Modern Jazz Ballet
Ruriko Mitsuishi (Faculty of Law, 3rd Year)
Whatfs Modern Jazz Ballet? People ask me when I talk about my club. Wearing ballet shoes, we do a dance mixed with jazz. It is a different style from the classical one, so people who have experienced classical ballet, they might get confused with the difference between the two. However, since I am already 21 years old, toe shoes are killing my foot, and I am tired of typical classic style by always doing slow movements.
In our club, trying hard for the Eve Festival and the big performance on November, we make our costumes and dances all by ourselves. Nowadays, I practice dancing based on a famous Japanese group of women performers, Takarazuka. There are no men in Takarazuka and only women. So, the women play male parts. I will play one of the girl parts. During the summer vacation, we go to the training camp in Himeji. Only girls can enter this club. Therefore, besides the training, we, of course, do lots of girl talk. This is my favorite. Eat, drink and endless talk. Furthermore, we have Joshikai (girls meeting), and celebrate Halloween and Christmas by wearing sweet costumes and dresses. We enjoy the events with the motto gjust girls can do.h
Because several performances were waiting in a fall semester, the schedules we had were kept busy. Nevertheless, by the end of the show, when I saw people giving us cheers, I had this sense of accomplishments, and felt I wanted to dance again on this stage. In this club, I learned about how important teamwork is, and made friends who have variety of backgrounds. I got Senpai (senior members)
who scold my failures but kindly taught me their techniques and recently told me about their experiences of job hunting, and Kohai (freshmen, sophomores) who raised me to have a leadership. They are my precious members and I am glad to meet them.
We usually practice at Keishikan in Imadegawa, and also in Karasuma twice a month on Sunday morning. If you are interested in this club, please contact here
Eri Sakaguchi (Faculty of Economics, Junior) at
bej0569mail3.doshisha.ac.jp
note:please rewrite (full width)to @(half width)
You are always welcome!
