CHA CHA CHA LINE DANCE

The cha-cha dance originated from Cuba and was originally known as the cha-cha-cha.
The dance gained popularity around the 1950's and was created from two other dances
– the 'mambo' and the 'danzon'. While working with the charanga group 'Orquesta
America' in Cuba  performed at dance halls in Havana. Enrique Jorrin, a violinist and
composer, realized that most of the crowds related the danzon-mambo rhythm to a
much slower mambo dance and thus had hardship adopting the syncopated rhythms.
He decided to compose music that strongly focused on the first downbeat such that the
rhythm became less syncopated. This caused the crowd dancers to develop a triple
step, creating the sound 'cha-cha-cha' with their shoes, thus the cha-cha-cha was born.

Basic steps:

1. Side with left foot

2. Back with right foot
3. Replace weight on left foot
4. Triple step in place/side
5. Fwd with left foot
6. Replace weight on right foot
7. Triple step in place/side