Part 2 - Esmeralda - II act - pas de deux

This version of ballet Esmeralda, choreographed by Vladimir Burmeister in 1950s or 1960s, is performed by Stanislavsky Ballet located in Moscow (full name: Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Music Theatre in Moscow). Music, composed by Cesare Pugni, has been reworked by Soviet composer Reinhold Gliere and also contains additions by Sergei Vasilenko. The ballet tells of a young Parisian street dancer named Esmeralda, kidnapped as an infant by gypsies, who has captured the eye (and lust) of bot