Balboa Park Dancers advanced dance lesson - cha cha, October 2011 - Taught by Scott Dodson and performed by Len and Pam (syllabus).

Also see, the advanced October tango lesson

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Cha cha syllabus for October 2011:

  • Basic
  • Basic to fan 23 4&1, 23 4&1
  • Hip Twist to foward cha cha walk - 23 4&1
  • Double underarm right turn to side by side with her left hand on his right shoulder - 23 4&1
  • Ronde (on 2) with inside turn to face to face - 23 4&1
  • Syncopated New Yorker's (touch-swivel 180) - 23 41, 23 41
  • side by side forward cha cha - 2&3&4&1&23
  • face to face - 41 (big step sideways on 4 to face partner)
  • New Yorker to ronde - 23 4&1
  • Side walk to left - 23 41
  • Open break to side pass with underarm right turn - 23 4&1 (man cha cha forward)
  • Opposing break to cha cha - 23 4&1 (woman pivots 180 on 3; man cha cha back)
  • Pivot to underarm left turn to handshake hold - 23 4&1
  • Syncopated cha cha breaks - 1&2 3&4 12 34 (man holds left foot fwd. and unweighted on 2nd 2; woman steps fwd. on 2nd 3, and pivots on rt. foot; both are now on rt. ft. ready for cha cha walks
  • Cha cha walks - 23 4&1, 23 4&1
  • Release to face to face - 23 4&1 (free spin left for woman on 4&1)
  • start again

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