Its footwork music has four beats and five steps per bar: slow, slow, fast, fast, slow step by step, fast step by step, and its hips swing like rumba.
Rhythm and number of beats: 1 beat, 1 beat, half beat, half beat, half beat, half beat, 1 beat, 1 beat. (231211212123 12121).
Every dance step should put pressure on the forefoot and bend your knees slightly. When the center of gravity falls on one foot, the heel is lowered, the knee is straight, the hip swings backward, and the other leg is relaxed. Hip swing should be obvious, but jumping fast need not be emphasized.
The tune of cha-cha dance is cheerful and interesting, and the dance steps and arm movements are closely coordinated, giving people a playful and neat feeling. For beginners, you should choose some slow dance music to practice.
The musical beat of cha-cha dance is four beats per bar. The first step, like rumba dance, starts with the second beat of the music bar. Beginners should not only pay attention to the movements and steps, but also pay attention to the mastery of music rhythm, otherwise stepping on the wrong starting beat will make the steps and rhythm wrong.
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The cha-cha dance originated from jazz. 1 one clap on the hip and two clap on the foot, similar to rumba. In the overall dance behavior, pay attention to the twisting of the waist and buttocks.
It is precisely the hip rhythm, from the oblique front to the side. The basic dance steps always keep the characteristics of the center of gravity of jazz step, that is, the center of gravity is on the straight leg, thus jumping out of a compact and tidy step. The movement of its feet is very important. When there is no center of gravity after the last step, the sole of the foot collapses and the instep is raised.
It is the most popular Latin dance. Music is easy to recognize, and melody notes are usually short notes or notes. The beat of music is 4/4 beat, sometimes 2/4 beat. Although Chacha dance often beats 34 bars per minute, the ideal beat is actually 32 bars per minute.
It's a Cuban dance. Like rumba, Cuban dancers begin to advance or guide with the second beat of music.
For men, the correct way is to stand with your feet slightly apart and focus on your left foot. On the first beat, the right foot takes a small step to the right (as opposed to the female), and then the left foot moves forward (the female's right foot moves backward) to perform basic movements. The beat counting methods are: "slow, slow, fast, slow", "step, step, just right" and "2,3,4 &; 1,,, ",all the steps are calculated like this.
Some dancers in Britain still put their left feet forward at the first beat of music, and the number is "L, 2, Cha Cha". This method is easier for beginners to learn. However, the above number method "2, 3, 4&; 1 "is only used for exams and competitions organized by the Dance Teachers' Association.
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