“Diamonds”

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“Diamonds” is the third, grand and classical movement of George Balanchine’s full-length ballet *Jewels*, often performed as a standalone work by major ballet companies.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Jewels 5
"Diamonds" (stage production) 1
“Diamonds” canonical 1

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ballet
ballet movement
aestheticInspiration Imperial Russian ballet
linked to: Mariinsky Theatre

St. Petersburg Mariinsky style
associatedChoreographerBirthplace Saint Petersburg
linked to: St. Petersburg
associatedChoreographerNationality American
associatedComposerNationality Russian
balletCompanyAssociation New York City Ballet repertory
belongsToTrilogy Jewels
linked to: “Diamonds”
choreographer George Balanchine
choreographicSchool Balanchine technique
costumeColorTheme silver
white
costumeDesigner Karinska
countryOfOrigin United States
creator George Balanchine
firstPerformedBy New York City Ballet
fullLengthContext third movement of the full-length ballet Jewels
genre plotless ballet
influencedBy Marius Petipa’s grand classical style
languageOfTitle English
movementNumber third
musicBy Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
musicForm symphonic ballet
musicFrom Symphony No. 3 in D major, Op. 29
musicGenre classical music
musicPeriod Romantic era
linked to: Romanticism
notableFeature features large corps de ballet
includes principal pas de deux
often performed as a standalone work
originalBalletTitle Jewels
linked to: “Diamonds”
originalCompanyDirector George Balanchine
partOf Jewels
positionInBallet final movement of Jewels
precededBy Emeralds
Rubies
premiereCompany New York City Ballet
premiereDate 1967-04-13
premiereLocation New York State Theater, Lincoln Center, New York City
repertoireStatus standard work in the repertory of major ballet companies
setDesigner Peter Harvey
structure grand classical ballet in the Petipa tradition
style neoclassical ballet
theme evocation of grandeur and purity associated with diamonds
typicalCasting two principal dancers and corps de ballet
typicalPerformanceContext performed both within Jewels and as a standalone piece

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

George Balanchine notableWork Jewels
linked to: “Diamonds”
Diamonds belongsToTrilogy Jewels
subject linked to: “Diamonds”
linked to: “Diamonds”
Diamonds originalBalletTitle Jewels
subject linked to: “Diamonds”
linked to: “Diamonds”
Giorgi Melitonis dze Balanchivadze notableWork Jewels
linked to: “Diamonds”
New York City Ballet notableWork Jewels
linked to: “Diamonds”
Peter Harvey work "Diamonds" (stage production)
linked to: “Diamonds”