Ballroom Blitz #101

Three Cha Cha Chas in Cha Cha - Feb 08, 2024

Transcript

Ian: Hey guys and girls from the inter-webs. My name's Ian,

Lindsey: and my name's Lindsey,

Ian & Lindsey: and welcome to Ballroom Blitz.

Lindsey: Hello there ballroom dancers, welcome back to another Blitz. We are in the Latin world today we're going to be having a look at a Cha Cha, and it's one of the first moves that we'll start to play around with our Rhythm it is called Three Cha's.

Most of our figures that we've had a look at so far in Cha Cha have had two steps, or two weight changes, followed by a single chasse. This one is going to double, or even triple, down on the number of chasses in a row, so let's have a look.

Three Cha's can be danced in a number of different positions with your partner, and depending on that position that might mean that you are doing them backwards or forwards or side by side with your partner. But any position really you can find that you can get in those three chasse actions. What is consistent about all of those is the timing of them. So you will always start your first one in the normal space for our usual chasse as it comes up in our Cha so over the 4 & 1. That means if you go straight into the next chasse after that it will be happening over 2 & 3 and that will mean that you are back to 4 & 1 for the third one, setting you up perfectly for the next figure.

[demonstration with counts]

Lindsey: Now, that very first chasse of our Three Cha's will be dependent on the move that you have been previously doing. In fact it will sort of share that, that figure's first chasse, and then you continue into chasse three and four [two and three] after that. So it will depend on which figure you have just done with your partner.

[demonstration with music]

Lindsey: So there you go the Three Cha's in your Cha Cha. It's a great one to throw in there just to mix it up because it is that slightly different rhythm, but it gets you back to where you should be for the next one. So try it out, make sure you've got a little bit of room when you do this on a busy social floor, but other than that have fun and we'll see you next time.