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And instead of the short stiff skirts and rigid toe shoes worn by ballerinas, Duncan wore loose, flowing tunics, and she danced barefoot.
2比较
Well, for example, I think the best analogy to modern dance is modern art or modern music.
Compared to their classical predecessors, these newer art forms are freer, more experimental, more improvisational.
3下面说的是反应的不同
Duncan performed in Paris and other European cities, dancing to the music of classical composers but avoiding set movements and steps. No two performances were alike, and audiences, for the most part, adored her.
In 1904, she opened a school of modern dance in Berlin. And the next year, she performed in Russia.
[elongate]But…the Russian critics were not very kind.
Some said Duncan’s art form was closer to pantomime than to dance.
错误的比较
To explain why there were more dance critics in Russia than in most other countries