The origins of dance therapy - Module 3

C2 Proficiency · Multiple Choice Cloze · Expert Proficiency, Pearson Education

For questions 1–8, read the text below and decide which answer (A, B, C or D) best fits each gap.

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enthralled

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Effectively

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austere

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symmetry

balance

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Dance therapy gained professional (0) ___ during the 1940s. It was the inspiration of Marian Chace, who began teaching dance after her own dancing career (1) ___ to an end in 1930. She noticed that some of her students were more (2) ___ in the emotions they experienced while dancing than in technique. Intrigued by this, Chace encouraged them to explore this aspect, and (3) ___ developing classes that emphasised (4) ___ of expression through music. (5) ___ , local doctors started sending her patients, including anti-social children and people with mobility problems. Later, Chace joined the staff at St Elizabeth's Hospital, where she worked with emotionally troubled patients, some of whom were suffering from (6) ___ stress disorders. Success for these patients meant being able to move rhythmically in (7) ___ with others in their class. Chace went on to study Psychiatry, and the fact that the first dance therapy interns began learning and teaching dance therapy in the 1950s is (8) ___ to her tireless dedication.

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