“Diamonds”

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“Diamonds” is the third, grand and classical movement of George Balanchine’s full-length ballet *Jewels*, often performed as a standalone work by major ballet companies.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Jewels 5
"Diamonds" (stage production) 1
“Diamonds” canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ballet
ballet movement
aestheticInspiration Mariinsky Theatre
surface form: Imperial Russian ballet

St. Petersburg Mariinsky style
associatedChoreographerBirthplace St. Petersburg
surface form: Saint Petersburg
associatedChoreographerNationality American
associatedComposerNationality Russian
balletCompanyAssociation New York City Ballet repertory
belongsToTrilogy “Diamonds” self-linksurface differs
surface form: Jewels
choreographer George Balanchine
choreographicSchool Balanchine technique
costumeColorTheme silver
white
costumeDesigner Karinska
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
creator George Balanchine
firstPerformedBy New York City Ballet
fullLengthContext third movement of the full-length ballet Jewels
genre plotless ballet
influencedBy Marius Petipa’s grand classical style
languageOfTitle English
movementNumber third
musicBy Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
musicForm symphonic ballet
musicFrom Symphony No. 3 in D major, Op. 29
musicGenre classical music
musicPeriod Romanticism
surface form: Romantic era
notableFeature features large corps de ballet
includes principal pas de deux
often performed as a standalone work
originalBalletTitle “Diamonds” self-linksurface differs
surface form: Jewels
originalCompanyDirector George Balanchine
partOf Jewels
positionInBallet final movement of Jewels
precededBy Emeralds
Rubies
premiereCompany New York City Ballet
premiereDate 1967-04-13
premiereLocation New York State Theater, Lincoln Center, New York City
repertoireStatus standard work in the repertory of major ballet companies
setDesigner Peter Harvey
structure grand classical ballet in the Petipa tradition
style neoclassical ballet
theme evocation of grandeur and purity associated with diamonds
typicalCasting two principal dancers and corps de ballet
typicalPerformanceContext performed both within Jewels and as a standalone piece

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

George Balanchine notableWork “Diamonds”
this entity surface form: Jewels
“Diamonds” belongsToTrilogy “Diamonds” self-linksurface differs
subject surface form: Diamonds
this entity surface form: Jewels
“Diamonds” originalBalletTitle “Diamonds” self-linksurface differs
subject surface form: Diamonds
this entity surface form: Jewels
Giorgi Melitonis dze Balanchivadze notableWork “Diamonds”
this entity surface form: Jewels
New York City Ballet notableWork “Diamonds”
this entity surface form: Jewels
Peter Harvey work “Diamonds”
this entity surface form: "Diamonds" (stage production)