Cha cha cha Questions Questions and
Answers
Give the time and tempo of Cha Cha Cha music - answer time: 4/4 tempo: 30-32
bars per minute
Where does the musical accent occur? - answer On the first beat of each bar
Give the beat value of each step when dancing 1-5 of a Closed Basic Movement -
answer Whole, whole, half, half, whole
Name the different types of chasses or alternatives to the chasse in Cha Cha Cha -
answer Chasse to side, compact chasse, right and left foot forward and backward
lock, forward and backward chasse, forward and backward runs, Ronde chasse, twist
chasse, slip chasse, runaway chasse
Describe a Chasse to side, commencing with LF - answer LF to side, move RF
towards LF, LF to side
Give the footwork on a side chasse - answer Ball flat on each step
Is the beat value on a Chachacha chasse the same as a Jive chasse? - answer No,
chacha is 1/2, 1/2, 1, whereas Jive is 3/4, 1/4, 1.
Describe a RF Forward lock - answer RF forward, LF behind RF (Cuban Cross), RF
forward
When following the Closed Basic Movement with a New York to LSP how much turn is
made on the last Chasse? - answer 1/8
What is the difference between a Spot turn and a Switch turn? - answer a spot turn is
two forward steps and a chasse to side, a switch turn turns more sharply?Give the time
and tempo of Cha Cha Cha music - answer time: 4/4 tempo: 30-32 bars per minute
Where does the musical accent occur? - answer On the first beat of each bar
Give the beat value of each step when dancing 1-5 of a Closed Basic Movement -
answer Whole, whole, half, half, whole
Name the different types of chasses or alternatives to the chasse in Cha Cha Cha -
answer Chasse to side, compact chasse, right and left foot forward and backward
lock, forward and backward chasse, forward and backward runs, Ronde chasse, twist
chasse, slip chasse, runaway chasse
Answers
Give the time and tempo of Cha Cha Cha music - answer time: 4/4 tempo: 30-32
bars per minute
Where does the musical accent occur? - answer On the first beat of each bar
Give the beat value of each step when dancing 1-5 of a Closed Basic Movement -
answer Whole, whole, half, half, whole
Name the different types of chasses or alternatives to the chasse in Cha Cha Cha -
answer Chasse to side, compact chasse, right and left foot forward and backward
lock, forward and backward chasse, forward and backward runs, Ronde chasse, twist
chasse, slip chasse, runaway chasse
Describe a Chasse to side, commencing with LF - answer LF to side, move RF
towards LF, LF to side
Give the footwork on a side chasse - answer Ball flat on each step
Is the beat value on a Chachacha chasse the same as a Jive chasse? - answer No,
chacha is 1/2, 1/2, 1, whereas Jive is 3/4, 1/4, 1.
Describe a RF Forward lock - answer RF forward, LF behind RF (Cuban Cross), RF
forward
When following the Closed Basic Movement with a New York to LSP how much turn is
made on the last Chasse? - answer 1/8
What is the difference between a Spot turn and a Switch turn? - answer a spot turn is
two forward steps and a chasse to side, a switch turn turns more sharply?Give the time
and tempo of Cha Cha Cha music - answer time: 4/4 tempo: 30-32 bars per minute
Where does the musical accent occur? - answer On the first beat of each bar
Give the beat value of each step when dancing 1-5 of a Closed Basic Movement -
answer Whole, whole, half, half, whole
Name the different types of chasses or alternatives to the chasse in Cha Cha Cha -
answer Chasse to side, compact chasse, right and left foot forward and backward
lock, forward and backward chasse, forward and backward runs, Ronde chasse, twist
chasse, slip chasse, runaway chasse
