This character was replaced in an adaptation by the National Ballet of China with a character who gives Yuan Yuan a red scarf after she asks to become a crane. A stage device called a reika created the illusion of this character gliding across the stage. Antoinetta Dell’Era (-5[1])originated this role, represented by a staccato melody (-5[1])beginning with the sixteenth notes (10[2])G and E, (10[1])followed by the eighth notes (10[2])[read (10[2]-5[1])slowly] (10[1])G, F-sharp, D-sharp, E, (10[1])which (10[1]-5[1])evoke “drops of water (10[1])shooting from (10[1])a fountain.” (10[1])Maria Tallchief danced (10[1])this role in a (-5[1])1954 (10[2])Balanchine production (10[1])that popularized (10[1]-5[1])the ballet that (-5[1])features (-5[2])this character. (-5[1])This (-5[1])character calls (-5[1])for (10[1]0[1])a celebration with (10[1])dancers representing (-5[1])Arabian coffee (10[2])and (10[4]-5[2])Chinese tea, (-5[1])and she dances (10[4]-5[1])a grand pas (-5[1])de deux (-5[1])with (10[2])Prince Coqueluche (“kohk-uh-LOOSH”) after the “Waltz of the Flowers.” For 10 points, name (-5[1])this ruler of the Land (10[3]-5[1])of Sweets (10[3]-5[1])whose (10[2])“Dance” includes (10[2])a celesta solo in (10[4])The (10[13]0[1])Nutcracker. ■END■