Round 7: Tossup 16

Woodwinds play as each member of a group takes a seat at the end of this ballet’s second movement, which was scored for thirteen instruments due to its small premiere space. A Poston, Arizona internment camp may have inspired a fence in this ballet, which also features an hourglass-shaped rocking chair reminiscent of Brâncuși (“brin-KOOSH”). Four “Followers” (10[1])surround an all black clad “Revivalist” in a scene in this ballet with a set created by Isamu Noguchi. The Bride and the Husbandman build a farmhouse in this ballet, which features a variation based on the Shaker hymn “Simple Gifts.” (10[1])For 10 points, Martha Graham choreographed what ballet with music by Aaron Copland? ■END■ (0[2])

ANSWER: Appalachian Spring
<Editors, Other Fine Arts> | Packet H
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Summary

TournamentEditionTUHConv. %Neg %Average Buzz
UK (North)UK333%33%96.00
UK (South)UK757%14%110.00
Northern CaliforniaUS4100%25%102.25
Southern CaliforniaUS5100%20%93.20
Eastern Canada (1)US580%0%95.50
Eastern Canada (2)US989%0%97.25
FloridaUS250%0%110.00
Great LakesUS1182%9%66.56
Lower Mid-AtlanticUS875%0%88.67
Upper Mid-AtlanticUS1136%9%96.75
MidwestUS989%11%87.75
NorthUS475%25%104.67
NortheastUS1080%10%85.75
PacificUS683%17%94.80
South CentralUS667%0%99.00
SoutheastUS1191%9%87.50
Upstate NYUS367%0%75.50