Jewels Rubies pas de deux ( Balanchine; Sarah Lamb, Steven Mc Rae; The Royal Ballet)

Jewels uses three gem stones as starting points to explore an array of musical and dance styles, each intimately connected to Balanchines own life and career. Sarah Lamb and Steven McRae perform the pas de deux from the Rubies movement. Subscribe to our channel and find out more at George Balanchines glittering ballet Jewels was inspired by the beauty of the gem stones he saw in the New York store of jewellers Van Cleef Arpels. He went on to make history with this, the first abstract threeact ballet, first performed in 1967 by New York City Ballet. Jewels was performed in full by The Royal Ballet for the first time in 2007, using costume designs from the original NYCB production and new set designs by JeanMarc Puissant. Each of the three movements draws on a different stone for its inspiration and a different composer for its sound. The French Romantic music of Fauré provides the impetus for the lyricism of Emeralds. The fire of Rubies comes from Stravin