Round 4: Tossup 13

Maria Tallchief’s performance as one of these beings helped turn a then-obscure ballet into a box-office hit for the New York Ballet. (-5[1])In one ballet, one of these beings named Carabosse opposes one added to the story (15[1])by Marius Petipa. A pas de deux (-5[1])with the cavalier Coqueluche contains a variation for one of these beings, (15[1])who is traditionally played by the (*) prima ballerina in productions (10[1])of (10[1])The Nutcracker, that features a ringing celesta melody. In The Sleeping Beauty, good is embodied by a “Lilac” one of these beings. (10[2])In The Nutcracker, the Land of (10[1])Sweets (10[2])is ruled by, for 10 points, (10[2])one of what type of being (10[1])named for sugar plums? (10[1])■END■ (10[3])

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