4 Basic Elements of Cha-Cha | Cha-Cha Dance

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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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Whenever our assignment is dancing, you can hear me crying

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Who's here because of PE class dance performance? 😬

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*students: "don't need it" *schools: "how 'bout i do anyway"

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Students learn this to become a teacher and teach student this so they become teacher and teach their students this and-

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Haha

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Damm you P.E for making me dance this..

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Lol

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Hahaha

[@ElectricLogan20]

PE: *Ha cha cha!*

[@leaguillermo8221]

name of the music please

[@songtokki]

we all doin the same thing here

[@xu3609]

Who else is here because of their asynchronous activity in mapeh? 😭😭

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[@apercarlo]

not my type of dance.. but i need to learn it for our PE clas.. -.-

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+apercarlo me too bro...

[@whatevuh147]

I feel you :'(

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feels😴

[@apaul_is_red]

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Kayo lang bah? HAHAHAH (3)

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SINO DITO ANG MGA TAGA UPANG

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Present🤪

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Present

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Ako gago

[@cynansalvacion4505]

walking step 0:19 cha cha 0:57 side step 1:15 rock step 1:52

[@rosalyre]

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.

[@starzstudio133]

Same

[@paytonpeters2144]

YAAAS GIRL, but with this video they aren't really teaching you a specific dance there just teaching you steps.

[@nissin3922]

those are called mirrored videos

[@fluffyfelix539]

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.

[@harrylavigne2748]

ok

[@paulajurczak3542]

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

[@tbzworlddomination9850]

Why do we even need to learn this for school?? 💀

[@kum0rebi]

ikr T-T

[@vincenzoxd8089]

mas madali pa ang hiphop kesa dito

[@ravenzhwjh]

Hoshi help--

[@tbzworlddomination9850]

@@carldextertorio2932 i dont go to parties and never will

[@incognito9706]

They don't have nothing else to teach thats why they dip their sh1ts and find random topics for them to discuss

[@shayne_hye]

Bruh for the sake of my grades, i have to do this -.-

[@almas83sarmiento70]

i am watching this because I am doing this in p.e

[@Anne24499]

Same 😂

[@UnderscoreYTG]

Same

[@jasminjoyrengel7537]

same (3)

[@XericIsNotMyName]

walking step 0:19 cha cha 0:57 side step 1:15 rock step 1:52 2:58 dance

[@dreamz-plays]

USELESS COMMENT

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@@dreamz-plays aksidente lang siguro pagkagawa Sayo 🥲

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[@jai3674]

thanks for the timestamps!! it's easier to watch and learn due to this!!

[@YouKnees27]

Thank you

[@nikasorieta]

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. kzbin.info/www/bejne/nJmsZ5Vua92EZq8

[@monicamarierivera8204]

Came here because of p.e. taas kamay mga pumunta dito para sa grade?🤣

[@allysttms]

i love dancing cha cha!! we did it for school and it was so fun. i couldnt get enough of it

[@orchidaetruong8317]

Love your teaching! Very precise and easy to follow. Thank you!

[@shadowfiend4423]

Why are we here? Just to suffer.

[@loretaortiz6597]

My PE teacher forced the whole class to dance the Cha Cha and I need to submit a video presentation tomorrow- ;-;

[@dragongod522]

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

[@celestialfaitth]

same huhuhu

[@wyatttcm2061]

Thank you, very easy to understand with your instructions.

[@ZuleikaMitchell]

Beautiful and clear explanation! BTW the name of this dance is Cha Cha Chá, with emphasis on the last á.

[@katepamelaangot2394]

Absolutely amazing!!!

[@amiellegaspi9535]

3:30 This is here for the choreo

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Ur a hero

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Pov: you're here because of grades

[@peteyeet5448]

Me and my pal are struggling in dance class so this is what helped us thanks guys

[@nathanaelandrew8285]

The guitar is great. Got that blues feel

[@MYMDANCE]

Amazing!!! love it

[@lorih6233]

Love it! Great instruction. Remembered my Dad really rocking it!

[@joecool3599]

Me: How do I get a job? How can pay my taxes? School: Dunno, but humiliate yourself by doing the cha cha

[@samnazran3390]

😂😂

[@calvinsFuntimeBounceHouse]

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!

