Read the following extract and answer the question that follows:
The four girls crouch on the floor, as four wheels of a car. Lakunle directs their spacing, then takes his place in the middle, and sits on air. He alone does not dance. He does realistic miming. Soft throbbing drums, gradually swelling in volume, and the four 'wheels' begin to rotate the upper halves of their bodies in perpendicular circles. Lakunle clowning the driving motions, obviously enjoying this fully. The drums gain tempo, faster, faster, faster.
The extract above is part of the stage directions describing what happens during the morning scene after Sidi and Lakunle’s conversation is interrupted by a crowd of youth and drummers who enter the stage. Which of the following is not true about the stage directions?
The stage directions describe the performance of the Dance of the Lost Traveller.
The stage directions describe a performance delivered through the art of mime.
The stage directions and the performance described rely on the technique of flashback.
Baroka enters the stage and interrupts the performance described in the stage directions and ultimately bringing the performance to a premature conclusion.
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