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

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