Jewels - 'Emeralds' first variation (George Balanchine; Beatriz Stix-Brunell; The Royal Ballet)
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- Опубліковано 7 вер 2024
- George Balanchine’s sparkling ballet still shines with all the brilliance of the gemstones that inspired it. First Soloist of The Royal Ballet Beatriz Stix-Brunell performs the first variation from the 'Emeralds' movement. Subscribe to our channel and find out more at www.roh.org.uk/
Jewels uses three gem stones as starting points to explore an array of musical and dance styles, each intimately connected to Balanchine’s own life and career. The ballet was inspired by the beauty of the gem stones he saw in the New York store of jewellers Van Cleef & Arpels. He went on to make history with this, the first abstract three-act ballet, first performed in 1967 by New York City Ballet. Jewels was performed in full by The Royal Ballet for the first time in 2007, using costume designs from the original NYCB production and new set designs by Jean-Marc Puissant.
Each of the three movements draws on a different stone for its inspiration and a different composer for its sound. The elegant poise and grace of Romantic France come to the fore in Balanchine’s first part, 'Emeralds'. A corps of ten women shimmer around a series of refined solo numbers for four women and three men, in an act that evokes the 19th century of composer Gabriel Fauré, and ‘the France of elegance, comfort, dress, perfume’, as Balanchine put it. The fire of ‘Rubies’ comes from Stravinsky and the jazz-age energy of New York. Grandeur and elegance complete the ballet in ‘Diamonds’, with the splendour of Imperial Russia and Tchaikovsky’s opulent Third Symphony. Each section salutes a different era in classical ballet’s history as well as a distinct period in Balanchine’s own life. Through it all, Balanchine displays his genius for combining music with visionary choreography.
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I am so sad she is leaving ballet but happy that she is going to Stanford. She has such charisma and personality that make her shine on stage.
she is so graceful at the same time that her movements are so precisely
A deceptively difficult variation executed beautifully and makes it look easy.
Emeralds costumes are my favourite from the well-known ballets. I like emerald green anyway but the tulle midi length skirts are so romantic - also the sparkly dangling jewels!
Mughal princess
Thats why those tutus are called romantic style.
Awe... Incredible technique: precise and soft movements at the same time.
Beautiful performance.
Congratulations, Beatriz! 👏🏻💐
Love how she feels the music, super expressive, beautifuly danced 👏🏻
I've seen many in this role and this is really a standout! Brava! She wafts around the stage like French perfume! Just gorgeous.
Would love to see more of her, she’s fantastic 💛
You can see a lot of her on Royal Ballet releases on DVD & Blu-ray over the last few years, with plenty of big numbers, if you look carefully. I particularly like her performance on Woolf Works, Within the Golden Hour and Corybantic Games.
There's a new DVD out - Concerto/Enigma Variations/Raymonda Act III which she features in, you might want to give that a try!
Such a stunning performance! I love the way she uses her arms and facial expressions. When I've watched this variation elsewhere, the steps can look forced and stiff. However, with Beatriz, everything just seems to flow so naturally and it is just captivating.
What a lovely solo excerpt from one of my favourite Balanchine ballet. Beatriz is such a gorgeous dancer and I have followed her ever since she appeared with the Royal Ballet as one of the Alices in the Christopher Wheeldon ballet. Maybe time for her to be promoted and also for a return of Jewels in the new season at the Royal Ballet?
She’s amazing. Beatriz and Yuhui are my favorite dancers in royal ballet.
Somehow with Beatriz in this variation, one sees all the ages of a woman in her face and body. The tremulous joy of girlhood, the supple energy of youth........then, a glimpse of the richness of maturity; the dignity of a life well lived. She is a profound dancer.
Ever since I saw this in the theater, I was just waiting for it to be uploaded on yt, so that I can watch it again! So dazzling, sassy and yet, very elegant and gentle. ✨Think I’ve seen this variation numerous times but Beatriz is my favourite. Love her character and personality, brings something new to any role she does. Love you B ❤️
Get it, Bea! Gorgeous. And her Balanchine training really shows beautifully here.
Beatriz was always one of the better actresses at the Royal Ballet. Her dancing was always on point (pun intended), but you got the sense that she was always engaged emotionally with the roles she played. With due respect, a lot of people, including many of the principals, just sort of spin and smile and that is about it emotion-wise. But Beatriz had an extremely expressive face and left no doubt that she knew how to use it to her full advantage. Top-flight dancing and facial acting in equal measure is a rare talent and Beatriz had it.
She really was, her acting skills are just so up there, even in small roles. If you watch Marianela Nunez and Vadim in their black swan coda, she is sitting to the side as one of he suitors, he facial expressions as she realises what's going on and she has lost the prince are exceptional and she's not even dancing at that point, merely sitting in the background.
