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    The cha cha cha dance originated in Cuba and is a variation of the mambo dance with a slower rhythm. It is counted in either 1, 2, 3, and 4 or 1, 2, 1 and 2. The basic dance positions include closed position with partners facing each other, open promenade position with partners stepped apart, and the arch turn where partners turn individually or together through joined hands. The basic cha cha cha step involves the man stepping forward and back while the lady steps back and forward, with both taking three steps on counts 1 and 2. Variations include the cha cha cha chasse and side basic or cross rock.

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    The cha cha cha dance originated in Cuba and is a variation of the mambo dance with a slower rhythm. It is counted in either 1, 2, 3, and 4 or 1, 2, 1 and 2. The basic dance positions include closed position with partners facing each other, open promenade position with partners stepped apart, and the arch turn where partners turn individually or together through joined hands. The basic cha cha cha step involves the man stepping forward and back while the lady steps back and forward, with both taking three steps on counts 1 and 2. Variations include the cha cha cha chasse and side basic or cross rock.

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    The cha cha cha dance originated in Cuba and is a variation of the mambo dance with a slower rhythm. It is counted in either 1, 2, 3, and 4 or 1, 2, 1 and 2. The basic dance positions include closed position with partners facing each other, open promenade position with partners stepped apart, and the arch turn where partners turn individually or together through joined hands. The basic cha cha cha step involves the man stepping forward and back while the lady steps back and forward, with both taking three steps on counts 1 and 2. Variations include the cha cha cha chasse and side basic or cross rock.

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    Cha Cha Cha PDF

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    Shaina
    The cha cha cha dance originated in Cuba and is a variation of the mambo dance with a slower rhythm. It is counted in either 1, 2, 3, and 4 or 1, 2, 1 and 2. The basic dance positions include closed position with partners facing each other, open promenade position with partners stepped apart, and the arch turn where partners turn individually or together through joined hands. The basic cha cha cha step involves the man stepping forward and back while the lady steps back and forward, with both taking three steps on counts 1 and 2. Variations include the cha cha cha chasse and side basic or cross rock.

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    The key takeaways are that the Cha Cha Cha originated in Cuba as a slower interpretation of the Mambo rhythm, and it involves stepping forward and backward in a rhythmic pattern.

    The Cha Cha Cha rhythm can be counted in several ways including 1, 2, 3, AND 4 or 1, 2, 1 AND 2. It involves stepping on specific counts to keep the rhythm.

    The basic dance positions in Cha Cha Cha are closed position, open promenade position, and arch turn. Closed position involves facing your partner close together while open promenade has partners a step apart. An arch turn involves turning through an arch formed by joined hands.

    CHA CHA CHA

    - Originally came from Cuba


    - Forerunner: Mambo (fast & more for the

    BRIEF specialist
    - Triple Mambo (3 counts)
    HISTORY - but gradually a slower, more pronounced
    and clearer interpretation of the rhythm was
    evolved, called the Cha Cha
    HOW TO COUNT THE
    CHA CHA CHA
    WAYS TO COUNT CHA CHA CHA
    RHYTHM

    1, 2, 3, AND 4 1, 2, 1 AND 2
    DANCE POSITION
    (CHA CHA CHA)
    CLOSED POSITION
    Partners face each other in conventional
    dance position; shoulders parallel, woman
    slightly to man's right, elbows away from body,
    man's right hand below woman's left shoulder
    blade. Man holds woman's right hand in his
    left, and woman's left palm rests on his right
    shoulder.
    OPEN PROMENADE
    POSITION
    Partners are about one step apart, opened out
    so their bodies form a wide "V" opening to the
    man's left, with the man holding the woman's
    left hand in his right.
    ARCH TURN
    A turn to the right for the woman and to the
    left for the man individually or together,
    through an arch formed by joined hands
    (woman's right and man's left hand).
    BASIC CHA CHA
    Man's Part: Lady's Part
    a. Step Left foot forward (ct.1) a. Step Right foot backward (ct. 1)
    b. Step Right foot in place (ct. 2) b. Step Left foot in place (ct. 2)
    C. Take three steps moving backward c. Take three steps moving forward
    (Left, Right, Left) (ct. 1 and 2) (Right, Left, Right) (ct. 1 and 2)
    d. Step Right foot backward (ct. 1) d. Step Left foot forward (ct. 1)
    e. Step Left foot in place (ct. 2) e. Step Right foot in place (ct. 2)
    f. Take three steps moving forward f. Take three steps moving backward
    (Right, Left, Right) (ct. 1 and2) (Left, Right, Left)
    CHA CHA CHA CHASSE
    Man's Part Lady's Part
    a. Step Left foot forward (ct. 1) a. Step Right foot backward (ct. 1)
    b. Step Right foot in place (ct. 2) b. Step Left foot in place (ct. 2)
    C. Chasse to the Left (ct. 1& 2) C. Chasse to the Right (ct. 182)
    d. Repeat all starting with Right foot d. Repeat all starting with Left foot
    backward forward
    SIDE BASIC OR CROSS ROCK
    Man's Part Lady's Part
    a. From closed position cross Left foot to a. From closed position cross Right over
    Right arm (ct. 1, 2)
    in swing out position Left arm in swing out position (ct. 1 and 2)
    b. Cha cha cha to Left b. Cha cha cha to Right
    C. Cross Right in front of Left arm in c. Cross Left foot in front of Right arm (ct.
    swing out position 1, 2)
    d. Cha cha cha Right in swing out position (ct. 1 and 2)
    e. Repeat all d. Cha cha cha to Left
    e. Repeat all
    BASIC TO ARCH TURN
    Man's Part (ct. 1)
    a. From closed position, step Left foot forward (ct. 2)
    b. Step Right foot in place
    c. Three steps or cha cha cha starting with Left foot, removing with Right hand
    from partner's back raising Left hand and turning partner's Right hand in arch
    over her head as your Right hand on her back leads her into turn to her Right
    (ct. 1,2,3)
    d. Step Right foot backward (ct. 1)
    e. Step Left foot in place (ct. 2)
    f. Three steps or cha cha cha starting (ct. 1,2,) with Right foot

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