Cha Cha dance classes are offered by InStep Dance Studio. The Cha-Cha-Cha is a coquettish flirt on the dance floor. You even dance it with your eyes. It is joyful, exuberant and sparkling like a bottle of champagne.
The Cha-Cha-Cha is a coquettish flirt on the dance floor. You even dance it with your eyes. It is joyful, exuberant and sparkling like a bottle of champagne. During the dance you only have eyes for each other – together for a moment outside of the world. You provoke each other and play with each other. But you stay uncommitted. After the mutual flirt comes the separation. Everything is superficial. Nothing lasts.
The Cha-Cha-Cha belongs to the Latin and North American dances. If you want to understand it and its origin, you first have to take a look at the Cuban Mambo, from which the Cha-Cha-Cha descended. We have to draw a line between the music and the dance of the Mambo; the music of the mambo comes from a very old tradition, deeply rooted in the heart of Africa. The Mambo dance, on the other hand, is an artificial creation.
The Mambo music consists of a complex netting of different rhythms. The music at first sounds like each musician is playing his own rhythm, as if there is a complete chaos. But there is no chaos. The whole thing has its order. So it’s a kind of music which has grown out of its great tradition of African origin; the Mambo is the music of voodoo, the music of the people.
InStep Dance Studio principals Chris & Anne Leitch have been dancing since their early teens. With over 40 years of teaching experience they have taught thousands of people the pleasurable art of ballroom dancing.
Their approach to teaching is first and foremost to have fun. Even if you have two left feet and no sense of rhythm, their teaching method will have you feeling comfortable from the very first lesson.
Lessons and classes are available for Beginners, Improvers, Wedding Couples, Medallists, and Competitors.
Beginner Classes are 10 week sessions during which you learn the basics of Foxtrot, Waltz, Quickstep, Cha Cha, and Jive.
This will give you the skills to comfortably get up at any function and dance with confidence.
It is clearly an advantage to have a partner, but this is not essential.
Improver classes which add new variations to the basic steps and improve your dancing ability follow on from that.
Beginner or experienced dancer, your needs can be catered for in a friendly, fun atmosphere in either a class or private lesson situation.
Classes and Private Lessons are held in our specially designed Dance Studio in Whangarei.
Our 'Young at Heart' class offers a variety of gentle dance styles, for men and women, in the 60+ age group, who enjoy dancing, meeting people and staying fit and healthy.
West Coast is a true lead follow dance style where the lead combines simple patterns to dance to any popular song.
For beginners we run 8 week courses that cover Latin and Standard Ballroom Styles.: Once completing the beginner curriculum you can graduate on to intermediate level classes.
This is a solo dance style for women which will get you fit as well as teaching you some great moves.
We will show you some Cha moves unique to this dance, some great shine footwork a special flavour that shows you why we love this dance style.
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