Cha Cha Dance Steps

As you can see from the above video, the basic Cha Cha Cha dance steps involve small-sized steps with turned out feet and legs. The cha cha requires very small steps because of its rhythm. The counting for the steps are "1-2-3-cha-cha-1-2-3-cha-cha" or "1-2-3-4-and-1-2-3-4-and". There are five steps for four beats of music. Cha cha music is energetic with a steady beat.

The cha cha is a very expressive dance and requires a lot of hip motion. So you must be able to do the Cuban Motion (alternately bending and straightening of the knees) or it won't look like the cha cha cha.

Make sure that you take small steps, transfer your weight completely with every step and that you don't shuffle your feet.

Learn Dance Steps Without Music

Learning the dance steps for dances such as the cha cha cha, jive, mambo, waltz, foxtrot, and rumba is simply about repeating an action the same way each time.

As such we need to start learning the steps without music and to practice the steps soon after doing them for the first time in a ballroom dance lesson or after watching a dance steps video.

It is better to practice the steps every day for 5 minutes or so rather than for one hour per week. This constant practice trains our feet and our minds until we know what we are doing with our bodies.