Jockey Dance

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"Jockey Dance" is a pas de deux from the ballet From Siberia to Moscow, by August Bournonville (1805-1879)[1].

From Siberia to Moscow (Fra Sibirien til Moskov in Danish) is a ballet in two acts, with music by C.C. Moeller. First performed by the in Copenhagen Royal Danish Ballet on 7 December, 1876.

The pas de deux known as the "Jockey Dance" appears to have been a popular dance, often used as an independent act.

South African performances include

Marion Kant (ed.). 2007. The Cambridge Companion to Ballet. Cambridge University Press: p.136[2]