JEWELS

'Jewels' is a three act ballet piece that was created for the New York City Ballet by co-founder and founding choreographer George Balanchine. The opening day was on Thursday, April 13, 1967, at the New York State Theatre. The ballet 'Jewels' was the first known abstract ballet piece that anyone had ever seen with the three movements of Emeralds, Rubies, and Diamonds. The first dance number is the 'Emeralds', where the dancers are wearing all green. There is three male dancer partnered up with one female dancer each; the choreography seems very elegant and well practiced. The next number is where the dancers are all rubies and are wearing all red. The music for this number was more upbeat, and the dancers seemed more energetic. The last number was the diamonds where all the dancers wore white costumes. The music slowed down again as well, however the ending was upbeat again and really was a crowd pleaser.