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 Opera national de Paris: 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 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, results in celebration of sumptuous splendour.
A film by Reiner E. Moritz, including interviews with Brigitte Lefevre, director of dance at the Opera, designer Christian Lacroix, star dancers Laetitia Pujol, Clairemarie Osta, Aurelie Dupont, Agnes Letestu and Marie-Agnes Gillot and chairman of the Balanchine Foundation, Barbara Horgan
Video system: NTSC
BBFC:
Release Date:
Not available for rental
Run Time:
162 minutes
Languages:
English
Subtitles:
Dutch, English, French, Italian, Spanish
Formats:
Pal
Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen 1.78:1 / 16:9
Colour:
Colour
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