A dance festival |
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Olga and Mathew won tickets for an international dance festival.
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Olga saw a Russian ballet. |
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The dancers were from Moscow. |
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Mathew saw dancers from Japan and Palestine.
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Olga and Mathew wrote about the festival for their Engish project.
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There were dancers from forty-two countries at the festival.
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On Tuesday I went to see The Nutcracker.
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The dancers were from Moscow. |
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While we were waiting for the start, I was reading the story of
the ballet in the programme.
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The Nutcracker was about a girl called Clara.
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One evening, there was a family party at her home.
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Clara had a present. It was a big wooden nutcracker.
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It looked like a toy soldier and Clara liked it very much.
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After the party everyone went to bed.
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Clara could not sleep and at midnight she got up and found her
nutcracker.
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Suddenly, strange things happened.
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A huge mouse King appeared with his army of giant mice.
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They attacked Clara but the nutcracker came alive and protected
Clara.
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Toy soldiers joined in the battle.
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They fought the mice and the nutcracker killed the mouse king.
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When the mouse king died, the nutcracker changed into a prince.
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He took Clara the the Land of Snow and then to the Land of Sweets.
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They watched dancers from around the world.
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There was a Spanish dance, a Chinese dance, an Arabian dance and a
Russian dance.
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When the dancers disappeared, Clara was in her home again and she
was holding the wooden nutcracker.
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It was all a dream. |
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I loved this ballet! the story was exciting.
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The fight between the soldiers and the giant mice was really good
and the dancers were graceful.
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When the ballet finished, I felt really happy.
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Then we went outside and the streets were silent and gloomy.
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The ballet seemed like a dream, just like Clara's!
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Olga Brown Class 4b |
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On Wednesday afternoon, I saw dancers from Japan.
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The first dance was very old and all the performers were women.
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In old Japanese dances, the women dancers often hold something.
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Usually, it is either a fan or an umbrella.
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Only men perform some dances. |
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The last dance told a story about two characters: a young soldier
and an evil king.
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The soldier was the hero and he was strong and brave.
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The evil king's costume was black and gold.
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He wore a mask with fierce eyes. He looked really scary!
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In the evening I saw a group of brilliant dancers from Palestine.
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While the dancers were performing, Palestinian musicians were
playing on drums and pipes.
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The dances were fast and the men leapt high in the air.
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This is the poster for the show. |
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You can see how exciting the dances were.
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Mathew Day Class 4a |
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Listen 5 times |
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