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2026/07/21 行事・学校生活
（1学年）芸術鑑賞教室！ Chinese Acrobatic Performance!
本校体育館にて、1学年を対象に芸術鑑賞教室を実施しました。
今回は中国雑技の公演を鑑賞し、生徒たちは普段なかなか目にすることのできない迫力ある技や華やかな舞台表現に触れる、貴重な時間を過ごしました。
当日は本校のJETも公演を鑑賞し、その様子を英語で記事にまとめてくれました。
以下、英語の原文と和訳をあわせて紹介します。
We held an Art Appreciation Program for 1st-year students in our school gymnasium. This time, the students watched a Chinese acrobatic performance and had a valuable opportunity to experience powerful feats and vibrant stage performances that they rarely have the chance to see in their everyday school life.
Our school's JET also attended the performance that day and wrote an article about the experience in English. Below, we would like to share the original English article along with its Japanese translation.
Kamiwaza Performance
Today the 1st years were treated to an exceptional performance by the Chinese Acrobatic group Kamiwaza. As a Hong Kong resident, I was expecting to see some traditional performances like the Lion Dance and the face changing Bian Lian act. While Bian Lian was present, what really surprised me was the mix of traditional Chinese Opera and daring feats of balance.
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One of the acts was a segment of Journey to the West where Sun Wukong fights a dual wielding warrior. The movements of both the performers were fluid and well practiced displaying the grace of a traditional Chinese dance. What caught me off guard though, was how they handled their props. Prop swords and staff twirled around their body as though they were a natural 5th limb. Even when it left the hands of their users, they would get deflected back by the opponent so accurately that they always returned for the next move. Their hand dexterity was very inspiring to watch.
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しかし、思いがけず強く印象に残ったのは、小道具の扱い方です。刀や棒が、まるで体に自然に備わった「5本目の手足」であるかのように、演者の周りを自在に回転していました。さらに、それらが演者の手を離れたときでさえ、相手によって驚くほど正確にはじき返され、必ず次の動きへとつながっていきました。その見事な手さばきと巧みな技術には、大いに感銘を受けました。
Another performance that made my jaw drop was the table spinning act. To summarize, a performer would lie down on their back, lift their legs, and quickly spin various large objects on their feet. The most ridiculous object they brought out was a table. Its unevenness made me nervous as she needed more time to get the balance right. Yet, I had no reason to worry as they managed to spin it in all four directions!
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中でも特に驚かされたのは、テーブルが登場した場面でした。テーブルは形が均一ではないため、バランスを取るのに少し時間がかかっており、見ているこちらも思わず緊張してしまいました。
しかし、その心配はまったく不要でした。演者は見事にテーブルを操り、なんと四方向すべてに回転させることに成功したのです！
Although every performance had its own charm and was entertaining to watch, I’d have to give the best performance to the finale; the chair tower. This man would stack chairs, balanced on bottles, to make a very tall tower all the while climbing it. The tower was a bit more than halfway to the ceiling of the gym, a height that would mean serious injury if he fell. Everyone was at the edge of their seats as he made his way higher with the tower visibly shaking with every movement. At the top, he would do handstands to display his insane balance and courage all the while the students praised in awe.
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この演目では、演者が瓶の上に椅子を積み重ね、高いタワーを作りながら、その上へと登っていきました。タワーの高さは体育館の天井の半分を少し超えるほどで、もし落下すれば大けがにつながることは明らかでした。
演者がさらに高い場所へと登っていくたびに、タワーは目に見えて揺れ、見ている全員が息をのむような緊張感に包まれました。そして頂上にたどり着くと、彼は逆立ちを披露し、その信じられないほどのバランス感覚と勇気を見せてくれました。その間、生徒たちは驚きと感動の声を上げていました。
Today was very unexpected but very welcome. As many of the audience could relate, my grin rarely dropped during the show. A quality performance to mark the beginning of the first summer of high school for 1st year students!
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1年生にとって、高校生活最初の夏の始まりを飾るにふさわしい、素晴らしい公演でした！
