Appalachian Spring

American  

noun

1. a dance (1944) choreographed by Martha Graham, with musical score by Aaron Copland.

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Example Sentences

If the Shakers have a lasting cultural legacy, it is their music — most famously “Simple Gifts,” the uplifting spiritual Aaron Copland immortalized in his ballet “Appalachian Spring.”

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There is nothing overt about “Appalachian Spring” to remind us of home.

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The Graham Company’s revival of “Appalachian Spring” is part of the ensemble’s centenary celebration.

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Yet L.A. and its fires, the Ukraine war, even Hollywood, haunt “Appalachian Spring.”

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But it was the certain quietude of “Appalachian Spring” that seemed to beg us to let artists and architects, environmentalists and permaculturists, first be invited to provide a vision.

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