Run Through Part 1-3, Instructions Part 4
Cha Cha Run Through
Cha Cha Choreography
PART 1
Intro: Lights come up to dueling poses. Music starts (first boom in music…very fast). Girl starts first, with straight arm points at boy. (Second boom) Boy flips head toward girl. (Third boom) Boy/girl turn toward each other. (4th musical chord) Boy does shoulder shrug and girl does cross over turn. Walk toward each other (8 counts – slow, quick, quick). (Stuck up but flirty. Include audience in the fun.) Both turn forward, avoiding eye contact.
Cha Cha beside each other (not touching) forward (cool to each other but excited to audience). Start on left foot – 2 complete cha chas.
Girl cha cha around boy (starting with left foot). Boy follows with eyes and turns to left ¾ turn. Boy offers cupped right hand to girl. Girl lays her left hand in his hand.
PART 2
Cha cha together. Begin on inside feet going forward. Held inside hands go forward as well, one two cha cha cha, (on cha cha cha both make ½ turn while to back, switch hands(girls right and boys left do same sequence to opposite wall). Then repeat again to come back to original front, (cha cha cha) but continue into full turn cha cha cha and finish by holding inside hands (girl left boy right) and step back on each outside foot (back, 2, cha cha cha). End facing each other in tango closed position.
Tango position outside foot starts – forward/slow, slow, quick, quick, switch (turn toward other direction, change arms to go opposite direction). Repeat.
Girl pushes boy away. (Boy's hands like “what did I do?” Girls arms folded over chest.) Girl settles in with right hip out ‐ right leg back, left leg pointed forward,1,2; 3,4 boy offers right hand. Girl takes with right hand 1,2 then crossed left hands to left hand 3,4 (right to right/left to left); girl steps ‐ left to right down, 1 2, boy supports and dips girl – down 3,4 – kick; back up 1,2,3, on 4 to open two hand position ready for grapevine back.
PART 3
Grapevine step back (open position) (body turns with the grapevine). Start with inside feet – forward 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8 – stay open position – repeat grapevine forward 1,2,3,4,5,6,7. On 8 girl steps in front of boy and both are facing forward.
Girl (boy behind girl) leans to right inside hand on hip, outside hand pointing down – lean 1,2; back up to standing straight 3,4; (boy watches with hands on hips); boy leans left ‐ 1,2; back up ‐ 3,4. Both lean out, girl to right, boy to left 1,2 back up 3,4 boy is still behind girl, girl bends forward at waist (boy's hands on his hips). Girl slowly brings hands up swaying until hands are raised in the air. Boy and girl right feet are pointed to the right.
Girl’s hands cross in front, boy takes hands. Cha cha together forward start with left – 2 complete cha chas, boy rolls girl out to left 1,2,3,4. Boy turns girl under like a swing 1,2,3,4, girl turns under boy’s arm – 1,2,3,4; boy turns under girl’s arm 1,2,3,4.
Pivot turn – straight legs, hands to the sides – boy first to right – 1,2,3,4 – girl follows with pivot turn.
Sway right 1,2; Sway left right – 3,4; repeat.
Pivot turn – straight legs, hands to the sides – girl first to left – 1,2,3,4 – boy follows with pivot turn.
Pivot turns together in close position; 1,2,3, close.
Same Tango sequence towards back wall 8 counts, then forward 8 counts, then pull out from each other.
PART 4
Boy takes girl’s right hand with his left and turns her under his arm, back to closed position. Boy steps on left and leans to the left, girl steps right and leans forward with her left leg extended back.
Couples pivot turns towards the right (three half turns on counts 1, 2, 3,) and open side to side). Girl ends on his right on count 4.
Boy starts cha cha ‐ zig zag – starts forward to the left diagonal, then to the right, left, right as girl follows starting to left after first 4 counts.
Boy pulls girl through legs 1,2, 3,4, 5,6. Boy steps back and supports girl as she falls back and kicks left leg forward on 7 up on 8.
Girl rolls out to left end facing each other.
Crisscross cha cha, opposite hands, opposite turns, start with right hands. Repeat two times and then turning cha cha starting with right hands, then hold with four counts with right hands touching.
Repeat crisscross cha cha, but end touching both hands up.
Slightly lean towards each other, but then break away on “sway with me” full turn towards back wall, back to facing each other, hands in front touching.
They break way again on “sway with me,” full turn towards front wall coming back together touching both hands.
On final “sway me now” come together in embrace back arms behind backs, put front hands together flat at waistlines and push hands up together while girl flips outside leg out, gazing into each other’s eyes. Hold until lights dim.
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