4 Basic Elements of Cha-Cha | Cha-Cha Dance
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- Опубликовано: 9 апр 2013
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Aaron: Hi guys, I'm Aaron.
Christina: And I'm Christina.
Aaron: Coming at you today from Dance Times Square here in New York City. Today, we're talking about the four elements of the cha-cha basic. Our first element is what we call walking steps. Forward and backward. Forward, forward, forward, just as simple as that, and replacing back where we came from. And walk, walk, walk and back, back, back. Just as easy as walking down the street.
Now with our cha-cha we're going to be talking about a little bit of a different kind of quality of action, this being a dance that's come over from Cuba in the late 1940's. We're going to add a little bit of a Cuban action to this and place more emphasis, on putting our weight on the balls of our feet. So we're going to dance this forward a little bit more. One, two, three and back again, one, two, three.
Now our second element of the cha-cha basic is going to be a side step. We're going to start in this dance with our left foot and we're going to start side, together, side, together, side. And just the same back in the direction we were coming from, to our right. Side, together, side, together, side. Again, with a little bit of that Cuban action, as well. Side, together, side, together. Really digging down and back where we came from, to our right. Again, side, together, side, together, side.
Christina: And the last element we're going to talk about is the rock step. You take your left foot and you're just going to place it behind you. You're going to step back and put your weight back on your right foot. So weight on the left foot, weight on the right foot, and again, we're going to add that Cuban hip motion in. You're going to step back and replace forward, back, replace, back, replace.
The trick to this move is, I'll show you from the side. You want to keep the movement underneath your body, so you don't want to think of stepping back and forward. You want to keep it very small. It's just going to be right underneath your body, back and forward, back and forward. Great.
Aaron: Okay, guys. So just to recap, the four elements of the cha-cha basic were; walking steps, forward, backward, sidesteps and the fourth element, the rock step. Now we're going to take those, and put those together, and make up our cha-cha basic. Just like so, side, rock, step, side, together, side, rock, step, side together side, rock, step. Now forward and backward with the walking steps,cha-cha-cha, rock, step, cha-cha-cha, rock, step and side, together, side.
Five, six, seven, eight, one, two, three, cha-cha, one, two, three, cha-cha, one, two. Cha-cha, one, two, three, forward, two, three, cha-cha, one, two, three, cha-cha, one, two, three, cha-cha, one, two, three, side together, side. 
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tangina, sasayaw na naman para sa grades :/
ANG HIRAP HAHAHAHSHAHAHS
Hahaha awit
Awit
nakakalima nako HAHAHHA
Kelan kaya debut natin? 🤔
Im here because of gradeee HAHAH
Same same
Same here
Shit 🤣🤦🏻♂️
same here
Same ✋
Who's here because of PE class dance performance? 😬
Me hahaha
meeeeee hahahahuhuhu
Hey hahahaha
Mee
Meeee
Sino dito mga pinoy? Sayaw sayaw pa di ko naman gagamitin to, janitor lang naman ako pag laki ko.
Same
qaqiii HAHAHHAH kakainin ako ng lupa alaws na ko dignidad
Foccc
Hahahahhaha
Haha
not my type of dance.. but i need to learn it for our PE clas.. -.-
+apercarlo me too bro...
I feel you :'(
same :(
apercarlo same af
feels😴
Whenever our assignment is dancing, you can hear me crying
With friends? I'm pretty sure we can't even progress a single percentage.
same 👁💧👄💧👁
Same bro same
RIGHT 😭
Ah yes My soul soul is screaming right now because we need to Dance and record it :)
Damm you P.E for making me dance this..
Lol
Hahaha
PE: *Ha cha cha!*
name of the music please
we all doin the same thing here
*students: "don't need it"
*schools: "how 'bout i do anyway"
fr
Students learn this to become a teacher and teach student this so they become teacher and teach their students this and-
deadass
Hhaha
@@lad2987 konths
Who else is here because of their asynchronous activity in mapeh? 😭😭
Bro, found you here 😭
@@mitzi3740 WOW PRE HAHAHAHSAHAHA
HAHAHHAHAHA TAE
Ako levi
@@moontuple good luck, bhie HAHAHAHAHAHA
This is great, thanks for posting it.
Just a note, I know this sounds stupid, but I always wish people would demonstrate these things with their back to the camera/audience so we don't have to reverse left and right in our minds.
