Rubies

"Rubies" is the shorter, jazzier ballet of the evening.

Balanchine's Jewels at San Francisco Ballet sfmike 2009

"Rubies" is the shorter, jazzier ballet of the evening.

Archive 2009-04-01 sfmike 2009

Red is "Rubies," an edgier George Balanchine piece inspired by the jewelry of Claude Arpel and set to music by Lalo, and blue is a tragic romance by Antony Tudor, "Jardin aux Lilas," set to Chausson.

Time Off 2008

I remember well the first years of "Rubies," when one watched the duet with bated breath and open mouth.

Keeper of the Jewels Gottlieb, Robert 2008

Villella is the superb Edward Villella, the original "Rubies" male lead.

Keeper of the Jewels Gottlieb, Robert 2008

Villella himself originated the male lead in "Rubies," and Miami dancer Marin Boieru dances the part with a streetwise zest that is Villella all over.

Balanchine's Hit Parade 2008

With Stravinsky leading the way, "Rubies" is all high jinks and wit and playfulness.

Keeper of the Jewels Gottlieb, Robert 2008

'Rubies' has got me in stitches and I'm enough of those to hold myself together.

youneverwin Diary Entry youneverwin 2006

The South Hams breed of South Devon is a distinct variety, though it is believed to be descended from the 'Rubies' [750] and apparently has at some time been crossed with the Guernsey; they are good milkers and attain a great size, but the quality of the meat is decidedly inferior to that of North Devon.

A Short History of English Agriculture 1893

'Rubies' is probably rather to be taken as 'corals,' which seem to have been very highly prized by the Jews, and, no doubt, found their way to them from the

Expositions of Holy Scripture Second Kings Chapters VIII to End and Chronicles, Ezra, and Nehemiah. Esther, Job, Proverbs, and Ecclesiastes Alexander Maclaren 1868