This step is easy to learn, but this is only the beginning of a Cha Cha Cha dance, with its sophisticated characters and turns the dance, building on many other step sequences. The professionals dance the Cha Cha Cha always open figures, that is, without touching the dance partner really.

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