Same
YAAAS GIRL, but with this video they aren't really teaching you a specific dance there just teaching you steps.
those are called mirrored videos
I do agree with you. I learned a dance easily from watching an instructor with his or her back then he or she is facing a mirror.
ok
Maging dancerist para sa grade!!! LABAAAAAAAAAAAAAANN!!💪💪
HHAHAHHA SAME TAYO
PARANG MAMATAY AKO SA KAHIYA
DITO
Kayo lang bah? HAHAHAH (3)
Why do we even need to learn this for school?? 💀
ikr T-T
mas madali pa ang hiphop kesa dito
Hoshi help--
@@carldextertorio2932 i dont go to parties and never will
They don't have nothing else to teach thats why they dip their sh1ts and find random topics for them to discuss
I've been dancing since I was 3,I've done ballroom dancing or some type of Latin dancing for probably 5 years,but the basics really really do help no matter how complicated the steps are,explained in a beautiful way thank you
Bruh for the sake of my grades, i have to do this -.-
SINO DITO ANG MGA TAGA UPANG
Present🤪
Present
Ako gago
i love dancing cha cha!! we did it for school and it was so fun. i couldnt get enough of it
i am watching this because I am doing this in p.e
Same 😂
Same
same (3)
Love your teaching! Very precise and easy to follow.
Thank you!
walking step 0:19
cha cha 0:57
side step 1:15
rock step 1:52
walking step 0:19
cha cha 0:57
side step 1:15
rock step 1:52
2:58 dance
USELESS COMMENT
@@dreamz-plays aksidente lang siguro pagkagawa Sayo 🥲
@@nqundhajabd4393 grabeeee HAHAHAHHAHAHAH
thanks for the timestamps!! it's easier to watch and learn due to this!!
Thank you
My PE teacher forced the whole class to dance the Cha Cha and I need to submit a video presentation tomorrow- ;-;
Thank you, very easy to understand with your instructions.
Beautiful and clear explanation!
BTW the name of this dance is Cha Cha Chá, with emphasis on the last á.
Absolutely amazing!!!
Well i think most of us dont really wanna dance this but have to for P.E. class and are forced to well im glad im not alone
same huhuhu
To everyone who doesn't know the title of the song in the video.
The title of the song is Santana-Smooth. Check out this link. ruclips.net/video/fhI6b86xQ0M/видео.html
Love it! Great instruction. Remembered my Dad really rocking it!
3:30
This is here for the choreo
Ur a hero
Amazing!!! love it
I love it! Would you make a tutorial for our new line dance? This song is so much fun. John Wayne's Impossible Groove Machine Line Dance 😂
The guitar is great. Got that blues feel
Me and my pal are struggling in dance class so this is what helped us thanks guys
good must learn~~~!
I really wish there was a tutorial that showed the view with the instuctor facing in front of the viewer, i dont like having to mirror the tutorial, when i do i want to start on the wrong foot
:) there's no wrong foot, but yes, I know what you mean :) maybe you like something from above: ruclips.net/video/2klXQLafEFA/видео.html
its wild how much effort people put into certain tasks.. man, if you hear the beat sway your hips and move your arms and you're good! i wanna see you wiggle wiggle, for sure!
Thank you so much for your videos. They have been very helpful. It would be even more helpful if you did your videos from behind you. This would make it much easier to follow your steps. Thanks again.
3:31 wut song did they used?
santana - smooth
@@ninodaan9497 doesn’t sound the same tho
@@vvvvv6132 it sounds different because of course, they had to avoid copright
He looks like Joseph Gordon-Levitt.
ikr?
+strangebird That's true.
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If i had a penny for every person to do this for their assignment, I'D BE LOADED!
Came here because of p.e. taas kamay mga pumunta dito para sa grade?🤣
Me: How do I get a job? How can pay my taxes?
School: Dunno, but humiliate yourself by doing the cha cha
😂😂
Please repy guys what is the song at the end?
Thanks to Ms. PE for introducing this dance to me.
Thank you po!!!
Thank you for this video. Very well explained.
Pov: you're here because of grades
What's the music they used for the cha cha?
LMAO how do i do this without looking so awkward 😆 DAMN YOU PHYSICAL EDUCATION! DAMN YOUUUUUU
Same like me...... We just started and it's thissssss ..... Not to mention the fact that we have a test for this in like 2 weeks and all of that time combined is like half a day!!!
Amazing Dance!!!
Wow!!!
Does anyone know what's the title of the music they used at the end of the video?
Same question ksksksksk
I know a lot about cha-cha from taking a lot of group lessons in American Rhythm and International Latin cha-cha styles, so I know all of those basic elements.
this mans has a phd in cha cha, watch out folks ;)
Hi, I have a question. I am on a ballroom dance team and some of my friends on team tell me I am very stiff when dancing, what exactly does that mean? And how do I fix it?
Isasayaw na naman hahahahaha
does anyone know whats the title of the song?
