 The cast included the great "Prima ballerina" Olga Preobrajenska in the title rôle and the danseur Sergei Legat as the shepherd Aminta.Also included among the ballet's secondary characters was a young Agrippina Vaganova as a nymph of the Goddess Diana, and Pavel Gerdt in the rôle of Orion.Although the dances of the ballerina Preobrajenska were a great success, the first performance was not.