Pâquerette is a ballet

Ballet

Ballet is a type of performance dance, that originated in the Italian Renaissance courts of the 15th century, and which was further developed in France and Russia as a concert dance form. The early portions preceded the invention of the proscenium stage and were presented in large chambers with...

 in 4 Acts-7 Scenes, with choreography by Arthur Saint-Léon

Arthur Saint-Leon

Arthur Saint-Léon was the Maître de Ballet of St. Petersburg Imperial Ballet from 1859 until 1869 and is famous for creating the choreography of the ballet Coppélia.-Biography:...

, and music by François Benoist

François Benoist

François Benoist was a French organist, composer, and pedagogue.Benoist was born in Nantes. He studied music at the Conservatoire de Paris and won the Prix de Rome in 1815 for his cantata Œnone. In 1819, he became organist and professor of organ at the Conservatoire; he held the latter post for...

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The ballet was first presented by the Ballet of the Académie Royale de Musique on January 15, 1881 in Paris

Paris

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, France

France

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. Principal Dancers - Fanny Cerrito

Fanny Cerrito

Fanny Cerrito, originally Francesca Cerrito , was an Italian ballet dancer and choreographer.Born in Naples, she studied under Carlo Blasis and the French choreographers Jules Perrot and Arthur Saint-Léon, to the latter of whom she was married from 1845–1851. Notable roles included Ondine and a...

 (as Pâquerette), and Arthur Saint-Léon (as François).

Revivals/Restagings

• Restaging by Arthur Saint-Léon for the Imperial Ballet
  Mariinsky Ballet
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  , with Cesare Pugni
  Cesare Pugni
  Cesare Pugni was an Italian composer of ballet music, a pianist and a violinist. In his early career he composed operas, symphonies, and various other forms of orchestral music. Pugni is most noted for the ballets he composed while serving as Composer of the Ballet Music to Her Majesty's Theatre...
  
   making additions and revising Bernoist's score. First presented on January 28/February 9 (Julian
  Julian calendar
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  /Gregorian calendar
  Gregorian calendar
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   dates), 1860 at the Imperial Bolshoi Kamenny Theatre, in St. Petersburg, Russia.

• Revival by Marius Petipa
  Marius Petipa
  Victor Marius Alphonse Petipa was a French ballet dancer, teacher and choreographer. Petipa is considered to be the most influential ballet master and choreographer of ballet that has ever lived....
  
   for the Imperial Ballet, with Léon Minkus making additions and revising Benoist's score. First presented on January 10–22, 1882 at the Imperial Bolshoi Kamenny Theatre, in St. Petersburg, Russia. Eugeniia Sokolova (as Pâquerette), and Pavel Gerdt
  Pavel Gerdt
  Pavel Andreyevich Gerdt, also known as Paul Gerdt , was the Premier Danseur Noble of the Imperial Ballet, the Bolshoi Kamenny Theatre, and the Mariinsky Theatre for 56 years, making his debut in 1860, and retiring in 1916...
  
  (as François).