Cha Cha Powerpoint presentation
- 1. Let’s Talk About Cha Cha Cha
- 2. What is Cha Cha Cha? The Cha Cha is one of the most popular of the social Latin-American dances. It is Lively and flirtatious. It is also full of passion and energy. The Cha Cha is a vibrant, flamboyant and playful dance. The light and bubbly feel of the Cha Cha gives it a unique sense of fun for dancers throughout the world. The Cha Cha requires small steps and lots of hip motion (Cuban motion), as it is danced in 4/4 time.
- 3. Get Into Cha cha cha Mood
- 4. Find A Good Cha Cha Cha Music Before starting, it is good to have a Cha-Cha music available. Remember that once you pick up a wrong music your whole routine or performance will be ruined.
- 6. For Men:
- 7. For Women:
- 8. Look For A Partner The Cha-Cha is a social dance, meaning it is danced with a partner, Work on the basic step can be done alone, but to get feel of the dance position and technique, a partner of the opposite gender is necessary.
- 9. Dance Position Man : Place your Right hand on the woman’s back with the head over the left shoulder blade. With your other hand, hold the woman’s right hand at her eye level. The elbows should be up and about a foot apart from each other. Woman : Place your left hand on the outside of the man’s right shoulder, with your arm on top his. With your other hand, hold the man’s left hand at your eye level. Elbows should be up and about a foot from the man’s. The woman should be slightly to the right of the man so that when they step forward and back, their knees don’t hit.
- 10. Break Step (Counts Two-and-Three) Man Count “Two”: Take one step forward with your left foot, placing all your weight on that foot. Count ”Three”: Replace your weight onto your right foot. Woman Count ”Two”: Take one step backward onto your right foot, placing all your weight onto that foot. Count ”Three”: Replace your weight onto the left foot.
- 11. (Counts Four- and-One) Man Count ”Four”: Step to the left with your left foot about shoulder width from your right foot Count ”And”: Bring your right foot to your left foot Count ”One”: Take another step to the left with your left foot about a shoulder’s width from your right foot Woman Count ”Four”: Step to the right with your right foot about shoulder width from your left foot Count ”And”: Bring your left foot to your right foot Count ”One”: Take another step to the right with your right foot about a shoulder’s width from your left foot.
- 12. Another Break Step (Counts Two-and- Three) Man Count ”Two”: Take one step back with your right foot, placing all your weight on that foot. Count ”Three”: Replace your weight onto your left foot Woman Count ”Two”: Take one step forward onto your left foot, placing all your weight onto that foot. Count ”Three”: Replace your weight onto the right foot.
- 13. Another Cha-Cha- Cha(Counts Four- and-One) Man Count ”Four”: Step to the roght with your right foot about shoulder width from your left foot. Count ”And”: Bring your left foot to your right. Count ”One”: Take another step to he right with your right foot about a shoulder’s width from your left foot. Woman Count ”Four”: Step to the left with yur left foot about shoulder width from your right foot. Count ”And”: Bring your right foot to your left foot. Count ”One”: Take another step to the left with your left foot about a shoulder’s width from your right foot.
- 14. Technique The final step is a list of technique issues to consider after you have learned the sequence and placement of the steps In the Cha-Cha the feet are kept turned out, meaning the heels are together and the toes are pointed out to make a ”V” with the feet. The turn-out shouldn’t be more than an eight of a turn. When placing weight on a leg, all the weight should be on that leg with the other leg bent inward under the body Whenever placing a foot, the ball of the foot should touch the ground first and then the heel should touch when the entire weight on body is on that foot.