The dance is like a flying, jumping triple step to one side, then the other. It gets the blood pumping. It's fantastic. The chamame is basically the same dance with a hold around the hips. A little calmer, like rocking a baby to sleep. They are both simple dances, but they never catch me sitting down. I sometimes sit out a lot of tangos and swing or whatever, but I NEVER can sit through several polcas or chamame. I like Alma Guarani, Mercedita, Kilometro Once. Wow, what music. If you think swing or ragtime are synchopated, give the chamame a listen. It makes your shoulders shake around.
