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The ballet was first presented by the Imperial Ballet on March 11/23 (Julian/Gregorian calendar dates) 1879 at the Imperial Bolshoi Kammeny Theatre in St. Petersburg, Russia.
The principal dancers at the première included and Pavel Gerdt.
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It has been conjectured by ballet historians that this work was a revival of a ballet of the same title originally produced by Petipa's father for the Ballet du Théâtre de la Monnaie in Brussels, Belgium, where it was first performed on 19 February 1822.
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The ballets and *revivals of Marius Petipa in Russia
