Dennis. have you noticed how the Cha Cha Chasse has gone away from the correct technique which was B flat B.flat B.flat. It is now B.flat. Ball. B.flat. If this is to the left there is a turn of the hips to the left and back again the right knee has a bend in it and is in front of the body.
feet in line heel high off the floor. See Slavik DVD. This excercise can be done continuousely either left or right at varying speed.
The same action is also being used in the Rumba but not as a Chasse.
Heres the timing for the Rumba
Side left 2 3 4 1. each beat a step. just repeat. Use the slight turn of the hips. Warning . If you have any knee problems don't over do it, or at least warm up thoroughly.
This is another which we incorpotate into a group. Starting RF two Rumba Walks. Then to the side one bar as above. LF should be free to repeat two walks and the action to the right. The different use of the timing is a good challenge and practise.
If you wished to do the two walks starting RF and Cucarachas to the left then right then walk on LF repeating but the other way around. For a timing excercise try the two groups one after the other putting two Spot Turns one after the other in between. I think that is twelve bars of music to start from the beginning again. When you get real good put the arms in. Both man and Lady do the exact same both solo .Good luck.
I had a bit of a sore knee so I sat out front watching. It was fantastic to see twenty people boys and girls all in sync. with each other dancing this routine. All are competition dancers so you can imagine how good it looked. This type of training came from Barbara Ambrose at the Orska School of Dancing in Slovenia which she introduced to Blackpool in the congress 1997.