Round 7: Tossup 18

In this country, a dance technique building on earlier ideas like counterbalance and fall and recovery was developed by Katherine Dunham. A choreographer from this country used the lateral T, characteristic of Horton technique, in his piece Revelations. In a piece from this country, characters like the Daughter and the (*) Revivalist dance in a sparse set with a simple rocking chair. Alvin Ailey is from this country, (10[1])where a pioneer of modern dance choreographed to variations on the Shaker song “Simple Gifts.” (10[1])For (10[1])10 points, what country is home to Martha Graham, who collaborated (10[1])with Aaron Copland on Appalachian Spring? ■END■ (10[1])

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