What is Social ChaCha?

I've normally seen it associated with the salsa scene. In which, from my experience, was basically faking cha-cha with salsa substituting triple-steps for the "slows (3-hold-4, 7-hold-8). At least that's how it had first been taught to me and how I would fake cha-cha.
 
No chase turns, no triple chas, no arm styling, basically nothing that would use up much floor space or use extended arms. Analogous to a foxtrot or waltz in place, salsa or rumba boxes.
 
You probably saw the term from my posts. I basically use it to distinguish a casualness of technique. That doesn't mean a lot of fun moves aren't done. It just means the emphasis is on having fun and not on foot angles. When ChaCha discussions come up on DF, the dance pros probably freakout more over the missing techniques than with any other dance.

The salsa and country western scenes are perfect examples of dancing ChaCha in a way that makes the ballroom dancers rollover kick their feet in the air :D Sometimes, dancers are on1 sometimes on2. The Cowboy ChaCha line dance is even written to be on1 and it has been hugely popular for 20+ years.

So sometimes perfect technique isn't as important as just getting out and dancing. That is what I was trying to convey in my posts.
 
Social cha cha can have many meanings. Here are two that come to mind for me.

1. It could mean American style cha cha figures, where the focus is mainly to get you out on the floor quickly and be able to lead and follow different partners.

2. Club style cha cha...the kind of cha cha they do it nightclubs.
 
rbazsz said:
I have heard this term several times but have no clue what it is.
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There seems to be a misunderstanding of what " club" style is, in the salsa world. It IS taught on "2" , and what it essentially lacks, is the ballroom style technique, in many instances .

Good to remember, that the Cha came out of the latin genre in another form, and the hard core salseros try to keep a more indigenous look about the style they teach and dance, even tho they use 90% of the B.R. variations in their reportoire.
 
You can do a social cha to some hustle or fast WCS music with more of that kind of feel & styling, as opposed to ballroomy cha. The hips are more groovy, movements more groovy in general rather than sharp & perky.
 
samina said:
You can do a social cha to some hustle or fast WCS music with more of that kind of feel & styling, as opposed to ballroomy cha. The hips are more groovy, movements more groovy in general rather than sharp & perky.
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That same feel is the basis for CW ChaCha as well. It is great fun and just like the ChaCha at Latin dance clubs.
 
samina said:
You can do a social cha to some hustle or fast WCS music with more of that kind of feel & styling..
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You can, but ... but it does not mean that something that works is also stylish, too.

Another question: hustle music? Have you got an own word for that? Last century we danced hustle to kind of DiscoSwing, CountrySwing, and slow Rock music as..

Chris Norman http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bYl3GtGFky8
Smokie http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hN_3pBjPxLM
Harpo http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KBnfp2vOs64
Kevin Keegan http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-JtHe3hGUs
CCR http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9IdizvSmmg

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tangotime said:
pretty much all club style dance is not chorg. That clip is kinda close to club style .
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I disagree. The 'basic step' itself is choreography. Additionally, club dancers who dance for hours to a single music (like salsa or cha cha) tend to be very repetitious when observed for a length of time. They have to be - since in dance there are only a limited amount of things to do (move forward, backwards, etc).
 
Ok, but it´s a tolerable amount of choreo, isn´t it. By the way, what you call basic step is no basic step, it´s already a basic sequence of 3 elements.

By the way, the couple in the vid is dancing almost slotted (en línea). Is it typical for ChaChaChá?
 
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