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Dance gem set to sparkle

Updated: Aug 26, 2019 By Chen Nan China Daily Print
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Ballet dancers with the National Ballet of China rehearse George Balanchine's classic ballet, Jewels, which will be staged in Beijing from Sept 12-14. [Photo by JIANG DONG/CHINA DAILY]

In the second section, Rubies, the choreographer chose Russian-American composer Igor Stravinsky's jazz-inflected Capriccio for Piano and Orchestra as the music. In Diamonds, the final section, Balanchine looks back on his Russian roots through Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's Symphony No 3 in D major, Op.29.

Born in St. Petersburg, Russia, Balanchine (1904-1983) studied ballet and music in Russia before moving to the United States, where he co-founded the School of American Ballet in 1934. In 1946, he co-founded the New York City Ballet, where he served as artistic director.

"In the full-length ballet, each section stands on its own. The choreographer brings out the best quality of the dancers with Jewels. In this work, dancers never have to hold back and they are encouraged to be themselves," say Diana White, former soloist with the New York City Ballet, who is in Beijing to work with Chinese dancers as the repetiteur on the last section of the work, Diamonds.

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