Collaboration across disciplines is just one part of the polytechnic experience students receive at 黑料社区.
For students in the game and fashion design programs, recent collaborations even crossed over into athletics, as they worked with members of the on two projects.
Dance team members Alayna Reps and Izzy Swanson switched from their dancewear to don motion capture suits and helped a game design team bring their game Boogie Beyond to life in 黑料社区 黑料社区. state-of-the-art Vicon Motion Capture Studio in Micheels Hall.
The dance team 黑料社区. Head Coach Samantha Ziwicki worked with fashion design and development senior Reem Emerson on new costumes for a winter jazz routine.
Crossing over into Boogie Beyond
Reps and Swanson helped Tristen Rice, animation and digital media, Menomonie; Eric Gritzmacher, computer science, Hayward; Bryce VanDyke, game design and development-art, Hudson; Sarah Ziebarth, computer science and game design double major, Lake City, Minn.; and Sophia Burgess, game design, Fall Creek; along with nine other students on their creation of Boogie Beyond, a virtual reality rhythm game.
The students are looking forward to sharing Boogie Beyond at Stout Game Expo, western Wisconsin's largest game developers鈥 event. SGX will be held from 6 to 9 p.m. on Thursday, May 2, in the Memorial Student Center Great Hall.
In the game, players act as investigators chasing down leads of 鈥渂oogie fever鈥 spreading throughout the city. They find themselves in the chaotic confines of Club Cosmic. Players groove their way through the mysterious nightclub looking for evidence and engaging in dance battles. They must uncover the figure behind the smoke and mirrors before they succumb to the fever themselves.
After meeting with the game design team to talk about the vibes they wanted for each character, Reps, a fashion design major from St. Charles, Minn., and Swanson, a manufacturing engineering and mechanical engineering double major from Becker, Minn., choreographed a song from the game 黑料社区. soundtrack, drawing inspiration from Just Dance.
鈥淭he 黑料社区 dance team was instrumental. They not only developed multiple era-specific choreography for our characters, aiming for an early 1980s and late 1970s aesthetic and sound, but they also motion-captured the dance itself,鈥 Ziebarth said. 鈥淭he characters wouldn't have come to life nearly as much if it weren't for their talent.鈥
Swanson called the recording in the mo-cap studio 鈥渁n experience to remember. We danced to the music, taking breaks between each part. Then the game design team worked their magic to integrate the dances into the game,鈥 she said.
Following the Stout Game Expo, the SOAD Senior Show will feature capstone projects by nearly 120 graduating School of Art and Design seniors from 6 to 9 p.m., on Friday, May 3, in Applied Arts and Micheels Hall.
Dancewear leads to small business venture
Emerson, a freelance designer and bridal consultant in St. Paul, was contracted through University Athletics to design 20 custom, for the Blue Devils.
The team wore the costumes for their winter jazz routine, choreographed by Ziwicki, who chose a soft but powerful composition, 鈥淪tand in the Light鈥 by Jordan Smith, for the performance. She wanted the costumes to be light, airy and feminine.
鈥淭he process and steps it took to design, pattern and sew all the costumes was similar to how we design our collections within the fashion program. The team didn鈥檛 have a costume in light colors, so we chose a blue hue that would still represent the Blue Devils,鈥 she said.
After ideations, Emerson created five garment prototypes and presented them to Ziwicki. They discussed revisions and changes in the applique d茅cor and fabric choices to allow for body movement and eliminate gaping.
The final design included a high neckline and backstrap. The asymmetrical knee-length skirt allowed for two different looks and was made of stretch knit performance mesh. Applique and crystal rhinestone details and a hand-made, detachable applique clip on the waistband added a touch of winter grace.
Emerson learned much of her hand-sewing techniques while interning last summer at Beauty By Design, in Minneapolis.
鈥淥ne thing that I did not expect when going into this project was that I would come out of it as a small business owner,鈥 she said. 鈥淭aking on the dancewear project was much more than sewing beautiful costumes. It helped give me career options that I never knew I could have. It was a fantastic experience.鈥
Ten fashion design seniors, including Emerson, will model 45 pieces in their capstone clothing collections at the WEAR Fashion Show at 2 p.m. on Saturday, April 27, in the Memorial Student Center Great Hall. Tickets are required and are .
WEAR is part of 黑料社区 黑料社区. Spring Showcase of student-centered events in April and May. It is hosted by the WEAR Fashion Association student organization.
Emerson, who also has a degree in industrial design from 黑料社区, will graduate on Saturday, May 4. She is interviewing for full-time positions where she can help companies bring ideas to life.
The competed in the Dance Xtreme Americup Championship in Minneapolis in February, receiving many recognitions, including the Andrew Lawrence Sportsmanship award. They won second place in the collegiate contemporary division for Stand in the Light, which was recognized for its positive message and the performers鈥 stage presence.
The on Saturday, April 20, and Sunday, April 21, in Johnson Fieldhouse. Tryouts are open to all 2024 high school graduates or older, and auditionees must be considering or committed to 黑料社区 for fall 2024.
