The first of these demonstrations was the notation of the one-act ballet "La Flûte magique", a work originally produced in 1893 by Lev Ivanov and the composer Riccardo Drigo for the students of the Imperial Ballet School. Stepanov then presented a second demonstration of his method by mounting a reconstruction of Jules Perrot's one-act ballet "Le Rêve du peintre", originally staged in 1848 to the music of Cesare Pugni. The notations for this work were created by Stepanov after consulting Christian Johansson, who participated in the 1848 production and many performances thereafter. The reconstruction of "Le Rêve du peintre" was performed by students of the Imperial Ballet School on . Based on the success of these notations, Stepanov's project was approved and he soon began to notate the repertory of the Imperial Ballet. Among the first pieces to be documented was Petipa's 1894 ballet "Le Réveil de Flore" and the scene "Le jardin animé" from the ballet "Le Corsaire". Stepanov's method of notation was also included for a time as part of the curriculum of students of the Imperial Ballet School.