Beijing Opera is a comprehensive performing arts, sing, read, do, play, dance as a whole, by means of stylized performance means, narrative, and characters.

京剧是综合性表演艺术，集唱、念、做、打、舞为一体，通过程序化的表演手段，叙述故事，刻画人物。

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The dance has terse narrative structure. You should not retell the dramatic plot of the dance; you should not provide a biography of the choreographer.

这个舞作本身有简洁的叙述架构，同学不用重述剧情、也不用介绍编舞者生平。

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Be sure to describe the setting, the lighting, the number of dancers involved in the performance, the story or narrative of the dance (if it has one), and the overall feeling of the work.

记得描述背景、灯光、表演舞者人数、故事情节(可有可无)，以及舞作整体呈现的感觉。

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Indeed the themes and elements of this narrative dance are unusual for Ms. Tharp.

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The difference between this and other narrative ballets is that there are few moments of extraneous dance for the sake of pure movement.

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