Question

The first full-length ballet created for this company incorporates music from a composer’s overtures to Athalie (“ah-tah-LEE”) and The Fair Melusine. This company’s contemporary fare includes a Justin Peck ballet set to the music of Sufjan (“SOOF-yahn”) Stevens, titled Year of the Rabbit, and a Christopher Wheeldon ballet setting Ligeti’s piano music, titled Polyphonia. Throughout the 1950s, many of this company’s (-5[1])principal male roles (10[1])were (-5[1])originated by Nicholas Magallanes (“mah-gah-LAH-ness”). In 1956, polio ended the career of this company’s principal dancer, the choreographer’s wife Tanaquil Le Clerq. Lincoln Kirstein (10[1])co-founded this (-5[1])company, whose first prima ballerina was Maria Tallchief. (10[2]-5[1])A Christmas tree grows to 41 (10[1])feet tall (-5[1])in its annual production of The Nutcracker. (-5[2])For 10 points, (-5[1])the David H. Koch (10[1])Theater in (-5[1])Lincoln Center (-5[2])is home to what company, founded by George Balanchine ■END■ (10[4]0[10])

ANSWER: New York City Ballet [or NYCB] (The first ballet is A Midsummer Night’s Dream.)
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Summary

2025 ACF Nationals04/19/2025Y2148%0%52%107.80

Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Benjamin McAvoy-BickfordNorth Carolina ACornell A58-5
Joel MilesMinnesotaWUSTL B6110
Shiva TegullaUCFJohns Hopkins62-5
Adam FineChicago ABritish Columbia8510
Teigue KellyPenn StateRutgers87-5
Joseph ChambersVirginiaRIT9510
Derek ChenColumbia BNorth Carolina B9510
Jared HeWaterloo AMaryland95-5
Chris SimsNorthwesternVirginia Tech10110
Annabelle YangWUSTL AYale103-5
Eve FleisigUC Berkeley ATexas110-5
Guy IndoranteIowa StateMIT110-5
Albert Yingzhi NyangLSEHarvard113-5
Todd MaslykMichiganWinona State11710
Alan WuVanderbiltOttawa119-5
Owen MimnoNYUChicago B121-5
Jeffrey XuGeorgia TechArizona State121-5
Yrwin BatanMITIowa State13110
Adrian WongOttawaVanderbilt1310
Justin HawkinsIndianaCornell B1310
Sarod NoriCornell BIndiana13110
Joey SunToronto BColumbia A1310
Liam StarnesChicago BNYU1310
Karan GurazadaTexasUC Berkeley A1310
Anuttam RamjiUC Berkeley BStanford1310
Micah ColmanWaterloo BToronto A1310
Geoffrey WuColumbia AToronto B1310
Michał GerasimiukStanfordUC Berkeley B13110
Sky LiToronto AWaterloo B1310
Joy AnHarvardLSE13110
Aum MundheRutgersPenn State1310