Jewels

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Jewels is a three-act, plotless ballet choreographed by George Balanchine, celebrated for its jewel-themed sections set to music by Fauré, Stravinsky, and Tchaikovsky.

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Label Occurrences
Jewels canonical 5
The Jewels 1

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ballet ⓘ
plotless ballet ⓘ
associatedCompany New York City Ballet ⓘ
balletStyle neoclassical ⓘ
choreographer George Balanchine ⓘ
choreographicStyle George Balanchine neoclassicism ⓘ
costumeDesigner Karinska ⓘ
countryOfPremiere United States ⓘ
createdForCompany New York City Ballet ⓘ
firstCity New York City ⓘ
hasAct Diamonds ⓘ
Emeralds ⓘ
Rubies ⓘ
hasPlot no ⓘ
hasSectionColor green (Emeralds) ⓘ
red (Rubies) ⓘ
white (Diamonds) ⓘ
languageOfTitle English ⓘ
musicBy Gabriel Fauré ⓘ
Igor Stravinsky ⓘ
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky ⓘ
musicForDiamonds Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky ⓘ
musicForDiamondsWork Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 3 in D major, Op. 29 "Polish" ⓘ
musicForEmeralds Gabriel Fauré ⓘ
musicForEmeraldsWork Fauré: Pelléas et Mélisande, Op. 80 (excerpts) ⓘ
Fauré: Shylock, Op. 57 (excerpts) ⓘ
musicForRubies Igor Stravinsky ⓘ
musicForRubiesWork Stravinsky: Capriccio for Piano and Orchestra ⓘ
notableFor being one of the first full-length abstract ballets ⓘ
its jewel-themed costuming and design ⓘ
its use of three different composers ⓘ
numberOfActs 3 ⓘ
premiereCompany New York City Ballet ⓘ
premiereDate 1967-04-13 ⓘ
premierePlace New York City ⓘ
premiereTheatre New York State Theater ⓘ
revivedBy Bolshoi Ballet ⓘ
Paris Opera Ballet ⓘ
Royal Ballet ⓘ
linked to: The Royal Ballet
rightsHolder The George Balanchine Trust ⓘ
sectionTheme Diamonds – homage to Russian imperial ballet ⓘ
Emeralds – evocation of French romantic ballet ⓘ
Rubies – jazzy, American neoclassical style ⓘ
setDesigner Peter Harvey ⓘ
structure triptych ⓘ
theme jewels ⓘ
typicalRunningTime about 80 minutes ⓘ

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Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Black Atlass → notableWork → Jewels ⓘ
Les Bijoux → titleInEnglish → The Jewels ⓘ
linked to: Jewels
Giorgi Balanchivadze → notableWork → Jewels ⓘ
subject linked to: Giorgi
Jenifer Ringer → performerIn → Jewels ⓘ