Les Sylphides
Despite difficulties with the bands, Kirsova was steadily working her way into the hearts of the critics and the Australian audiences. It was the start of "a tremendous public following". One observer wrote of her performance in "Les Sylphides" that "Kirsova, svelte in shimmering grace, distinguished herself ... in the pas de deux". Towards the end of the season in Melbourne, Kirsova's "pas de deux" with Guerard in "Scuola di Ballo" was acclaimed as "a delicious fragment, bubbling with high spirits and humour". Haskell wrote of her portrayal of the "shy, brilliant bird" in "The Firebird" as "one of the most perfect things seen in this or any other season". The Australian dance writer and archivist, Michelle Potter, has suggested that "perhaps the roles for which she was most praised in the Australian press were those of the Ballerina in "Petrushka" and, especially when partnered by Igor Youskevitch, Columbine in "Le Carnaval". Her performances in "Les Sylphides" were also especially admired, as was her portrayal of the widow in "L'Amour sorcier"". Haskell said of Kirsova at this stage of the tour that her mazurka in "Les Sylphides" revealed to the full her "gifts of elevation, strength and precision".