Gautier praised their performance in Act II , writing that the two dancers made the act `` a real poem , a choreographic elegy full of charm and tenderness ... More than one eye that thought it was seeing only [ dance ] was surprised to find its vision obscured by a tearsomething that does not often happen in a ballet ... Grisi danced with a perfection ... that places her in the ranks between Elssler and Taglioni ... Her miming surpassed every expectation ... She is nature and artlessness personified . ''
Gautier praised their performance in Act 2 , writing that the two dancers made the act `` a real poem , a choreographic elegy full of charm and tenderness ... More than one eye that thought it was seeing only [ dance ] was surprised to find its vision obscured by a tear -- something that does not often happen in a ballet ... Grisi danced with a perfection ... that places her in the ranks between Elssler and Taglioni ... Her miming surpassed every expectation ... She is nature and artlessness personified . ''