CHACHA MACHACHA FULL VERSION

Oakland Tribune (New Way to Teach Cha) Reno Gazette (Tarzan & Turner Learns Cha Cha) Southern Economist (Triple Rhythm Mambo) Via Cubans (Enrique Jorrin & Pierre Leville)Ĭaballón (Ramón Emilio Valdés Amaro Dionisio) However, each of these three dances have a completely different look and feel. So you could use all the same patterns from one dance to the other by just switching rhythms. Basically it would have a simple breakdown of Rumba = Single Rhythm | Mambo = Double Rhythm | Cha Cha = Triple Rhythm Latin dance. The dance can be known as Triple Mambo or Cha-Cha-Cha however it's official name is Cha-Cha. The Pachanga replaced the Cha-Cha in popularity. Cha-Cha became popular around 1955 in the USA. There are Sheet Music covers and a few stage plays done in the 1930's which may have some connection to the Cha-Cha as well. It was danced by one person, accompanied by the guitar which some report was the precursor to the Cha-Cha. The Guaracha was a Theater dance originating in the late 1800's from Cuba or Spain, and was done in 3/8 time. The words Cha-Cha hail from certain plants, producing seed pods in the West Indies called Cha-Cha ( in Spanish means nursemaid.) These seed pods are used to make a small rattle called a Cha-Ĭha (maracas.) This instrument is used kinda like a metronome by certain bands. The Cha Cha has the same rhythm as the Lindy ( 8 counts) such as 1-2/3&4/5-6/7&8. The Cha-Cha was introduced to the United States in 1954 and by 1959 the U.S. The above clip shows an early 'Triple Mambo'.Ĭuban Mambo dancers would add a slight triple hip movement to this syncopation which eventually was replaced by a triple step rhythm. The Cha-Cha and Rumba are related to the Mambo ( salsa) Dance. Basically he just called the dance cha-cha after the shuffle he heard in the music.

CHACHA MACHACHA FULL VERSION

That Enrique Jorrin, also of the band 'America,' was said to create the full version of Cha-Cha back in 1948 by mixing the Danzon and Montuno music together while touring in the U.S. In 1953 the Cuban dance orchestra ' America' in Havana, started playing the Danzon' with a new syncopated beat, which was a lot like that earlier beat, which sounded like a slow mambo. He brought the idea back with him to Europe around 1952. The dance may have been introduced to the world by a British dance teacher ' Pierre Leville' who noticed that the Rumba was occasionally danced with a couple of extra steps. The Cha-Cha or Triple Mambo is basically a triple rhythm Mambo ( 3 step rhythm to two beats of music, usually slower) done in 4/4 time, around 126 beats per minute. Streetswings Dance History Archives: Cha Cha Cha

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