Bolshoi Live: Jewels

Screening Dates:
Sun 19 January 3:00pm

Composer: Gabriel Fauré, Igor Stravinsky, Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Libbretist: Ivan Vsevolozhsky, Maruis Petipa
Choreographer: George Balanchine
Cast: Karim Abdullin, Dmitry Gudanov, Nina Kaptsova, Ekaterina Shipulin

Inspired by the famous jewellers of New York’s Fifth Avenue, this triptych, broadcast live from Moscow, is a tribute to women, and to the cities of Paris, New York and St Petersburg.

Choreographed in 1967 in New York City, this ballet, with its jewel-like costumes, celebrates the three cities and three dance schools that forged the elegance, aesthetic and style of choreographer George Balanchine. Emeralds was conceived as a poetic tribute to the French romantic school and Rubies to the American tradition of Broadway musicals, while Diamonds honours the virtuosity of classical Russian dancers.