Cha Cha

UCha Cha umdanso osuselwa eCuba, futhi uthola igama lakhe kusukela kusigqi esakhiwe ngokuvumelanisa kwesigqi sesine. U-Cha Cha uqoqa ukunambitheka, isigqi nobuhle bawo ekutholeni imithombo emithathu eyinhloko: iMambo, iRumba, futhi ngokungaqondile, iLindy (ngamunye edanselwa esinyathelweni esisodwa esisodwa noma ezimbili noma ezintathu).

I-Cha Cha, ngenkathi ivela ezimpandeni zaseLatin American eCuba, yayingena ngaphansi kwethonya laseNyakatho Melika. Ngenkathi ikhonjwe ngokusondelene noMambo oshiwo ngenhla, uCha Cha unobuntu obenele obungabekwa phakathi njengomdanso ohlukile. Kuningi okulotshwe ngomlando weRumba neMambo, kanti kuncane okusabhekiwe ngemvelaphi yeCha Cha, yize bekungumdanso okufanele ubalwe nawo.

I-tempo ka-Cha Cha isuka kancane futhi i-staccato iye esheshayo futhi ephilayo. Kuwumdanso we-on-the-beat futhi onzima ukuthi ungajovi imizwa yakho kuwo. Le ngxenye, ngaphezu kwanoma iyiphi enye, yenza umdanso ujabulise abantu bayo yonke iminyaka. Iwuhlobo lwangempela lomdanso olukhipha konke. I-Cha Cha idansa endaweni njengoba izinyathelo zihlangene impela, izinyawo ngokuvamile aziqhelelene ngamasentimitha angu-12. Yaduma ngeminyaka yawo-1950 ngomculo wabaculi abafana noTito Puente noTito Rodriguez, namuhla idanselwa uhlobo lomculo oludumile lweklabhu yasebusuku.

Qalisa namuhla! Xhumana nathi kwa-Fred Astaire Dance Studios, futhi ubuze mayelana Nomnikelo wethu Wesethulo wokonga imali wabafundi abasha!