Sugar Plum Fairy

E217115

ballet role female ballet character fictional character

The Sugar Plum Fairy is a central, regal ballerina role in Tchaikovsky’s ballet "The Nutcracker," known for its technically demanding, lyrical solos and iconic pas de deux.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Sugar Plum Fairy canonical	6
Sugar Plum Fairy in The Nutcracker	1
The Nutcracker (Sugar Plum Fairy)	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ballet role ⓘ female ballet character ⓘ fictional character ⓘ
appearsIn	The Nutcracker, Op. 71 ⓘ surface form: The Nutcracker
appearsInWorkBy	Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky ⓘ
associatedWith	The Nutcracker, Op. 71 ⓘ surface form: The Nutcracker Suite
associatedWithSeason	Christmas ⓘ
costumeTheme	sweets and confections ⓘ
costumeType	classical tutu ⓘ
culturalImpact	iconic Christmas ballet role ⓘ widely recognized in popular culture ⓘ
firstBalletProduction	original production of The Nutcracker ⓘ
firstChoreographyBy	Lev Ivanov NERFINISHED ⓘ Marius Petipa ⓘ
firstPerformanceLocation	Mariinsky Theatre ⓘ surface form: Mariinsky Theatre, Saint Petersburg
firstPerformed	1892 ⓘ
hasCharacteristic	ethereal ⓘ lyrical ⓘ regal ⓘ technically demanding ⓘ virtuosic ⓘ
hasDanceForm	coda ⓘ pas de deux ⓘ variation ⓘ
hasGenre	classical ballet ⓘ
hasMovementQuality	controlled turns ⓘ delicate footwork ⓘ elegant port de bras ⓘ precise pointe work ⓘ sustained balances ⓘ
musicComposedBy	Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky ⓘ
musicFeatures	celesta ⓘ orchestra ⓘ
narrativeFunction	hostess to Clara ⓘ ruler of the Land of Sweets ⓘ symbol of sweetness and fantasy ⓘ
notableInterpreter	Galina Ulanova ⓘ Margot Fonteyn ⓘ Maya Plisetskaya ⓘ Mikhail Baryshnikov’s partners in his Nutcracker productions ⓘ Natalia Makarova ⓘ Olga Preobrajenska ⓘ Tamara Karsavina ⓘ
partOf	Act II of The Nutcracker ⓘ surface form: The Nutcracker, Act II
performsToMusic	Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy ⓘ
requiresSkillLevel	principal ballerina technique ⓘ
roleType	classical ballet role ⓘ principal role ⓘ regal ballerina role ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

The Nutcracker (Balanchine version) → featuresCharacter → Sugar Plum Fairy ⓘ

Ashley Bouder → knownForRole → Sugar Plum Fairy ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sugar Plum Fairy in The Nutcracker

Grand Pas de Deux → featuresRole → Sugar Plum Fairy ⓘ

Elizabeth Marie Tall Chief → notableWork → Sugar Plum Fairy ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Nutcracker (Sugar Plum Fairy)

Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy → characterDepicted → Sugar Plum Fairy ⓘ

The Nutcracker, Op. 71 → centralCharacter → Sugar Plum Fairy ⓘ

The Nutcracker and the Four Realms → character → Sugar Plum Fairy ⓘ

Clara Stahlbaum → associatedWith → Sugar Plum Fairy ⓘ