The P3 Infinity Ballroom Cha Cha Class
The P3 (Performance, Preparation and Practice)/Infinity Ballroom Cha Cha Class
May 17, 2015
The Combination
- Crossover Break and Solo Spot Turn (23 4&1; 23 4&1)
- Three Cha Cha Chas: Leader’s backward half with one hand hold, forward half in closed hold and outside partner (23 4&1 2&3 4&1; 23 4&1 2&3 4&1)
- Turn sharply ¼ to right to dance Side Rock and Syncopated Alternative Basics (23 4&1 2&3 4&1)
- Under Arm Turn to Lady’s Right (Man: Side Rock to R) (23 4&1)
- Cross Basic with Guapacha Timing: (2)&3 4&1 (2)&3 4&1 (2)&3 4&1 (2)&3 4&1
Restart with Crossover Break
Principles
- Develop musical imagination by practicing to a wide variety of music.
- Counts one and three (especially one) are accented in Cha Cha by giving them more time. Take the step and do not start the foot moving for the next step immediately. Keep pressure between both feet and the floor at all times. The floor is your best friend. Stay connected.
- Lower grade dancers do not vary timings enough. This choreography helps to correct that weakness.
- Four types of lead:
- Weight change
- Physical
- Shaping
- Visual
- Keep the compression between the torso and hips. When a hip lifts, the same shoulder compresses down toward it. This alternating compression should always be invisible, but the effects of it obvious.
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