Packet 8: Tossup 12

One ballet from this country features a woman watched by a crowd as she holds up a white umbrella while dancing through blue silk. (15[1])A choreographer from this country was inspired (15[1])by Joan of Arc to create Seraphic Dialogues. (15[2])This country is home (15[1])to a choreographer who depicted his (15[1])“blood memories” in the ballet Revelations, (15[2])as well (15[1])as another choreographer (15[1])who popularized (*) “contraction-and-release” (10[1])breathing in dance. That choreographer (10[1])from this country had sets designed by Isamu Noguchi (10[4]-5[2])for a (10[1])ballet (10[3]-5[1])in which (-5[1])a (10[1])Bride and Farmer (10[1])dance to variations of the hymn (10[1])“Simple Gifts.” (10[4])For 10 (10[2])points, (10[1])name this home country (10[2])of choreographers Alvin Ailey and Martha Graham. ■END■ (10[11]0[3])

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