<P> The cha - cha - chá , or simply cha - cha in the U.S. , is a dance of Cuban origin . It is danced to the music of the same name introduced by Cuban composer and violinist Enrique Jorrin in the early 1950 's . This rhythm was developed from the danzón - mambo . The name of the dance is an onomatopoeia derived from the shuffling sound of the dancers ' feet . </P>
who invented the cha cha dance and in what year
Cuban composer and violinist Enrique Jorrin in the early 1950 's