On Sunday Nov. 9, the Citizens Opera House sparkled with anticipation as George Balanchine’s “Jewels” made its long-awaited return to the Boston Ballet. A staple of American ballet, the abstract ...

The Pennsylvania Ballet is closing its 54th season with a timeless classic from George Balanchine, considered the father of American ballet. In fact, the Pennsylvania Ballet was founded in 1963 by a ...

Through his art, George Balanchine — a Russian immigrant to the United States called the father of American ballet — was happy upon occasion to pay tribute to the red, white, and blue. But in “Jewels, ...

Boston Ballet dancers are sparkling in "Jewels." The program at the Citizens Opera House highlights three individual George Balanchine ballets, performed one after another. Each piece represents a ...

Boston Ballet will present George Balanchine’s Jewels, running November 6–16, 2025, at the Citizens Opera House. Returning to Boston for the first time since 2014, the ballet unites three distinct ...

A great ballet is a still point in dance history, its movements delicately fixed in time. But, unlike a great movie or a great book, dances are shaped over their lifetimes by the many different ...

“We made a set of rubies,” said Howard Merlin, Boston Ballet’s director of costumes. “But diamonds and emeralds we’re renting from National Ballet of Canada.” In late October, Merlin and his staff of ...

‘Unique’ and ‘iconic’ are words that are often used to describe George Balanchine’s full-length ballet Jewels. Each of the three acts is inspired by a different jewel and audiences get to experience ...