Okey everyone, so we made it through the -insert the week you are on- week (almost), and now we have the Merengue workshop, so... this is what's going to happen:
First, I will iterate over and over againg the "Merengue counts" Array, and will pass it as an input value. Then, you'll have to run a program that gets the input value and move a feet.
- For the guys: When the input is 1 you will move your left feet, when 2 move the right feet.
- For the ladys: When the input is 1 you will move your right feet, when 2 move the left.
The second step will be lot harder, when all the test are settled to green we will pass to the spins methods, as a group we will choose a name for every spin and create methods that takes the name as the input value and returns a really awesome merengue spin.
Here, I'll let you few suggestions on how to call your methods:
def move_left end
def move_right end
def basic_spin end
def the_eight (This is the translation from a spin) end
Goals for the week
Ask yourself the same two questions:
Are you having fun?
Are you a better developer dancer than you were yesterday?
Primary goal
By the end of the week, the goal is to be able to answer "yes" to the week's primary question:
Can you do a Basic Merengue Spin?
Concepts
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Definition of Merengue.
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Diference between Merengue and Salsa.
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Merengue Spins Skills
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Do the basic Merengue steps.
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How to do some spins.
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Structuring a dancing method to use for a complete song.
- Confy clothes and shoes.
- Good attitude.
- An open mind, merengue is a latin dance and you won't have personal space. (I mean it).
- A good attitude, dancing is all about fun. It really doesn't matter how you do it, if you are having fun then you are doing it right.
- Feeling embarrassed. No one was born with all the info on how to do everything, Dancing is a skill and with practice it'll become more and more natural.
- Feeling frustrated. You don't have to catch everything at once, nobody said it was easy (
it's such a shame for us to part).
- The first 5/6 minutes will be a secret and you CANNOT tell what happens in those minutes.
- If you want to learn an specific spin you can ask me any day you want.
- I'll ask you if you want more classes to set them up.
- If you want to get in the mood for merengue go to this playlist
- Here you can watch a professional merengue dance. (I'm not in that level nor even close so don't be worry).
(Sorry, there's no easy way to learn Merengue, you will have to attend).