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the dance that turned a Cuban hiccup into a worldwide hip-swiveling addiction.
means A lively ballroom and Latin dance in 4/4 time, marked by its quick, syncopated triple step and the swiveling of the hips, danced to or derived from Cuban music.
from Born in Cuba in the early 1950s, the name is onomatopoeic — it imitates the shuffling 'cha-cha-cha' sound of dancers' feet (or, by some accounts, the rhythm of the güiro or the music itself). It grew out of the mambo and danzón, and Cuban bandleader Enrique Jorrín is widely credited with shaping the style; the doubled, often tripled, name simply echoes that quick triple step.
- named for
- the cha-cha-cha shuffle of dancers' feet
- origin
- invented in 1950s Havana by Enrique Jorrin
- slowed mambo
- born from dancers struggling with mambo's tempo
- count
- five steps crammed into four beats
for instance
cha cha slide — 1998 dance song by dj mr. c that became a massive party hit with specific step choreography