The Russian State Ballet Of Siberia makes its first visit to Brighton this week and brought with it a stunning version of Adolphe Adam's Giselle.

And if the standards continue in Prokofiev's Romeo And Juliet, which opens tonight, it looks to be a top ticket.

This comparatively young ballet company comes to Brighton courtesy of Raymond Gubbay and contains some highly talented dancers.

I fell in love with 21-year-old Anna Aulie's Giselle the very moment she appeared on stage.

Slim, supple and utterly charming, her peasant girl innocence was immediately appealing.

No wonder she was being courted by both the forester Hans and the aristocratic Albrecht.

Her dancing was lithe and silkily fluid. She can leap easily and smoothly and her point work is immaculate. She is a star in the making in this fantasy ballet.

And it was certainly the girls who were doing the best work - they were cleverly coordinated in all they did.

Alexander Butrimevich's Albrecht was also tall and looked impossibly slim, with the longest legs I've ever seen on a man. He took his high leaps and scissor jumps with an ease and a grace which almost defied gravity.

The excellent corps de ballet simply took my breath away. In their first appearance as peasant girls they were magnificent and when they came on in the dance of the Wilis, the spirits who keep Giselle from her grave, they were even better.

The problem with ballet in Brighton is there really is no stage suitable for it. With the best will in the world, I suspect we are seeing only about two thirds of the ability the dancers have.