Agreed; her death glares of jealousy took an already perfect-10 scene up to 11. Another top-flight performance from Beatriz was in the Naghdi-Ball version of Romeo and Juliet from 2019. Bea played the memorable supporting role of Romeo’s favorite hooker and pulled off the astonishing feat of cultivating enough chemistry with Matthew Ball as Romeo, through her strong acting, that you actually felt sorry for her when Romeo blows her off having fully committed himself to Juliet. Which is astounding because Matthew and Yasmine’s chemistry in that ballet was borderline softcore; only an actress of Bea’s caliber could provide any sort of competition to that.
Graceful. Powerful, genuine, noble , freeing my mind and feels like I can fly with her movements and imagination .
Can’t help myself screaming bravo every time I watch it !
beautiful and modestly luxurious
Absolutely delightful and inspiring!
wow, fabulous performance. and it is SO nice to see a ballerina without the frozen smile so many seem to plaster on their faces. she has a lovely expressive face. will be watching for this dancer!
Stunning...
Wow so precise and pretty!
Powerful and delicate at the same time. Loved it.
Beautiful to watch ❤️❤️❤️ Also, I love the way she floated her dress.
That was just exquisite.
Very sensual movements. Excellent fluidity.
Emeralds is my favourite section from Jewels. Thank you for sharing this. Brava, Beatrix!
Yesss, thank you so much! We need more clips of the beautiful Beatriz ❤
Incredible amazing, such a joy to see! 💚💛❤️💜
Beautiful, Beatriz.
Bea, why did you retire.... I will miss her presence on the stage.....
Stupendo!
Beautiful 🙏🏾🌺
La femme dans toute sa grace !
Awwww she has such a pretty face! Beautiful performance B 💜
That, was breathtaking.
She has captured the difficult choreography with such precise movements as well as a lovely flow throughout the variation. She looks so gorgeous in the emerald costume. Lookinging forward to seeing more of her, C💟💟💟
Lovely soft lines!
Please release Jewels on Blu-ray!
Beautiful dance amazing 😍
Lovely, lovely performance.
she is so graceful and balanced
Bravo Bea ❤️
She’s amazing 💛💛💛
Wonderful.
Beautiful
fantastic
I've been hoping this was going to be uploaded - so beautiful! 😍😍😍
😱 This was so beautiful! 🤩
I’m going to miss her 😞
Super lovely!
Bravissima!
My favourite part from Jewels.
So beautiful ! it changes us from the strikers of paris opera
This video gives me hope that ROH is putting on Jewels next year
Beatriz was actually an SAB student years ago, nice to see her incorporating what she's learned there.
Something about the music at 0:50 gives me chills every time.
She's so fine she blows my mind. ( lyric partly from NY)
Linda!🙏🏻❤️💐👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻🇧🇷🖖🏻
Brava Beatriz! A very long way from Brick Church nursery school.
Emeralds are the best part
Can someone tell me the name of this piece of music? I have been trying to find it.
It's the second movement from Fauré's Pelleas et Méllisande. I'd recommend you check out the other movements as well, they are wroth the listen.
This was lovely, and I'm not even a Jewels fan :)
❤❤❤
I've never seen someone say so much with their back and shoulders
👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
올려줘서 곰마워 ~
God bless Hanafi emeralds
Beautifully danced....but emeralds for me is the section that il too long and repetitive....I prefer rubies and diamonds
It's odd to me that the dance and the music seem to not go well together. The music seems so somber and soft while the dance almost seems joyful and energetic. Perhaps I am missing something about the meaning but, this is just my view.
dance must evolve into universal praxis
It's a matter of artistic interpretation. This dancer is smiling way too much which creates the joyful impression you got.
Does anyone know when the last time the ROH performed a Balanchine piece was? I have a feeling Symphony in C was performed somewhat recently but am unsure. Would love to see some again soon.
I love this ballerina because she isn't too thin. Some of ballerina are too thin I don't even want to watch the performance because I will feel painful.
أمِيرةةة حَرفياً.
I don’t know. Too much personality packed in . Sounds crazy but I don’t know how else to say it. Beautiful , of course but I feel it should be less flamboyant and more dreamy . Like the green of the French absinthe.
Kathy Myers I actually disagree; all I see is the music (which I do wish was a bit faster, because it forces her to indulge more than it looks like she wants to)
Absolutely agreed.
To me, there is no musicality or beauty to Jewels. Ms Stix-Brunell is excellent here, but I guess the "genius" of Balachine escapes me....and I'm okay with this. lol
I like the diamonds section in terms of the choreography and score - but absolutely love the emeralds costumes.
Can't watch Balanchine port de bras
My unpopular opinoin....she tickles soooo bad-🙅♀️🙅♀️not beautiful for me at all
great tec, not so carismatic .....