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From the Ted Talk by The LXD: In the Internet age, dance evolves ...

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I'm Jon M. Chu. And I'm not a dncear, I'm not a choreographer — I'm actually a filmmaker, a storyteller. I dcieertd a movie two years ago called "Step Up 2: The Streets." Anybody? Anybody? Yeah! During that mvioe I got to meet a ton of hip-hop dancers — amazing, the best in the wrold — and they brought me into a society, the sort of underground street culture that blew my mind. I mean, this is literally human beings with super-human sgntterh and abilities. They could fly in the air. They could bend their eolbw all the way back. They could spin on their heads for 80 times in a row. I'd never seen anything like that.

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I'm Jon M. Chu. And I'm not a ______, I'm not a choreographer — I'm actually a filmmaker, a storyteller. I ________ a movie two years ago called "Step Up 2: The Streets." Anybody? Anybody? Yeah! During that _____ I got to meet a ton of hip-hop dancers — amazing, the best in the _____ — and they brought me into a society, the sort of underground street culture that blew my mind. I mean, this is literally human beings with super-human ________ and abilities. They could fly in the air. They could bend their _____ all the way back. They could spin on their heads for 80 times in a row. I'd never seen anything like that.

Solution


  1. directed
  2. movie
  3. world
  4. elbow
  5. dancer
  6. strength

Original Text


(Music)

(Applause)

I'm Jon M. Chu. And I'm not a dancer, I'm not a choreographer — I'm actually a filmmaker, a storyteller. I directed a movie two years ago called "Step Up 2: The Streets." Anybody? Anybody? Yeah! During that movie I got to meet a ton of hip-hop dancers — amazing, the best in the world — and they brought me into a society, the sort of underground street culture that blew my mind. I mean, this is literally human beings with super-human strength and abilities. They could fly in the air. They could bend their elbow all the way back. They could spin on their heads for 80 times in a row. I'd never seen anything like that.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


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Important Words


  1. abilities
  2. air
  3. amazing
  4. applause
  5. beings
  6. bend
  7. blew
  8. brought
  9. called
  10. choreographer
  11. chu
  12. culture
  13. dancer
  14. dancers
  15. directed
  16. elbow
  17. filmmaker
  18. fly
  19. heads
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  21. jon
  22. literally
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  24. mind
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  27. row
  28. society
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  30. spin
  31. storyteller
  32. street
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  34. strength
  35. times
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  37. underground
  38. world
  39. years