Jewels

Ballet Company: Paris National Opera Ballet

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Dancer: Abbagnato, Eleonora

Dancer: Bart, Jean-Guillaume

Dancer: Belarbi, Kader

Dancer: Carbone, Alessio

Dancer: Ciaravola, Isabelle

Dancer: Cozette, Emilie

Dancer: Daniel, Nolwenn

Dancer: Dupont, Aurelie

Dancer: Ganio, Mathieu

Dancer: Gillot, Marie-Agnes

Dancer: Letestu, Agnes

Dancer: Osta, Clairemarie

Dancer: Pujol, Laetitia

Dancer: Thibault, Emmanuel

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Corps de Ballet: Paris National Opera Ballet

Orchestra: Paris National Opera Orchestra

Conductor: Connelly, Paul

Soloist: Sebillotte, Jean-Yves

Television Director: Cavassilas, Pierre

Lighting Designer: Tipton, Jennifer

Set Designer: Lacroix, Christian

Costumer Designer: Lacroix, Christian

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Date of Production: 11-2005

Venue: Palais Garnier, Paris

Playing Time: 02:41:55

Catalogue Number: OA0951D

UPC: 809478009511

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George Balanchine and the Paris Opera always enjoyed a special relationship after Jacques Rouche, the then administrator, offered the young choreographer the post of ballet master in 1929. Balanchine declined the job, but he created several ballets for the company and came to the Palais Garnier regularly to oversee his works. In 2000, seventeen years after his death, a rare and precious ballet arrived at the Paris Opera: Jewels, a work first performed by the New York City Ballet in 1967. This alluring, abstract ballet, a triptych in which each piece sparkles with the brilliance of a precious stone, is a lyric tribute to women and to the capital cities of the great dance schools. Couturier, painter and craftsman Christian Lacroix created the glorious costumes and sets which, together with the outstanding performances of the dancers and the sensitive musical direction of Paul Connelly, result in a celebration of sumptuous splendour.

Bonus features:

- George Balanchine Forever - A film by Reiner E. Moritz, including interviews with Barbara Horgan, chairman of the Balanchine Foundation, Brigitte Lefevre, director of Ballet de L'Opera, designer Christian Lacroix and star dancers Laetitia Pujol, Clairemarie Osta, Aurelie Dupont, Agnes Letestu and Marie-Agnes Gillot