The Cha Cha History
The cha cha history is long; in 1952 when Pierre Margolie; English dance teacher visited Cuba, he noticed that there were certain times the Rumba dance was performed with some extra beats. This was a 1948 innovation introduced by Enrique Jorrin, who was a musician. Jorrin combined two dances from Cuba known as the Muntuno and the Danzon to come up with the Cha Cha history. When Pierre went back to Britain, he began teaching the steps separately as a dance.
Cha cha history has it that the name Cha Cha was probably derived from the Spanish word ‘Chacha’ which means ‘nurse maid’ or the word ‘chachar’ that means ‘to chew leaves’ by (Smith 1971,161) .It may have also been derived from ‘char’ that meant ‘tea’ or from the cheerful and fast Cuban dance that was known as Guaracha. Prior to the century’s turn, the Guaracha dance was a very popular dance in Europe .For instance; it is included in the listed on Dancie Neill’s, Finishing Assembly program held in Scotland’s Coupar Angus in1898.
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