From America_Study at University of Saint Joseph_4
August 1st, Monday, 2016
“Monday morning always gets me down…” No! We are more than happy that Monday morning here at the University of Saint Joseph is fine. The weather is perfect with a lovely cool summer breeze coming. The landmark of USJ, McDonough Hall is shining against the clear blue sky in the morning.
Today in the morning we had a special dance class with Ms. Susan Murphy in the auditorium at Bruyette Atheneum. The place where our students performed dance is one of the outstanding buildings at USJ because the building is for all kinds of arts – fine art museum and concert / performance hall.
Ms. Susan Murphy is an excellent dance art teacher of University of Saint Joseph. She has many careers of instructing dance in many countries. Her dance lesson was amazingly well organized, which started with very creative icebreaking action. Everybody shouted her own name with a particular action which each wants to take. It looked much creative. And then they took their actions seamlessly, which made one impressive straight action stream.
Then they moved on to jazz dance. Ms. Murphy made an explanation on some basic actions of jazz dance and showed them good examples of the actions. Students actually performed their dance with music and excellent advice from Ms. Murphy. Gradually they were getting excited and happy. It looks the great way to understand words of English through dance actions.
The following photos are showcasing the cafeteria of the University of Saint Joseph. Our students are enjoying breakfast, lunch and dinner here. Of course everything is complimentary. You can eat anything you want and much as you like it! They enjoy American college life!
月曜の朝を迎えました。今日はきれいな青空の素敵な月曜日です。セント・ジョセフ大学のランドマークであるマクノドー・ホールが青空を背景に、太陽の光を浴びて、きれいに輝いています。
今日はスーザン・マーフィ先生による特別ダンスクラスの1回目です。このダンスクラスは、USJのブルィエット美術館で行われます。美術館と言っても、美術作品の展示だけではありません。素晴らしいコンサートホールがあり、様々な音楽、パフォーマンスが演じられます。このホールのステージでダンスの授業です。
スーザン先生は世界中でダンスを教えたキャリアのある方。非常に体系的でクリエィティブなダンス指導です。まさにダンスはアートそのものということを実感させてくれます。一人一人のオリジナルな動きを大切にして、それを全員で繋ぐことで、一つの流れを持ったダンスアートを創作しました。また、まさにアメリカ!という感じのジャズダンスの指導。ブロードウェイのダンサーのレッスンのような雰囲気が漂います。
今日は、セント・ジョセフ大学のカフェテリアを紹介します。生徒たちは朝、昼、夕と3食ここで食べます。ドミトリーの中にもキッチンがあるので、自分でそこで調理して食べられれますが。好きなものを好きなだけ食べることができます。カレッジライフを満喫しています。