Alejandro Nhân
smooth santana
Alejandro re
Q
Everyone's talking about dancing for grades but no one talks about ppl who actually want to learn the dance lmao
Shout-out to Andrie, Glieza, and Nelvien for doing their best in executing this amazing dance.
Wow, thank you!
Amazing!!!
@@andrieursais9118 hilom uy
Huh galantaw kas video?
Sanaol dancerist talagaa yawaa!!
I Like To CHA CHA
The one thing I want you are a bit
The only reason I a watching this during quarantine is because of PE class online
Wonderful dance.
walang hiyang grades na yan oh mapapasayaw na naman ako nito ahahah
Came here after watching DRAM - cha cha song lol who else ?
sandeep soni Thank you
@@marinablova786 ok
I need this for our mapeh
Online class T-T
I LOVE THIS ❤❤❤
u guys really motivates me to just cry HAHAHAHA DAMN
I'm here to learn cha cha for peh hehehe
And then there's me, wondering if "never going to give you up" is a cha cha dance so I can do it instead XD
Employer:Can you do taxes?
Me:Nah but I can dance chacha
Employer: Hired
You guys really help us
I was so good at this dance at elementary school :D ahh, the memories
Sana ol
@@giafetizacaytiles3365 yabang noh
When you already know how to chacha but you need to relearn to pass in your PE. Lol
Thanks for Sharing . Excellent 👍🏻👍🏻 Dancing .
Watching this for PE ONLINE CLASS!
Why the basic steps are totally different from the movements when the music is on??? Not a good instruction.
Bruce Lee brought me here.
Jin Kazama he had a black belt in cha cha. So I wasn't the only one inspired by Bruce Lee to learn cha cha. I actually liked this dance before. I prefer cha cha over salsa which to me seems so complex and random.
Lmfao me too. #truth
same
sasayaw nanaman para sa grades :))))
nice teaching, thank you
she said that you put your left leg behind while she was explaining but when they danced at the end, they were both putting their right leg back...
That confused me too.
i think you can do it on both sides
Ur a lonely girl I'll be by ur side so we can be on factor doing chacha or American idle
always right food back for back basic (syllabus steps)
left leg forward for forward basic
That's fucking stupid
YOU USED TO CALL ME ON MY CELL PHONE...
+Random Person Late night when you need my loveee
+Random Person CI know When that hotline bling...
That can only mean one thang!
Ever since I left the city yOUUU
Got a reputation for yourself now
Thank you my friend.
I like dance
i'm here for our performance task. PE pa ganii!!!
Why are we here? Just to suffer.
I danced like this at my cousin's quinceanera last night. I think I might've overdone it though...
My hips kinda hurt 😂
its been 4 years, update us on your hips. i will accept pics in my dm ;)
Very good! Thank you.
Can anyone please tell me what music did they use at the last part??
Came here in 2020 because i forgot on how to do the last freaking part 😔
When she was showing the rocking from the side, the whole point was to see her from the side (full view) not focused on her feet alone again.
Really helpful👌
Sasayaw para sa p.e. paytingggggg!!!!
I can't do this, my body is not good in dancing, I'm practicing for 4 hours and yet I haven't finish anything.
Bruh Same
@@IlDuceAnzaiChiyomi hoi
Same😑
For the sake of my grades I will do this
At the last part what music did you use??Can you tell me please 🙏 I need it...or anyone can know it?
It's hard to pay attention when there's a keanu reeves look alike
Enrique Gordon-levitt
I saw the resemblance too, m8.
+Cheeky Bullfighter smae
Isabella dance studio
What was the Song used in the last part? Can someone tell? Thanks!
Very good instructions.
* operating room *
* bumulwak ung dugo sa puso ng pasyente *
Ako na doctor: hmm gisingin na lang natin ung pasyente, pasayawin natin ng cha cha.
🌽y
AWIT NA YAN HAHAHAHAHAHHA
your sarcasm aint it
Cha cha dabarkads
Hmm, she teaches the rock-step starting with her left-foot going backwards. The only rock-step going backwards is always starting with the right-foot for both the man and woman. You can see that when they put all the steps together and when they started dancing with the music. The only time you start the rock-step with your left-foot is when going forward (not backwards). Am I missing something?
Enuf Ots No, you're right. The rock-step is backwards on the right foot. Sometimes in social dance settings like this video or a social dance class will teach it based on what's easiest, which gets confusing with stuff like this, but in actual cha-cha, it is back on the right foot.
Good lesson if I do say so. It's interesting not just because of grades but for fun as well hahahaha
What is the title of the music, I badly need it for our PE. Thank you!
Whose here because of PE? 👇
Lmao
TUNGINA isang bwan na samen sinabi now lng gagawa 🙂