ʻO Cha Cha

He hula ʻo Cha Cha no Cuban, a kiʻi ʻia kona inoa mai ke mele i hoʻomohala ʻia e kahi syncopation o ka pā hā. Hōʻiliʻili ʻo Cha Cha i kāna ʻono, ka leʻaleʻa a me ka leʻaleʻa mai kahi derivation o ʻekolu kumuwaiwai kumu: ka Mambo, Rumba, a me ka pololei ʻole, ʻo ka Lindy (me kēlā me kēia mea i hulahula ʻia i hoʻokahi a ʻelua a ʻekolu paepae hoʻi).

ʻO ka Cha Cha, ʻoiai e kupu ana mai nā aʻa ʻAmelika Lūkini ma Cuba, pua maoli ia ma lalo o ka mana o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa. ʻOiai ʻike maopopo ʻia me ka Mambo i ʻōlelo ʻia aʻe nei, ua lawa ʻo Cha Cha i kēlā me kēia kanaka intrinsic e hoʻokaʻawale ʻia e like me kahi hulahula ʻokoʻa. Nui nā mea i kākau ʻia e pili ana i ka mōʻaukala o ka Rumba a me ka Mambo, ʻoiai e ʻimi iki ʻia e pili ana i ke kumu o Cha Cha, ʻoiai he ʻano hulahula kēia e helu pū ʻia.

ʻO ka manawa o Cha Cha mai ka lohi a me ka staccato a hiki i ka wikiwiki a me ke ola. He hula ma ka beat a paʻakikī ʻaʻole e hoʻokomo i kona manaʻo ponoʻī i loko. ʻO kēia ʻaoʻao, ʻoi aku ma mua o nā mea ʻē aʻe, e leʻaleʻa ka hula no nā poʻe o nā makahiki āpau. He ʻano hula hoʻokuʻu maoli nō ia. Hula ʻia ʻo Cha Cha ma kahi o nā ʻanuʻu, ʻaʻole i ʻoi aku ma mua o 12 ʻīniha ke kaʻawale o nā wāwae. Ua kaulana ʻia i nā makahiki 1950 me nā mele e nā mea pena e like me Tito Puente lāua ʻo Tito Rodriguez, i kēia lā ua hula ʻia i ke ʻano mele kaulana o ka hui pō.

E hoʻomaka i kēia lā! E hoʻokaʻaʻike mai iā mākou ma Fred Astaire Dance Studios, a e nīnau e pili ana i kā mākou hāʻawi hoʻolaʻa kālā no nā haumāna hou!