Pachanga


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Developer: Bailaqui
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Learn to dance Pachanga in 3 easy steps: Pachanga 1, 2, 3.

Pachanga is a fantastic dance style that you can incorporate into your salsa, cha cha cha or even your hip hop and club dancing.

It is was developed to dance to a certain genre of Latin music, a Charanga orchestra playing music based on the "A Caballo" conga pattern. Pachanga music still maintains this rhythmic basis but it has many flavors in the Latin Jazz music that emerged in New York in the 1960s.

The Pachanga dance is a upbeat movement that incorporates intricate footwork with a loose a funky body movement. Use it to freshen up your salsa shines, or just enjoy the way it works perfectly with uptempo music.

As a dance style Pachanga has been recently revived and is growing in popularity around the world due to the efforts of international salsa dance stars like Eddie Torres, Melissa Rosado, Adolfo Indacochea, Juan Matos, Griselle Ponce and many, many others. Search youtube and have a look at some of the great new Pachanga steps and movements.

In this app we show you the absolute fundamentals of pachanga. You will understand how the footwork makes you seem light on your feet, how the body movement gets its distinctive flavor, and how it all combines together to create a funky stylish dance. We also give you a brief history of the music and dance, plus links to a bunch of great Pachanga tracks you can get on iTunes.