Question 2
Read the passage below and answer questions 1 to 5 that follow
Athletes and actor- let actors stand for the set of performing artists- share mush. They share the need to make gestures as fluid and economical as possible, to make out a welter of choices the single, precisely right one.
They need for thousands of hours of practice in order to train the body to become perfect, instinctive instrument to express. Both athlete and actor, out of that abundance of emotion, choice, strategy, knowledge of the terrain mood of extractors, condition of others in the ensemble, secrete awareness of injury or weakness, and as nearly an absolute concentration as possible so that all externalities are integrated, all distraction absorbed to the self, must be able to change the self so successfully that it changes us. When either athlete or actor can bring all these skills to bear and focus them, then he or she will achieve that state of complete intensity and complete relaxation, complete coherence or integrity between what the performer is free; for then, all that has been learned, by thousand of practice and discipline and by repetition of pattern, becomes natural. Then intellect is upgraded to the level of an instinct. The body follows commands that precede thinking. When athletes and artists achieve self-knowledge they they transform the self so that we are recreated, it is finally an exercise in power.
The individual's power to dominate, on stage or field un-vests the whole arena around the locus of performance with his or her power.
We draw from the performer's energy, just as we scrutinize the performer's vulnerabilities, and we criticize a if we were equals (we are not) what is displayed.
This is why all performers dislike or resent the audience as much as they need and enjoy it. Power flows in a mysterious circuit from performers to spectator(I assume a 'live' performance and back, and while cheers or applause are the hoped-for outcome of performing, silence or gasps are the most desired, for then the moment has occurred- then domination is complete, and as the performer triumphs, a unity rare and inspiring results.
Athletes and actor- let actors stand for the set of performing artists- share mush. They share the need to make gestures as fluid and economical as possible, to make out a welter of choices the single, precisely right one.
They need for thousands of hours of practice in order to train the body to become perfect, instinctive instrument to express. Both athlete and actor, out of that abundance of emotion, choice, strategy, knowledge of the terrain mood of extractors, condition of others in the ensemble, secrete awareness of injury or weakness, and as nearly an absolute concentration as possible so that all externalities are integrated, all distraction absorbed to the self, must be able to change the self so successfully that it changes us. When either athlete or actor can bring all these skills to bear and focus them, then he or she will achieve that state of complete intensity and complete relaxation, complete coherence or integrity between what the performer is free; for then, all that has been learned, by thousand of practice and discipline and by repetition of pattern, becomes natural. Then intellect is upgraded to the level of an instinct. The body follows commands that precede thinking. When athletes and artists achieve self-knowledge they they transform the self so that we are recreated, it is finally an exercise in power.
The individual's power to dominate, on stage or field un-vests the whole arena around the locus of performance with his or her power.
We draw from the performer's energy, just as we scrutinize the performer's vulnerabilities, and we criticize a if we were equals (we are not) what is displayed.
This is why all performers dislike or resent the audience as much as they need and enjoy it. Power flows in a mysterious circuit from performers to spectator(I assume a 'live' performance and back, and while cheers or applause are the hoped-for outcome of performing, silence or gasps are the most desired, for then the moment has occurred- then domination is complete, and as the performer triumphs, a unity rare and inspiring results.
The phrase 'bring all these skills to bear' in paragraph 2 is best taken to mean that the athlete
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