*Written by ArtWorks apprentices
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The Dance co-op is on a verge of new, and exciting dance movements, being that sustainability is our theme, expressing how the environment,
and our bodies are connected. we show this using modern, ballet, and west African dance movement, and technique also using the art of poetry to bring a unique show:
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“A Battle In the Night”
It’s a dream awakened by the human race
The destruction of the World slowly into oblivion.
It’s a Battle field
The booming death fires causing dark clouds,
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Turning the world black
It becomes a tiresome home.
A death trap to those who wish
To abide, in the beauty it once had.
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The earth’s night tears twinkling
For the human race to see.
Sometimes falling, hoping, waiting
For one to see the sadness it holds.
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Swampy paths fill the roads
Over flowing the fossilized hope that
Beads through the wind. The slow
Peace of fire dancing through
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The night air.
The moons illuminous face;
Eyes wide at the horrors it
Sees in the dark
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Scared at the tortured man’s
Power has bestowed.
Cannons roaring, tears falling, the
Earth is crying out for help.
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It’s a loud cry
As the majestic red wood
Falls slowly to the ground.
It’s the last hope for the world.
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The day is done
As darkness seeps through the air.
Forcing man’s breathing tools to suffer
As we steadily play our mechanical songs
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Preparing for battle
Not knowing there will be no victor.
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The first time that each of us ordered food, he took the time to ask us our names, shake our hands, and try to learn more about us. First-time customers soon become regulars, and Jeff always knows their order. And not only does Jeff greet each customer with a wide smile and a conversation, but he also looks out for us in a way that we’ve never experienced before. If you come up a couple of cents short, which would normally force you to surrender your meal, Jeff has you covered. If you accidentally order the wrong food, Jeff will happily switch it out for you, even if you’re already at the register. If your credit card won’t work, Jeff will let you take your food with an IOU. Jeff truly has the kindest heart; he serves as a daily inspiration to us all.
During the third week our group has been focusing on the final product for the course. Quincy has been working hard at making the terrains. He has added a lot of detail to the world we will be playing in such as a day and night cycle and different types of seasons. Eli is always coming up with new animations for our characters and new music for our game. He went from hating the game engine called Blender to becoming a master at everything it has to offer. Josh was creating our buildings for our city and is now diving in head first on animating our main character. Josh has come up with a new ways to make our main character funny and goofy. 
The character he has created defines what our game is about. Savon is working hard at creating characters and new ways of making this game incredible. We are ahead of schedule and we want to keep it that way.
In the second week we began to take action in creating our games. We learned how to use multiple computer programs, such as Blender, Photoshop, Unity and Illustrator. Blender is a 3D Modeling program. Photoshop is a photo-editing software that we found came to good use for us. 
Unity is a program that is used to create 3D Terrain, used for level design. Illustrator is a program that creates images using vector art. Basically what Unity does is help to design levels for your game. You go through a process of picking your terrain texture and deciding whether or not you want mountains or a flat surface. If you want to build models you can use cinema 4D or Blender, which are basic modeling software used to create, build and edit objects. When models are done you simply import into unity to put level together. Then we came up with the ideas for our game and presented them in brief presentations 
called pitches. Afterwards we set out to create our own games.
challenging, and all together engaging games that incorporated obstacles, strategy, and chance. We also played one another’s board games to obtain feedback and to further improve them. Both of these activities were meant to prepare us to create our digital games. These exercises taught us the basic components of a digital game, which are rules, goals, and environment. Next, we voted on the types of games that we wanted to create by each of us pitching ideas of our ideal game. We chose the top three and divided into groups, and began the process of learning the programs necessary for our final game.
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