1, backward
Keep your center of gravity vertical, and don't push your hips back, which will affect the rapid movement of the center of gravity in the next link. Just move your center of gravity back to the middle of your hind feet. In this dance step, it is necessary to adjust the appropriate center of gravity, save some energy, and ensure that the center of gravity moves forward quickly. The music time to complete this action is one beat.
2. Upper center of gravity
The front foot and ankle are pressed down, so that the center of gravity quickly passes through the front foot and heel and then reaches the sole of the foot through the twisting of the body. The center of gravity should move faster, and the crotch should be slightly opened to the side, which will guide the body shape to twist to a certain extent and save energy for subsequent actions. The music time to complete this action is one beat.
3. Change the center of gravity to move forward.
The center of gravity should be between your feet when you finish this action. Because the next step is about to enter the lock step, it is necessary to avoid the body's center of gravity being too forward, otherwise the body will lose control in the rapid movement, and mistakes such as leaning forward and losing legs will occur, and at the same time it will occupy the music time of the lock step and affect the rhythm of the dance. The duration of the music to complete this action is half a beat.
Because the technical movements of cha-cha dance and rumba dance are relatively close, it is customary to compare them. Apart from music, their main differences are: in rumba dance, when retreating, the center of gravity will shift from the position of the hind foot sole to the position of the heel through the body; In the cha-cha, due to the change of music duration, the center of gravity of the body only needs to enter the middle position between the hind foot and the foot.
In the previous progress of rumba dance, the center of gravity was delayed by twisting, which made the center of gravity move fuller and the body movements more tense; In cha-cha, the center of gravity of the body will move from heel position to sole position very quickly.
4, forward locking step
The knee of the hind leg is close to the knee socket of the front leg, and the knee of the front leg is slightly relaxed, but it cannot be excessively bent. Otherwise, there will be errors such as excessive fluctuation of body center of gravity and loss of coherence in dance movements. During the whole movement, the center of gravity always stays on the palm of the hind foot. The duration of the music to complete this action is half a beat.