Place de Grève. A dance around the bonfire. A scene from the first act of A. Simon’s ballet “Gudul's Daughter”

“There was lots of talking about the ballet ‘Gudul’s Daughter’ with music by A. Yu. Simon. That was not a regular ballet, but rather a pantomime. According to Maria Alexeyevna Drugasheva, who starred in the play (as Mother), crowd scenes were striking, especially in the seventh act, where Esmeralda was supposed to be executed. The chorus seemed to have real feelings and showed a great enthusiasm. The ballet was a great success. Konstantin Sergeievich Stanislavski came to see it several times, and admired it.” M. Gorshkova