
Students Combine Study & Travel in Short-term Immersion Course London Arts Alive
Jack Harman '18 said he couldn't recommend the program enough. After attending a production of Swan Lake done by a traditional Irish step dancing troupe, Harman commented that it "completely reimagined the way that I view the relationship between emotion and dance."
"Ten minutes before we got into the theatre, I was thinking, 'I really wished we were seeing a ballet of it,'" he said. "The set was made up of ladders, a black curtain, a cardboard box, and a cinder block with a rope tied onto it that a guy in his underwear was on, braying like a goat."
It ended up being unlike anything he had ever seen. "I was blown away. It got me. It was this whole reimagining that dealt with suicide, depression, anxiety, the clergy, politicians, old Celtic origins, and all of these very heavily Irish things."
The most significant thing Mia Rousonelos '18 drew away from the program was the dialogue between classmates about the galleries, museums, and plays they attended.
"It's not about whether a production is good or bad, but rather how it affects the people around it," said Rousonelos. "That's the conversation I want to be a part of."
"I'm not scared of whatever I do next," Rousonelos added. "I feel like the really great classes I've had are the ones that forced me out of my comfort zone. This program has done that. I would say Knox's experiential learning ideals are one of my favorite things about Knox."
Published on January 24, 2018