[@jonasbrothersrockist]

He looks like Joseph Gordon-Levitt.

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ikr?

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+strangebird That's true.

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[@lyone3566]

3:31 wut song did they used?

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santana - smooth

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@@ninodaan9497 doesn’t sound the same tho

[@nikosan8602]

@@vvvvv6132 it sounds different because of course, they had to avoid copright

[@romanburgos6037]

Everyone's talking about dancing for grades but no one talks about ppl who actually want to learn the dance lmao

[@johnwaynegovernmentcontrac3219]

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 😂

[@g0gim]

good must learn~~~!

[@PRNOBTCH]

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

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:) there's no wrong foot, but yes, I know what you mean :) maybe you like something from above: kzbin.info/www/bejne/aJzPiYSClst4fKM

[@latinlatinlatindance]

Thank you for this video. Very well explained.

[@ElectricLogan20]

If i had a penny for every person to do this for their assignment, I'D BE LOADED!

[@JustaRegularGuy0]

What's the music they used for the cha cha?

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Whose here because of PE? 👇

[@paraxeus615]

Lmao

[@vasquezchrizab.1264]

TUNGINA isang bwan na samen sinabi now lng gagawa 🙂

[@katepamelaangot2394]

Thanks to Ms. PE for introducing this dance to me.

[@andrieursais9118]

Thank you po!!!

[@ozwald4541]

LMAO how do i do this without looking so awkward 😆 DAMN YOU PHYSICAL EDUCATION! DAMN YOUUUUUU

[@lilqing7422]

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!!!

[@rothschildianum]

Why the basic steps are totally different from the movements when the music is on??? Not a good instruction.

[@yuukiasuna7476]

Does anyone know what's the title of the music they used at the end of the video?

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Same question ksksksksk

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Wonderful dance.

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Amazing Dance!!!

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Wow!!!

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Please repy guys what is the song at the end?

[@serinebenzouina4657]

The only reason I a watching this during quarantine is because of PE class online

[@DescipleOne]

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.

[@qulas23195]

UGH! FINE I'LL DO IT FOR GRADES.

[@lindenly22]

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.

[@calvinsFuntimeBounceHouse]

this mans has a phd in cha cha, watch out folks ;)

[@aaronreed6212]

I Like To CHA CHA

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The one thing I want you are a bit

[@monthycristo]

Isasayaw na naman hahahahaha

[@franzzzzzz20]

Sanaol dancerist talagaa yawaa!!

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Came here after watching DRAM - cha cha song lol who else ?

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sandeep soni Thank you

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@@marinablova786 ok

[@lukeellis2611]

Here cuz of school 😢

[@missme93]

i'm here for our performance task. PE pa ganii!!!

[@wickedgorl6658]

Watching this for PE ONLINE CLASS!

[@pikakun6624]

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

[@charieannmahusay9622]

I'm here to learn cha cha for peh hehehe

[@andweyaandrea4385]

Aaaaa im here bcs of pe!!! Ps. I took nursing course thinking i can ran away from this dance, yet im here learning these steps once again😭

[@ryansatentis1077]

walang hiyang grades na yan oh mapapasayaw na naman ako nito ahahah

[@Raven96EW]

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.

[@TrueSephiros]

Bruce Lee brought me here.

[@sifugurusensei]

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.

[@poloswag2011]

Lmfao me too. #truth

[@carissalee3577]

same

[@Rebander1549]

I'm here because I want to learn how to cha cha and then I want to dance that style to the song by the Kinks, "Don't Forget to Dance." 😊❤❤❤

[@catalbajaskaroldan5470]

Sasayaw para sa p.e. paytingggggg!!!!

[@gianbeltran3936]

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.

[@IlDuceAnzaiChiyomi]

Bruh Same

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@@IlDuceAnzaiChiyomi hoi

[@charlesroldan5579]

Same😑

[@suedoromal2904]

When you already know how to chacha but you need to relearn to pass in your PE. Lol

[@tsuki647]

Sasayaw nanaman HAHAHAHA

[@thanksihateit9089]

I need this for our mapeh Online class T-T

[@oneLoneLyGirL]

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...

