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Originating a role in this ballet was the best-known feat of ballerina Antonietta Dell’Era. In this ballet’s first full performance in the US, William Christensen danced the role of The Cavalier. (10[1])This ballet’s Journey Through the Snow was cut in its 1954 adaptation by George Balanchine. This ballet’s (10[1])Grand divertissement (10[1])(“div-air-tees-MON”) contains dances named for Spain, Arabia, (10[1])and China, (10[3])or chocolate, (10[1])coffee, and tea, (10[1])which are followed by a trepak. (10[1])The final movement of this ballet’s (10[1])namesake suite is an A major “Waltz of the Flowers.” An E minor celeste solo plays during this ballet’s “Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy.” (10[1])For 10 points, what Tchaikovsky ballet is titled for a wooden toy soldier? ■END■

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