s.Modem dance, as it was practiced by Denishawn Company and its pupils who modified it considerably, differed from ballet in the basic techniques of movement. The balletic movement is conceived with the largeness of an opera house audience in mind. It is movement that strives for and attains lightness by stressing the dancer's ability to rise from the floor in defiance of gravity. It is movement that has been modified through three hundred years of work by teachers and dancers contributing to its development. The attitude of the ballet dancer's body is one of technical formality, which owes much to the aristocratic court dance of Western Europe from which it evolved. Ballet dancing is the most dramatic and technically accomplished offshoot of court dancing that is extent.Modem dance does not look to Europe ballet models for the primary sources of its movement techniques. Modern dance looks within the individual, whose expressive needs then determine the types of gesture that will emerge when the dancer starts to perform. Whereas ballet is a formal, classical style of dance, modern dance is expressionistic; and whereas ballet movement begins and ends in one of the five positions of the feet which have become the basis of ballet dancing, modem dance does not recognize the conventions of only five positions. It asserts that there are as many positions as are needed by the dancer to create artistic effects. In this sense modem dance is revolutionary by definition. Modem dance is more receptive to the possibilities of unorthodox movement and in the course of its existence has witnessed and incorporated a great number of changes in specific movement. However, the one thing that has remained constant is that the approach is determined by creative needs.1.What does the passage mainly discuss?2.Which of the following statements about the history of dance in the United States is supported by the passage?3.According to the passage, the roots of ballet are in ( ).4.Which of the following statements about modern dance can be inferred from the passage?5.The discussion in paragraph 2 and 3 is developed primarily by means of ( ).'>
The first of the large modem dance companies in the United States was the Denishawn Company, which was founded by St. Denis and Edwin Meyers Shawn, both of whom were pioneers of modem dance. Ironically, although companies were performing modem dance in the United States in 1915, companies dedicated to the older, more respected form of ballet were not established until the 1930's.Modem dance, as it was practiced by Denishawn Company and its pupils who modified it considerably, differed from ballet in the basic techniques of movement. The balletic movement is conceived with the largeness of an opera house audience in mind. It is movement that strives for and attains lightness by stressing the dancer's ability to rise from the floor in defiance of gravity. It is movement that has been modified through three hundred years of work by teachers and dancers contributing to its development. The attitude of the ballet dancer's body is one of technical formality, which owes much to the aristocratic court dance of Western Europe from which it evolved. Ballet dancing is the most dramatic and technically accomplished offshoot of court dancing that is extent.Modem dance does not look to Europe ballet models for the primary sources of its movement techniques. Modern dance looks within the individual, whose expressive needs then determine the types of gesture that will emerge when the dancer starts to perform. Whereas ballet is a formal, classical style of dance, modern dance is expressionistic; and whereas ballet movement begins and ends in one of the five positions of the feet which have become the basis of ballet dancing, modem dance does not recognize the conventions of only five positions. It asserts that there are as many positions as are needed by the dancer to create artistic effects. In this sense modem dance is revolutionary by definition. Modem dance is more receptive to the possibilities of unorthodox movemen