In fact, modern dancers made no attempt at all to conceal the effort involved in a dance step.

事实上，现代舞者根本没有试图隐藏舞步中的努力。

Still, in nineteen ten, Martha's father took her to see a dance performance by Ruth Saint Denis, one of the first modern dancers in America.

然而，在1910年，玛莎的父亲带她去看露丝圣丹尼斯的舞蹈表演，她是美国第一批现代舞演员之一。

The second influence is that of Alvin Ailey, one of the great modern dancers in the United States during the twentieth century and the founder of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater.

第二个影响是阿尔文·艾利，他是二十世纪美国最伟大的现代舞家之一， 也是艾尔文·艾利美国舞蹈剧院的创始人。