Miami City Ballet (MCB) will present its second program of the season, George Balanchine's sparkling Jewels. A crowning jewel in the Balanchine canon, the ballet is inspired by a visit to famed French ...

In 1967, George Balanchine created “Jewels” for New York City Ballet, and in short order this evening-length triptych — “Emeralds,” “Rubies,” and “Diamonds” — became the crown jewel of 20th-century ...

Through his art, George Balanchine — a Russian immigrant to the United States called the father of American ballet — was happy upon occasion to pay tribute to the red, white, and blue. But in “Jewels, ...

Emeralds, rubies and diamonds. Glittering gems made of stardust forged in the furnace of the earth have fired humanity’s imagination for millennia. In 1966, they inspired George Balanchine to create ...

Of all the American choreographers of the past century, George Balanchine was the most popular and the most prolific. He was also the master of brevity: There are but a handful of full-length works ...