The Dying Swan - 2026 ACF Regionals

Question

On her deathbed, the original performer of this ballet legendarily asked for the costume she wore in it. For 10 points each:

[10m] Name this short ballet that originated a namesake style of wavy arm movements. A Tennyson poem inspired Anna Pavlova and Michel Fokine to create this ballet set to a piece for cello and piano.

ANSWER: The Dying Swan [or La Mort du cygne; accept Dying Swan arms; prompt on swan arms]

[10e] The Dying Swan was also a signature role of Alicia Markova, who worked in this city. Ninette de Valois founded a ballet company in this city that now performs at Covent Garden.

ANSWER: London

[10h] Throughout The Dying Swan, the dancer performs these small, quick steps en pointe to imitate the swan gliding on water. This step shares its name with a traditional clog dance from Auvergne (“oh-VAIRN-yuh”).

ANSWER: bourrée [or pas de bourrée couru; or pas de bourrée suivi; reject “pas de bourrée”]

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Summary


California (North)	Main Site	Y	3	13.33	100%	33%	0%
California (South)	Main Site	Y	2	20.00	100%	100%	0%
Canada	Main Site	Y	7	11.43	86%	29%	0%
Florida	Main Site	Y	3	10.00	100%	0%	0%
Great Lakes	Main Site	Y	5	12.00	100%	20%	0%
Lower Mid-Atlantic	Main Site	Y	2	10.00	100%	0%	0%
Midwest	Main Site	Y	7	12.86	100%	29%	0%
Overflow	Main Site	Y	4	15.00	100%	50%	0%
South Central	Main Site	Y	2	15.00	100%	50%	0%
Southeast	Main Site	Y	6	15.00	100%	50%	0%
UK	Main Site	Y	8	15.00	100%	50%	0%
Upper Mid-Atlantic	Main Site	Y	5	14.00	100%	40%	0%
Upstate NY	Main Site	Y	4	7.50	50%	25%	0%

Data


Berkeley B	Berkeley D	0	10	10
UCLA A	UCSD A	10	10	20
UCLA B	UCSD C	10	10	20
Berkeley A	Stanford A	10	10	20
Brock	Toronto G	0	10	10
Carleton University	Guelph	0	10	10
Toronto B	McMaster A	0	10	10
UBC A	Ottawa	10	10	20
Waterloo B	UBC B	0	0	0
Waterloo A	Queen's	10	10	20
Western C	Simon Fraser	0	10	10
Florida B	Central Florida A	0	10	10
Florida A	Central Florida B	0	10	10
Florida C	Central Florida C	0	10	10
Michigan C	CWRU B	0	10	10
CWRU A	Michigan A	0	10	10
Michigan B	Pittsburgh	0	10	10
Ohio State A	Ohio State B	0	10	10
Ohio State C	Michigan State	10	10	20
NC State A	North Carolina A	0	10	10
Virginia Tech A	William and Mary	0	10	10
Chicago A	Northwestern C	10	10	20
Chicago C	Indiana B	0	10	10
Chicago D	Illinois C	0	10	10
Indiana A	Chicago E	0	10	10
Illinois A	Indiana C	10	10	20
Northwestern D	Illinois B	0	10	10
Chicago B	Notre Dame B	0	10	10
Berkeley C	Stanford B	0	10	10
Carleton College	Georgia Tech A	0	10	10
Claremont	Missouri B	10	10	20
Iowa State	Missouri A	0	10	10
Minnesota A	Washington B	10	10	20
Texas A	Texas A&M A	0	10	10
Texas B	Murray State A	10	10	20
WashU A	Louisville B	0	10	10
Kentucky	Alabama B	0	10	10
Georgia Tech B	Tennessee B	10	10	20
Bruin	Louisville A	10	10	20
Georgia Tech C	Sewanee	10	10	20
Georgia Tech D	WashU B	0	10	10
Bristol	Cambridge C	10	10	20
Edinburgh A	Southampton A	10	10	20
City St. George's	Imperial A	0	10	10
LSE	Imperial C	0	10	10
Manchester	Imperial B	0	10	10
Montpellier	Cambridge A	10	10	20
Oxford A	Edinburgh B	10	10	20
Cambridge B	Oxford B	0	10	10
Maryland A	Columbia B	10	10	20
Swarthmore	John Jay	0	10	10
Columbia C	Johns Hopkins A	0	10	10
NYU A	Georgetown	10	10	20
Cornell A	Binghamton A	0	0	0
RIT	Binghamton B	0	0	0
Cornell B	Penn State	0	10	10
Rochester	Cornell C	10	10	20
Rutgers A	NYU C	0	10	10