Camargo (ballet)

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Camargo (or La Camargo) is a grand ballet in three acts and nine scenes, with choreography by

Marie Camargo, in which she and her sister Madeleine were abducted by the Comte de Melun in May 1728 and taken to his mansion.[1]

The ballet was first presented by the

St. Petersburg, Russia. The Principal Dancers were Adèle Grantzow (as Marie Camargo), Alexandra Virginia (as Madeleine Camargo), Lev Ivanov (as Vestris, the Maître de Ballet) and Timofei Stukolkin
(as the Comte de Melun).

Revivals

Camargo was revived by Petipa's second ballet master

Olga Preobrajenskaya (as Madeleine Camargo), Pavel Gerdt (as Vestris, the Maître de Ballet) and Georgii Kiaksht
(as the Comte de Melun).

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