Ballroom Cha Cha

The Cha Cha Cha is an exuberant Latin dance that evokes joyful and playful qualities which originated in Cuba in the early 1950s. It is characterized by its rhythmic footwork, quick triple steps, hip movements, and syncopation. The dance is typically performed to music in a four-beat rhythm, with the distinctive triple step creating a "cha-cha-cha" step giving it its onomatopoeic name.

The Cha Cha Cha is credited to Cuban composer and violinist Enrique Jorrín, who developed the musical style from the Cuban danzón and mambo traditions. In the early 1950s, he sought to create a rhythm that was easier for social dancers to follow than the more complex Danzon-Mambo. His composition La Engañadora, recorded with Orquesta América in 1953, helped popularize the new style. By the mid-1950s, the Cha Cha Cha had spread from Cuba to the United States, Europe, and other parts of the world. It later became a popular ballroom dance and remains one of the five dances featured in International Latin and American Rhythm ballroom competitions. This dance can be danced to a wide variety of Latin and pop music from the past 70 years and is a very versatile dance.

This class teaches lead and follow, basic footwork, Latin motion, and several easy but fun patterns from the International Latin Bronze Syllabus for Cha Cha Cha that will allow you to confidently go out on the dance floor and look like a star!