Jewels

Spotted: 11 October 2018, After Youtube Search

Jewels is a three-act ballet created by George Balanchine, the founding choreographer of the New York City Ballet, premiered in 1967. It is a full-length abstract ballet with three movements named Emeralds, Rubies, and Diamonds. Rubies is set to the music of Igor Stravinsky, "Capriccio pour piano et orchestre," written in Nice, France between 1926 and 1929 after the composer fled the twin Russian Revolutions of February and October 1917.

Rubies is led by one of America's most celebrated ballet danseurs, Edward Villella, who was born in New York on 01 October 1936. World Ballet Day is also celebrated every 02 October.


[This post is antedated: 20181022]