[@rosalyre]

That confused me too.

[@maritzaade]

i think you can do it on both sides

[@jessicagonzales4783]

Ur a lonely girl I'll be by ur side so we can be on factor doing chacha or American idle

[@diyenthusiast9657]

always right food back for back basic (syllabus steps) left leg forward for forward basic

[@vivianpilkington780]

That's fucking stupid​

[@tiktokmoments4719]

nice teaching, thank you

[@mamorukyo767]

Attendance for Apec Students that are need this

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YOU USED TO CALL ME ON MY CELL PHONE...

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+Random Person Late night when you need my loveee

[@ThePurePowerX]

+Random Person CI know When that hotline bling...

[@cluke50]

That can only mean one thang!

[@alinxnina]

Ever since I left the city yOUUU

[@ThePurePowerX]

Got a reputation for yourself now

[@gabrielle1823]

I was so good at this dance at elementary school :D ahh, the memories

[@giafetizacaytiles3365]

Sana ol

[@danaiiMiau]

@@giafetizacaytiles3365 yabang noh

[@nhanvu8874]

Very good! Thank you.

[@nomathembahlekwayo8578]

You guys really help us

[@nctilyn9326]

Came here in 2020 because i forgot on how to do the last freaking part 😔

[@EmoSew1]

It's hard to pay attention when there's a keanu reeves look alike

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Thanks for Sharing . Excellent 👍🏻👍🏻 Dancing .

[@elisaelisa329]

Thank you my friend. I like dance

[@zenjirutaiki413]

Nagtataka ako bakit may PE pa eh Stem Ang strand ko!🤦‍♂️

[@spicychocolate9449]

* operating room * * bumulwak ung dugo sa puso ng pasyente * Ako na doctor: hmm gisingin na lang natin ung pasyente, pasayawin natin ng cha cha.

[@jamesydoggo]

🌽y

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AWIT NA YAN HAHAHAHAHAHHA

[@aerroljoshbahoy8095]

your sarcasm aint it

[@lucioshimada4834]

Cha cha dabarkads

[@milky8667]

I have to learn this for school ughhh

[@goldieannemante1881]

For the sake of my grades I will do this

[@cpschornet]

does anyone know whats the title of the song?

[@hongph56]

Alejandro Nhân

[@Collasseum]

smooth santana

[@auroramiller6871]

Alejandro re

[@memhinge4524]

Q

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I'm here for Pathfit. Remix chacha,rumba, and jive😂

[@brentgamboa9426]

Your mapeh teacher summons you here

[@cheewannahee]

Enrique Gordon-levitt

[@fernandol.332]

I saw the resemblance too, m8.

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+Cheeky Bullfighter smae

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Isabella dance studio

[@alexisv4138]

I danced like this at my cousin's quinceanera last night. I think I might've overdone it though... My hips kinda hurt 😂

[@calvinsFuntimeBounceHouse]

its been 4 years, update us on your hips. i will accept pics in my dm ;)

[@katepamelaangot2394]

Shout-out to Andrie, Glieza, and Nelvien for doing their best in executing this amazing dance.

[@andrieursais9118]

Wow, thank you!

[@andrieursais9118]

Amazing!!!

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@@andrieursais9118 hilom uy

[@kKevin09]

Huh galantaw kas video?

[@rajlaxmi600]

sasayaw nanaman para sa grades :))))

[@maxnarovlyansky8659]

The final part should have the same sequence as was taught as slow speed: meaning you taught AB, but carried out AABB. If you wanted to do it twice, the sequence should have been ABAB. (where A is the size to side and B is the back and forth), Great job initially, but this final part was no good.

[@galaxcartz9429]

1958 world champion ""Bruce Lee"

[@user-yi2bw2pe6g]

Bruce Lee made me want to learn cha cha

[@galaxcartz9429]

+????? ?? hmmm.... he had perfect rhythm..

[@user-yi2bw2pe6g]

GaLaxC Artz I heard he had a huge notebook on cha cha

[@galaxcartz9429]

+????? ?? really? i dont know more about that.... good writter.

[@mariesmith6546]

The same :D