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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. This ballet’s Journey Through the Snow was cut in its 1954 adaptation by George Balanchine. This ballet’s Grand divertissement (“div-air-tees-MON”) contains dances named for Spain, Arabia, and (10[1])China, or chocolate, (10[1])coffee, and tea, (10[1]-5[1])which (10[2])are followed by a trepak. The final movement of this ballet’s 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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