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From the Ted Talk by Trevor Copp and Jeff Fox: Ballroom dance that breaks gender roles

Unscramble the Blue Letters


But running parallel to this excitement, the excitement that sddenuly, somehow, we were cool —

(Laughter)

there was also this rtvoeisaern. Why this and why now?

Jeff Fox: When Trevor and I would get together for tinairng seminars or just for fun, we'd toss each other around, mix it up, take a break from having to lead all the time. We even came up with a styesm for switching lead and follow while we were dancing, as a way of taking turns and playing fair. It wasn't until we used that system as part of a performance in a small festival that we got an important tap on the sudohelr. Lisa O'Connell, a dramaturge and director of a playwright center, pulled us aside after the show and said, "Do you have any idea how picotlail that was?"

Open Cloze


But running parallel to this excitement, the excitement that ________, somehow, we were cool —

(Laughter)

there was also this ___________. Why this and why now?

Jeff Fox: When Trevor and I would get together for ________ seminars or just for fun, we'd toss each other around, mix it up, take a break from having to lead all the time. We even came up with a ______ for switching lead and follow while we were dancing, as a way of taking turns and playing fair. It wasn't until we used that system as part of a performance in a small festival that we got an important tap on the ________. Lisa O'Connell, a dramaturge and director of a playwright center, pulled us aside after the show and said, "Do you have any idea how _________ that was?"

Solution


  1. system
  2. shoulder
  3. political
  4. reservation
  5. training
  6. suddenly

Original Text


But running parallel to this excitement, the excitement that suddenly, somehow, we were cool —

(Laughter)

there was also this reservation. Why this and why now?

Jeff Fox: When Trevor and I would get together for training seminars or just for fun, we'd toss each other around, mix it up, take a break from having to lead all the time. We even came up with a system for switching lead and follow while we were dancing, as a way of taking turns and playing fair. It wasn't until we used that system as part of a performance in a small festival that we got an important tap on the shoulder. Lisa O'Connell, a dramaturge and director of a playwright center, pulled us aside after the show and said, "Do you have any idea how political that was?"

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


ngrams of length 2

collocation frequency
partner dancing 5
ballroom dance 3
liquid lead 3
switching lead 2
men dancing 2


Important Words


  1. break
  2. center
  3. cool
  4. dancing
  5. director
  6. dramaturge
  7. excitement
  8. fair
  9. festival
  10. follow
  11. fun
  12. idea
  13. important
  14. jeff
  15. laughter
  16. lead
  17. lisa
  18. mix
  19. parallel
  20. part
  21. performance
  22. playing
  23. playwright
  24. political
  25. pulled
  26. reservation
  27. running
  28. seminars
  29. shoulder
  30. show
  31. small
  32. suddenly
  33. switching
  34. system
  35. tap
  36. time
  37. toss
  38. training
  39. trevor
  40. turns