How to Dance the Cha-Cha

Transcript Aaron: Hey, guys. It’s Aaron. Christina: And I’m Christina. Aaron: Here with Dance Times Square, in New York City. And today, we’re going to be talking about the Cha-Cha Syncopated Cuban Breaks. We’re going to start side by side here. We’re going to start again with our basic action, starting with our left foot …

Transcript Christina: Hi guys, I’m Christina. Aaron: And I’m Aaron, here again with Dance Times Square, in New York City. Christina: We’re going to talk a little bit about how to choose a great cha-cha shoe. So we’re going to talk about the ladies’ choices of shoes, and then Aaron will jump in and talk …

Transcript Aaron: Hi guys, it’s Aaron. Christina: And I’m Christina. Aaron: Here again with Dance Times Square in New York City. Today, we’re going to be talking about how to dance an advanced cross body lead for the gentlemen n cha-cha. So we’re going to start with the gentlemen’s part separately. So guys, what we’re …

Transcript Aaron: Hi guys, I’m Aaron. Christina: And I’m Christina. Aaron: We’re coming at you today from Dance Times Square, here in New York City. And today we’re going to be talking about the cha-cha lock steps. Now this is a really cool element and one of my favorites. Works as a great alternative to …

Transcript Hey, my name is Melanie LePatton and my dance studio is Tony Meridith and Melanie LePatton Dance Times Square. Come and visit, but, we’re on the subject of cha-cha music. For a dancer, music is medicine to our ears. We’re looking for something that is really inspiring and motivating, and we want something that …

Transcript Aaron: Hi guys. I’m Aaron. Christina: And I’m Christina. Erin: And we’re coming at you today from Dance Time Square in New York City. Today we’re going to be talking about the cha-cha chase with a full turn. Today we’re going to start this just like we did our previous chase turn, with our …

Transcript Hi, guys. My name is Melanie LaPatin. My dance studio is Tony Meredith and Melanie LaPatin’s Dance Times Square, located in the heart of Times Square, New York City. I want to talk to you a little bit about ballroom and Latin dancing. You know it is totally cool, so much fun, yet it …

Transcript Aaron: Hi guys its Aaron. Christina: And I’m Christina. Aaron: With Dance Time Square in New York City coming at you again. Today we’re going to be talking about the Cucaracha in our Cha-Cha. So, what we’re going to be starting with here is our basic action. Starting with our left foot to our …

Transcript Aaron: Hi, guys. It’s Aaron. Christina: And I’m Christina. Aaron: With Dance Times Square, here in New York City. Today, we’re going to be talking a little bit about the history of the Cha-Cha. This dance was actually born in the late 1940’s, coming from a cross between the rumba and the mambo. And …

Transcript Hey guys, it’s Aaron here, from Dance Times Square in New York City, with a couple of arm styling tips for the gentlemen. Now first off in our Latin dances in our cha-cha, we want to talk about this very masculine character that we’re working on creating for the gentleman. So we want to …

Transcript Aaron: Hi guys. It’s Aaron. Christina: And I’m Christina. Aaron: From Dance Times Square here in New York City, and today we’re going to be talking about our top three tips in the Cha-Cha. Number one is going to be our gaze and our connection with our partner. This is a very intimate and …

Transcript Christina: Hi guys, this is Christina. Aaron: And Aaron, from Tony Meredith and Melanie LaPatin’s Dance Times Square, here in New York City. Christina: So today we’re going to show you the open break with alternating underarm turns. So we’re going to start with the basic, one, two, three, four, and one into the …

Transcript Aaron: Hi guys, it’s Aaron. Christina: And I’m Christina. Aaron: Here again with Dance Times Square in New York City. Today, we’re going to be taking some of the cha-cha moves that you’ve seen in this series so far, and we’re going to be showing you where we eventually take those to. So without …

Transcript Christina: Hi guys, this is Christina. Aaron: And Aaron with Dance Times Square here, in New York City. Christina: So we’re going to talk now about how to do a Cuban Break. So we’re going to start side by side with our basic cha-cha, and then we’re going to move in to the Cuban …

Transcript Christina: Hi, guys. This is Christina. Aaron: And Aaron, with Dance Time Square here in New York City. Christina: Right now we’re going to talk a little bit about the different hand holds that we can use when dancing the cha cha. The first and most obvious one would be our traditional dance frame. …

Transcript Hi, guys. This is Christina from Dance Times Square in New York City. Right now, I’m going to talk a little bit about ladies’ arm-styling. Ladies, if you want to get up and you can kind of practice along with me. We’re going to stand. Make sure you have your good dance posture, so …

Transcript Christina: Hi guys, I’m Christina. Aaron: And I’m Aaron coming at you today from Dance Time Square here in New York City. Christina: Today, we’re going to talk about a move called the ‘Outside Partner Breaks.’ So we’re going to jump right in, getting in our dance position. This is going to come from …

Transcript Aaron: Hey, guys. It’s Aaron. Christina: And I’m Christina. Aaron: From Tony Meredith and Melanie LaPatin’s Dance Times Square, here in New York City, and today, we’re going to be talking about the Cha-Cha Open Break. We’re going to take dance frame. We’re going to start with our basic step, one, two, three, cha-cha …

