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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 by Marius Petipa. A pas de deux with the cavalier Coqueluche contains a variation for one of these beings, who is traditionally played by the (*) prima ballerina in productions of The Nutcracker, (10[1])that features a ringing (10[1])celesta melody. In The Sleeping Beauty, (10[1])good is embodied by a (10[1])“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 sugar plums? ■END■ (10[1])

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