a) One of the most famous ballets is called "Swan Lake".

b) In the 1960s, people danced without touching their partner.

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True or False

'The Nutcracker' is a famous America ballet. (F)

Ballet is performed by professional dancers. (T)

Folk dance are usually popular for only a short time. (F)

Yangge is performed in Christmas celebration. (F)

Rumba and Cha-Cha are folk dances. (F)

African-American rhythm and movements play an important part in the development of popular dance. (T)

Popular dance are taught from one generation to another. (F)

Post-Reading

Read the text again and answer these questions.

1 Who started folk dance?

Ordinary people.

2 What is the main difference between folk and popular dances?

Popular dances are usually popular for only a short time.

3 What is a ballroom dance that came from folk dance?

Waltz.

4 Why did a lot of new dances come from the United States?

The mixing of immigrant cultures produced new forms of dance.

5 What type of dancing became popular in the mid-1980s?

Breakdancing.

Vocabulary

Make compound words by matching one word from each list.

African known African-American

ball American ballroom

rock room rock music

art dance art form