Japan’’ s love affair with dance never seems to end. At community centers throughout the country, dance classes are always full, whether for ballet or flamenco (弗拉曼柯舞) , which consistently 【B1】______ young women, 【B2】______ ballroom dancing, which is especially popular among middle-aged and older people. Recently, the dance scenes 【B3】______ a colorful new infusion in the form of folk dances from around the world. Traditional Middle Eastern, African, and European dances, which 【B4】______ recently were virtually unknown in Japan, are 【B5】______ culture centers and community groups throughout the country. One example is belly-dancing, first 【B6】______ by women in northern Africa and the middle east, was 【B7】______ performed at celebratory occasions such as weddings. Japanese people have 【B8】______ a passing familiarity with belly-dancing through movies. 【B9】______, its popularity as a pastime began to spread about three years ago, 【B10】______ more young Japanese women began taking trips to Turkey and other countries. Ever since then the popularity of belly-dancing classes at community centers and workshops run by individuals has skyrocketed. Most participants are initially 【B11】______ by the lavish clothing and y movements, but they soon learn another of belly-dancing’’ s merits; it 【B12】______ a strenuous workout(训练). Fitness clubs are even starting to 【B13】______ belly dancing in their programs of exercise classes. And a Turkish restaurant called So-fra, 【B14】______ in Tokyo’’ s Shinjuku district, invites customers to get up and dance with professional bellydancers. A growing number of women are coming to the restaurant 【B15】______ to dance. Of course, the number of people getting into folk dances is still small 【B16】______ with the ranks of those involved in jazz dance and ballet-dance forms that 【B17】______ popular in Japan for decades. But with more and more Japanese 【B18】______ abroad to learn dances in their countries of origin and 【B19】______ them when they come back to Japan, folk dance undoubtedly has a 【B20】______ growing base of enthusiasts.
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