“Diamonds”

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ballet ballet movement

“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.

Aliases (2)

Diamonds ×46
Jewels ×5

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ballet → ballet movement →
aestheticInspiration	Imperial Russian ballet → St. Petersburg Mariinsky style →
associatedChoreographerBirthplace	Saint Petersburg →
associatedChoreographerNationality	American →
associatedComposerNationality	Russian →
balletCompanyAssociation	New York City Ballet repertory →
belongsToTrilogy	Jewels →
choreographer	George Balanchine →
choreographicSchool	Balanchine technique →
costumeColorTheme	silver → white →
costumeDesigner	Karinska →
countryOfOrigin	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	Romantic era →
notableFeature	features large corps de ballet → includes principal pas de deux → often performed as a standalone work →
originalBalletTitle	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 →

Referenced by (6)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
George Balanchine ("Jewels") → Giorgi Melitonis dze Balanchivadze ("Jewels") → New York City Ballet ("Jewels") →	notableWork
Diamonds ("Jewels") →	belongsToTrilogy
Diamonds ("Jewels") →	originalBalletTitle
The Suzanne Farrell Ballet →	repertoireIncludes