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Walsh, a talented novelist in her own right, has done a superb job of assuming the Sayers mantle, and The Attenbury Emeralds is her best yet, with an intriguing plot that stretches over three decades.
Laura Wilson's crime fiction choice - review Laura Wilson 2010
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"Emeralds" holds a special place of affection for Balanchine afficionados because it's so gentle and mysterious, at times feeling like a proto Mark Morris ballet.
Archive 2009-04-01 sfmike 2009
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"Emeralds" holds a special place of affection for Balanchine afficionados because it's so gentle and mysterious, at times feeling like a proto Mark Morris ballet.
Balanchine's Jewels at San Francisco Ballet sfmike 2009
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The work consists of three contrasting ballets, starting with the langorous "Emeralds" set to dreamy incidental music by Gabriel Faure, followed by "Rubies" set to a spikey piano and orchestra score by Igor Stravinsky, and wraps up with "Diamonds" to a truncated version of the obscure Tchaikowsky Symphony No.
Archive 2009-04-01 sfmike 2009
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For some reason my theory that Jewels was Balanchine's way of promoting a healthy, meatless diet, with the major food groups represented by "Emeralds" (leafy vegetables), "Rubies" (juicy tropical fruits), and "Diamonds" (its dancers in milky white symbolizing dairy) hasn't entered the critical canon.
Dancing and Trancing: James Wolcott Wolcott, James, 1952- 2009
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The work consists of three contrasting ballets, starting with the langorous "Emeralds" set to dreamy incidental music by Gabriel Faure, followed by "Rubies" set to a spikey piano and orchestra score by Igor Stravinsky, and wraps up with "Diamonds" to a truncated version of the obscure Tchaikowsky Symphony No.
Balanchine's Jewels at San Francisco Ballet sfmike 2009
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She is not self-absorbed like the [Mimi] Paul character in "Emeralds," but her movements, so grand and large, register like symbols of adagio dancing.
Keeper of the Jewels Gottlieb, Robert 2008
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Act One, "Emeralds", is set to the Suite of Fauré's Pelléas et Mélisande, Op. 80 and incidental music to Shylock Op.
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Karin von Aroldingen is coaching the dancers Ask la Cuer and Rebecca Krohn for the walking duet from "Emeralds" (Choreography by Balanchine; Music the second movement of the "Pelleas and Melisande" suite of Gabriel Faure).
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A curious choice, because its opening ballet, Emeralds, is shot through with melancholy and dark beams of loss, establishing a mood which is never fully dispelled.
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