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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 originated this role, represented by a staccato melody beginning with the sixteenth notes G and E, followed by the eighth notes [read (10[1])slowly] G, F-sharp, D-sharp, E, which evoke “drops of water shooting from a fountain.” Maria Tallchief danced (10[1])this role in a 1954 Balanchine production that popularized the ballet that (-5[1])features (-5[1])this character. This character calls for (10[1]0[1])a celebration with dancers representing Arabian coffee and Chinese tea, and she dances (10[3])a grand pas de deux with Prince Coqueluche (“kohk-uh-LOOSH”) after the “Waltz of the Flowers.” For 10 points, name this ruler of the Land of Sweets whose “Dance” includes a celesta solo in (10[1])The Nutcracker. ■END■

ANSWER: Sugar Plum Fairy [or Fée-Dragée]
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Sinecio MoralesJohns Hopkins ARutgers A6910
Teigue KellyPenn State ABard A8610
Jason CekinmezPrinceton AJohns Hopkins B98-5
Will HollisterLehigh AJohns Hopkins B99-5
Jack RadoColumbia APenn B10510
Jeevika SetzerJohns Hopkins BPrinceton A1050
John ShellyRowan APenn State B11810
John ShellyRowan APenn State B11810
Austin GuoPrinceton ARutgers C11810
Elizabeth JewlalJohns Hopkins BLehigh A15010