Transcript Aaron: Hi, guys. It’s Aaron. Christina: And I’m Christina. Aaron: Here again with Dance Time Square in New York City. And today we’re going to be talking about the triple cha cha locking action in our cha cha. What we’re going to do here today is we’re going to start with our basic action, …

Transcript Aaron: Hey guys, its Aaron. Christina: And I’m Christina. Aaron: From Dance Times Square, here in New York City. Today, we’re going to be talking about the cha-cha spot turns. So we’re going to start this, again with our left foot, and we’re going to move into our basic action. One, two, three, cha-cha …

Transcript Today we’re going to show you how to dance the cha-cha chase step with a half tur, and we’re going to be starting again with our left foot on one, two, three, cha-cha one. Stepping forward onto our left and turning a half turn to our right. Three, cha-cha one,again, stepping forward on our …

Transcript Christina: Hi guys, this is Christina. Aaron: And Aaron, again we’re Dance Times Square, here in New York City. Christina: Right now, we’re going to talk about how to do an advanced cross body lead, with an inside turn for the lady. So I’m going to go ahead and start off with the lady’s …

Transcript Christina: Hi, guys, I’m Christina. Aaron: And I’m Aaron. Coming at you today from Dance Times Square, in New York City. Christina: And today, we’re going to show you a really basic routine that is a really great routine for beginners, so it’s something that will make you look really cool on the dance …

Transcript Hey guys, it’s Melanie from Dance Times Square Studio, from New York City. This subject I’m going to talk about right now is really important, and really exciting and really fabulous. I hope I can keep it really short and sweet, but it’s going to be really difficult so here I go, connection in …

Transcript Christina: Hi guys, I’m Christina. Aaron: And I’m Aaron, coming at you today from Dance Times Square, here in New York City. Christina: So today, we’re going to be talking about how to ask someone to dance the Cha-Cha. So if you’re out at a nightclub or at an event, and there’s Cha-Cha music …

Transcript Aaron: Hi guys, I’m Aaron. Christina: And I’m Christina. Aaron: We’re coming at you today from Dance Times Square here in New York City and today we’re going to be talking about the cha-cha cross body lead. We’re going to start with the man’s part. Now, for the gentleman, we’re going to start with …

Transcript Aaron: Hi guys, I am Aaron. Christina: And I am Christina. Aaron: And we’re coming at you today from Dance Times Square, here in New York City. Today, we’re going to be talking about the cha-cha chase step. On our left leg, we’re going to be starting with our basic action to the side, …

Transcript Aaron: Hi, guys, I’m Aaron. Christina: And I’m Christina. Aaron: And we’re joining you today from Dance Times Square, in New York City. And today, we’re going to be talking about one of the craziest, coolest, my most favorite element in the cha-cha, what we call a crossover break. Very popular element that some …

Transcript Christina: Hi guys, I’m Christina. Aaron: And I’m Aaron. We’re joining you again from Dance Times Square here in New York City. And today we’re going to be showing you how to dance the cha-cha basic with a partner. We’re going to start by getting into dance frame. Gentleman, extends his left arm, places …

Transcript 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, …

Transcript Aaron: Hi guys, I’m Aaron. Christina: And I’m Christina. Aaron: And we’re joining you today again, from Dance Times Square here in New York City. And today we’re going to be talking about how to get into the cha-cha dance frame. So what we’re going to do to start with, the man is going …

Transcript Aaron: Hi guys. It’s Aaron … Christina: And I’m Christina. Aaron: Here again with Dance Time Square in New York City and today we’re going to be talking about our turning basic action in our Cha-Cha. So we’re going to demonstrate this separately, the man’s and the lady’s part. And I’m going to start …

Transcript Aaron: Hi guys, its Aaron. Christina: And I’m Christina. Aaron: From Dance Time Square her in New York City and today we’re going to be talking about how to settle the hips in the Cha-Cha. So what we’re going to be talking about here is a delayed settling of our hips in transfer of …

Transcript Aaron: Hi guys, I’m Aaron. Christina: And I’m Christina. Aaron: And we’re here from Dance Times Square here in New York City today, to talk about a dance called the cha-cha. So today we’re going to be starting talking about how we count the cha-cha, and what we’re going to do is, we’re going …

Transcript Christina: Hi guys, I’m Christina. Aaron: And I’m Aaron. We’re joining you guys today from Dance Times Square, in New York City. Christina: Today, we’re going to talk about how to do an underarm turn for the lady. So we are going to start with a basic, going to the side, rock, step, side, …

Transcript Christina: Hi guys. This is Christina. Aaron: And Aaron with Tony Meredith and Melanie LaPatin’s, Dance Times Square, here in New York City. Woman: And today we’re going to talk a little bit about how to use your feet correctly in the Cha Cha. So the correct foot placement and foot action. So, one …

Transcript Aaron: Hi guys, I’m Aaron. Christina: And I’m Christina. Aaron: And we’re joining you again from Dance Times Square here in New York City, and today we are going to be talking about the cha-cha basic action and how it moves from side to side. So what we’re going to do today is we’re …