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• All are not merry that dance lightly. (English)
• The devil dances in empty pockets. (English)
• A woman who dances too much gets ill from little work. (French)
• You can't dance on one leg. (African)
• Do not choose your wife at a dance, but in the field among the harvesters. (Czech)
• The hunt is like a dance for men, for the women the dance is the hunt. (Austrian)
• If you are dancing with your rivals, don't close your eyes. (Burundi)
• Those who can't dance say the music is no good. (Jamaican)
• He who has no shoes dances in his socks. (German)
• An old cat will never learn to dance. (Moroccan)
Answer the questions.
1) Why did people dance in the past?
2) What role does dance play in many of the world's religions?
3) Why could not Native Americans imagine their lives without dancing?
4) Why do people dance nowadays?
5) Why do many couples celebrate their unions with a wedding dance? What does it symbolize?
6) What do you know about the features, techniques and history of ballet?
7) How can you explain the popularity of the waltz?
8) What is tango often associated with? Why
9) Why are many young people fond of break dancing? Does this style seem appealing to you? Why?
10) What has made ballroom dancing popular and appealing to the average person?
11) What are health benefits of dancing?
12) Why do/don't you like dancing?
Work in groups.
The members of the first group will give their arguments against dancing. The members of the second group will contradict them giving their arguments for dancing.
1. Dancing is only for professionals. For amateurs it is just a waste of time
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1. Dance is an art for everybody. The most important thing is not how you dance but how you feel about it.
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Read and translate the quotations below. Choose any statement and comment on it.
• 'Dance is for everybody. I believe that the dance came from the people and that it should always be delivered back to the people.' (Alvin Alley)
• 'Every dance is a kind of fever chart, a graph of the heart.' (Martha Graham)
• 'Dance is the hidden language of the soul of the body.' (Martha Graham)
• 'To dance is to be out of yourself. Larger, more beautiful, more powerful. This is power, it is glory on earth and it is yours for the taking.' (Agnes de Mille)
• 'The dance can reveal everything mysterious that is hidden in music, and it has the additional merit of being human and palpable. Dancing is poetry with arms and legs.' (Charles Baudelaire)
• 'Dancing is like dreaming with your feet.' (Constanze)
• 'And dance is wonderful because dance is so immediate.' (Graeme Murphy)
• 'No sane man will dance.' (Marcus Tullius Cicero)
• 'There are those who dance to the rhythm that is played to them, those who only dance to their own rhythm, and those who don 7 dance at all.' (Jose Bergamin)
Find some extra information on the topic 'Dancing Styles' and prepare a report.
А. Read the definitions below. Choose the variant that you find the most suitable. Explain your choice.
Dance is....
A. an amazing pastime;
B. a great source of entertainment;
С a form of social interaction and communication;
D. a perfect physical exercise;
E. a silent language of seduction;
F. a magical combination of movements and music;
G. the best way to express your feelings (love, passion, sorrow, joy etc.)
B. Read the text 'Why Do We Dance?' and find the answer to this question.
Из учебного пособия "Открывая мир с английским языком. Современные темы для обсуждения. Готовимся к ЕГЭ" Юнёва С.А. 2012г.
