The Vestal) is a grand ballet in three acts and four scenes with choreography by Marius Petipa and music by Mikhail Ivanov.

Many critics who saw the première commented unanimously that the work was the epitome of the Ballet à Grand Spectacle.

Set in Ancient Rome, the ballet was built on fantastical themes, complete with gods and goddesses, Emperors, and the like.

Mikhail Ivanov's music proved to be the first successful score for the ballet that was provided by a symphonic composer.

This variation was performed with great acclaim by the ballerina, Maria Anderson and appears in the Bolshoi Ballet's staging of the Paquita Grand Pas Classique, staged by Russian choreographer, Yuri Burlaka.