Spain's National Dance Company: A History Since 1979
A factual B2 Spanish reading on the directors, name changes, a 1979 production, and broad repertoire of Spain's National Dance Company.
Compañía Nacional de Danza: una historia desde 1979
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What you'll learn
Vocabulary for dance institutions and repertoire, historical sequencing, passive forms, and contrast between artistic periods.
A documented history of Spain's National Dance Company from its founding as Ballet Clásico Nacional in 1979 through the artistic directorship that began in September 2024. It identifies the first director, an early production, and the main leadership periods, and explains how classical, neoclassical, and contemporary works coexist in the repertoire. No rehearsal, performance, or conversation is invented.
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Phrases, words, grammar, and quick practice from this text.
Phrases for training
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A partir de
newfrom, starting in
Marks the beginning of a period that continues after the named date.
Useful for timelines and institutional changes.
al frente
newin charge
Indicates that someone leads an organisation.
Common in biographies and institutional histories.
Entre 2011 y 2019
newfrom 2011 to 2019
Entre X and Y marks a period with two time limits.
Useful for placing a period in a chronology.
Key words
Vocabulary that carries the school-day topic.
Institutional verb
fundada
founded
Created as an organisation.
Essential for stating the origin of an institution.
Dance term
repertorio
repertoire
The set of works a company is prepared to perform.
Central to understanding how a dance company changes.
Dance term
coreografía
choreography
The composition of movements for a dance work.
Identifies the creative design of a production.
Commissioning verb
encargó
commissioned
Asked an artist to create a new work.
Useful in accounts of cultural production.
Succession verb
sucedió
succeeded
Took over a position after another person.
Keeps a leadership chronology clear.
Style adjective
neoclásicas
neoclassical
Combining classical ballet technique with later approaches.
Helps distinguish one part of the company's repertoire.
Grammar in context
Patterns from the text worth noticing after reading.
Passive voice
fue fundada en 1979
was founded in 1979
The passive focuses on the institution and its founding date.
Useful when the result matters more than the unnamed founder.
Earlier past
había bailado
had danced
The pluperfect places Ullate's experience before his work as director.
Clarifies the order of two past events.
Impersonal passive
se incluyeron coreografías originales nuevas
new original choreographies were included
The construction reports a repertoire change without naming each decision maker.
Keeps focus on the works added.
Relative setting
una historia en la que conviven obras clásicas, neoclásicas y contemporáneas
a history in which classical, neoclassical, and contemporary works coexist
"En la que" links the coexistence to the history described.
Adds detail without starting a disconnected sentence.
Two coordinated past actions
incorporó obras clásicas y mantuvo otras de corte contemporáneo
introduced classical works and kept others with a contemporary character
The conjunction y joins two completed actions by the same subject.
Useful for summarising two related decisions.
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