iBT TOEFL Topic Vocabulary Breakthrough Unit 045

iBT TOEFL Topic Vocabulary Breakthrough Unit 045
Author: Li Xiaolai

45. Anthropologists and theater historians trace the origins of theater to myth and ritual found in dances and mimed performances by masked dancers during fertility rites and other ceremonies that marked important passages in life. Imitation, costumes, masks, makeup, gesture, dance, music, and pantomime were some of the theatrical elements found in early rituals.

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