La fille du Danube

La Fille du Danube was choreographed and produced by Filippo Taglioni for his daughter, Marie Taglioni, the creator of the title role and was premièred on 21 September 1836 by the ballet of the Académie Royale de Musique, Paris.

Her St Petersburg debut was a huge success, with the Russian balletomanes and critics becoming completely enchanted by the Italian ballerina.

One critic wrote: The ballet presented yesterday, La Fille du Danube, had a marvellous success.

The balletmaster Mr Taglioni, the creator of the ballet, who produced it on our stage, was called for after the first and second acts.

In 1880, at the request of Tsar Alexander II, who had seen Marie Taglioni in the ballet, La Fille du Danube was revived by Marius Petipa for the Prima Ballerina, Ekaterina Vazem.