How to Dance the Cha-Cha: Body Lead Steps

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Learn the cross body lead dance steps for dancing the cha-cha in this free video Latin dance lesson.

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How to Dance the Cha-Cha: Body Lead Steps
On behalf of Expert Village my name is Susan and this is Alex, we’re here at Yuca Lounge with Salsa Mia and today we’re going to teach you the basics of Cha-Cha-Cha. Okay now what we’re going to do is we’re going to change places as we do Cha-Cha-Cha, it’s also called a cross body lead. What we’re going to do first is we’re going to go back into our basic; men and ladies you’re going to go forward into your basic, we’re going to go 2, 3, Cha-Cha-Cha, 2, 3, Cha-Cha-Cha, 2, 3, Cha-Cha-Cha. That’s when we switch places. So we do it again…2, 3, Cha-Cha-Cha, back 2, open 2, 3, Cha-Cha-Cha men open, ladies forward, Cha-Cha-Cha, men open, ladies forward. Men, as soon as you open here on your first Cha you want to make sure you push the girl so she could go forward. 2, 3, Cha-Cha-Cha, 2, 3, Cha-Cha-Cha, push men, Cha-Cha-Cha, 2, 3, Cha-Cha-Cha, 2, 3, Cha-Cha-Cha. Every time you open you want to make sure you’re in an L position.

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Expert: Alex Ruiz is a dance instructor at Salsa Mia, which began in South Beach in Miami, Florida in the spirit of fun and friendship, reminiscent of the days of a Cuban club called Starfish. Read More