Bolshoi Ballet: Jewels (2014)
• January 19th, 2014 • 2h 30min
Music, Drama
Overview
George Balanchine's jewel-themed triptych, strikingly choreographed to the music of Faure, Stravinsky and Tchaikovsky. This three act masterpiece is renowned as the world's first full-length abstract ballet. The Russian-born co-founder of the New York City Ballet, Balanchine was inspired by the artistry of jewellery designer Claude Arpels to create a trio of distinct movements revealing the essence of each precious stone. Each part also evokes three different cities: Paris, New York and St. Petersburg. 'Emeralds' was conceived as a tribute to the French romantic school, with music by Gabriel Faure. The fiery and energetic 'Rubies' taps into the rich tradition of Broadway musicals, with music by Stravinsky. 'Diamonds' honours the grandeur of Imperial Russia and the Maryinsky Theater, choreographed to the music of Tchaikovsky. With its jewel-like costumes, this is a celebration of the influences on the choreographer who was described as the father of American ballet.
Make sure to check your pop-up blocker!!
Trailer
Similar Movies
Billy Elliot
Released on: 2000-09-28
Drama, Comedy, Music
County Durham, England, 1984. The miners' strike has started and the police have started coming up f...
Save the Last Dance
Released on: 2001-01-12
Drama, Family, Romance, Music
After the death of her mother, Sara moves to the South Side of Chicago to live with her father and g...
Save the Last Dance 2
Released on: 2006-10-10
Drama, Family, Romance
Sara joins Julliard in New York to fulfill her and her mother's dream of becoming the Prima ballerin...
Practise Makes
Released on: 2022-10-28
Drama, Fantasy
A ballet dancer moves and shifts in a space unknown.
Center Stage
Released on: 2000-05-12
Drama, Music
A group of 12 teenagers from various backgrounds enroll at the American Ballet Academy in New York t...
Step Up 2: The Streets
Released on: 2008-02-14
Music, Drama, Romance
When rebellious street dancer Andie West lands at the elite Maryland School of the Arts, she finds h...
White Nights
Released on: 1985-11-22
Drama, Thriller
After his plane crashes in Siberia, a Russian dancer, who defected to the West, is held prisoner in ...
The Nutcracker
Released on: 2009-12-01
Music
This all-time ballet favourite, in which young Clara is swept into a fantasy adventure when one of h...
The Nutcracker - Mariinsky Theatre
Released on: 2012-12-03
Music
During a Christmas Eve party and a young girl, Clara, being given a nutcracker doll by her godfather...
The Phantom of the Opera
Released on: 1925-06-29
Horror, Music
The deformed Phantom who haunts the Paris Opera House causes murder and mayhem in an attempt to make...
The Merry Widow
Released on: 1983-12-23
Music, Romance
The Merry Widow, a beguiling, romantic ballet starring Patricia McBride and Peter Martins.
The Nutcracker
Released on: 1977-12-16
Music, Fantasy
The Nutcracker is Mikhail Baryshnikov's breathtaking and critically acclaimed Emmy-nominated product...
Snow White
Released on: 2010-01-13
Music
To speak of that ballet is very difficult because the theme is so popular as a fairy tale, adapted b...
Angelika
Released on: 2014-01-01
Music
Eugen Suchoň's ballet Angelika is historically the first Slovak ballet in staged form, depicting the...
Flight of the Swan
Released on: 1992-10-09
Drama
A young girl leaves her Nigerian village to attend a ballet school in England. Fascinated by Tchaiko...
My Own
Released on: 2021-03-26
Drama
This short film tells the story of Bianca, a nonbinary person, struggling to find the place for gend...
All the World
Released on: 2024-01-08
Drama
A young dancer from a small town in rural Oregon becomes infatuated with an older western writer — s...
Giselle
Released on: 2006-12-26
Music, TV Movie
Giselle is the quintessential Romantic ballet. Its title role, one of the most technically demanding...