As I briefly mentioned in yesterday’s post, I like Kiki Nyemchek & Magda Fialek, especially their cha cha. I first saw them in the following video from the 2009 Tri-State Challenge.

Looks like they’ve changed their cha cha routine as you can see in the two videos here.

Here’s a brand new one from Michael Malitowki and Joanna Leunis. The dance is cha cha and the music is, well, techno. I remember they danced cha cha to Technologic (cha cha version), originally by Daft Punk. I’ve been looking for the video but haven’t been able to find it so far. Anyways, techno sound suits their dancing as their dancing is very precise.

Here’s a competition video of Andrej Skufca and Melinda Torokgyorygy doing cha cha. This from the 2010 UK Open Championships.

This video of Vladimir Karpov and Maria Tzaptashvilli is from the 2010 Russian Amateur Latin Championship (New Year Caleidoscope 2010) held in early January in Ryazan. Look at Vladimir’s spins in the beginning. Amazing! They got the third place in this competition.

1 Alexei Silde & Anna Firstova Russia
2 Andrei Zaitsev & Anna Kuzminskaja Russia
3 Vladimir Karpov & Maria Tzaptashvili Russia
4 Andrey Gusev & Elizaveta Cherevichnaya Russia
5 Timur Imametdinov & Ekaterina Nikolaeva Russia
6 Stanislav Nikolaev & Alexandra Nelyubina Russia
7 Yuriy Simachev & Anastasia Klokotova Russia

I like their dancing here as well as the music. The song is “Senorita Tequila” by Jay Perez.

Franco Formica and Oksana Lebedewa’s show dance in this video is from the World Superstars Dance Festival 2009. This routine is very playful as cha cha should be , and it’s fun to watch. The music is “Perhaps, Pehaps.”

This video is from the 2009 World Superstars Dance Festival (WSSDF). Michael Malitowski and Joanna Leunis shows off their solid technique as usual. This looks like a new routine and the music is interesting. It’s not a typical cha cha song, and it has a house music flavor. Interesting. (They may have been nspired by Ricardo and Yulia who used Kaboom by Urusula 100 (electronica song) for their cha cha show dance (Hello Baby).)

According to a comment on Youtube, the music is Klaas – Confession (Tim le El remix). Correct me if this is incorrecct.

Here’s a video of Slavik and Anna’s Cha Cha (for the semi-final round) at the Kremlin Cup 2009.

The final results are:
1 Michal Malitowski & Joanna Leunis Poland
2 Sergey Sourkov & Agnieszka Melnicka Russia
3 Slavik Kryklyvyy & Anna Melnikova Russia
4 Justinas Duknauskas & Ekaterina Lapaeva Lithuania
5 Emanuele Soldi & Elisa Nasato Italy
6 Alexander Berezine & Viktoria Rudkovskaya Russia
7 Evgeni Ryupin & Jana Pokrovskaya Russia

If the video stops frequently, let it run once allowing it to stop occasionally. If you watch it for the second time, it should play smoothly as the video content is in your computer’s cache.

This video is from the Kremlin Cup 2009’s semi final. Video quality is good but the server on dancesport.ru seems to be slow. The music is live by Georgie Musheev & The Seven Winds, and this song sounds new. Maybe they’ve released a new album.

If the video stops frequently, let it run once allowing it to stop occasionally. If you watch it for the second time, it should play smoothly as the video content is in your computer’s cache.

This Cha Cha showdance from Slavik Kryklyvyy and Anna Melnikova was done in the same event as in this post. Comments on Youtube are mixed, though.

Here’s the cha cha from the 2009 Blackpool Professional Latin final.

The results for cha cha are:
1 Michal Malitowski & Joanna Leunis Poland
2 Riccardo Cocchi & Yulia Zagorouitchenko USA
3 Franco Formica & Oxana Lebedew Germany [Rating not changed] 1930 (=)
4 Sergey Sourkov & Agnieszka Melnicka Russia
5 Markus Homm & Ksenia Kasper Germany [Rating not changed] 1875 (=)
6 Maurizio Vescovo & Melinda Torokgyorgy Hungary