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4 Responses

1. supercutiepie1994

   2010 Mar 10 1

   they are both latin but they are totally different dances and in the cha cha you can compete but with the merengue you cant
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2. JRadu

   2010 Mar 10 2

   Cha Cha follows a pattern of 1,2, 1,2,3. There are two styles that I personally have seen where you take the step forward and back or take it from one side to the other.
   Merengue is basically a 1,2 until the end of the song. Kind of like a marching step but you shouldn’t pick up your feet. The easiest way to do that is to keep your knees bent which will also allow you to move you hips in the same rhythm.
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3. tuskino

   2010 Mar 10 3

   The Cha Cha moves side to side and Merengue moves front to back. the beat to the Cha Cha is a lot harder to learn. We taught it as 1 2 3 and 4 were the and was an eighth beat. In the Cha Cha you actually start on the 4 count. the Merengue is a march and gets fun when you start twisting your feet and stuff and going in circles and whatnot.
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4. Toxic Tango

   2010 Mar 10 4

   you syncopate the cha cha.
   you don’t syncopate the merengue.
   the beat for cha cha
   Beat
   1234 1234
   qssqqqssq
   q = quick
   s = slow
   Merengue
   Beat 1 2 1 2 1 2
   Steps s s s s s s

   Those are the basic steps.
   later on, you can mix up the cha cha steps to your liking.
   Merenegue came from the Dominican Republic
   Cha Cha is an offshoot of the Mambo(Cuba), aka Triple-Mambo.
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   2 yrs of dance experience.

   http://www.centralhome.com/ballroomcountry/cha-cha-cha.htm
   http://www.centralhome.com/ballroomcountry/merengue.htm