After being commanded to dance, one character in a ballet by this choreographer is presented with a basket of flowers that conceals a snake, which kills her. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this French-born Russian choreographer who worked with Lev Ivanov to create an 1895 revival of Swan Lake.
ANSWER: Marius Petipa [or Marius Ivanovich Petipa; or Victor Marius Alphonse Petipa]
[10h] In this ballet by Petipa, the warrior Solor reunites with the snake-bitten Nikiya in the Kingdom of the Shades, during which 28 dancers perform in unison behind the two lovers.
ANSWER: La Bayadère [or The Temple Dancer]
[10e] Petipa collaborated again with Ivanov to choreograph this Tchaikovsky ballet set during Christmas which contains the “Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy.”
ANSWER: The Nutcracker [or Shchelkunchik]
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