‘Jewels’ “Jewels” is a three-act ballet created by New York City Ballet co-founder and founding choreographer George Balanchine. It premiered in 1967 at the New York State Theater. Balanchine was inspired by the artistry of jewelry designer Claude Arpels, and chose music revealing the essence of each jewel. Each section of the ballet is distinct in both music and mood. “Emeralds,” which Balanchine considered “an evocation of France — the France of elegance, comfort, dress, perfume,” recalls the 19th-century dances of the French Romantics. “Rubies” is crisp and witty, epitomizing the collaboration of Stravinsky and Balanchine. “Diamonds” recalls the order and grandeur of imperial Russia and the Mariinsky Theater, where Balanchine was trained. Authors Mary Clarke and Clement Crisp have written: “If the entire imperial Russian inheritance of ballet were lost, ‘Diamonds’ would still tell us of its essence.” Each act has music by a different composer: Fauré for “Emeralds,” Stravinsky for “Rubies” and Tchaikovsky for “Diamonds.” Time: 8 p.m., June 16-17 Tickets: 120-880 yuan Booking: WeChat account “gdszlgcc” Venue: Longgang Culture Center, 8308 Longxiang Boulevard, Longgang District (龙岗区龙翔大道8308号龙岗文化中心) Metro: Line 3 to Longcheng Square Station (龙城广场站), Exit D ‘The Red Detachment of Women’ In 1964, China’s first original ballet production, “The Red Detachment of Women,” premiered in Beijing. Based on a film with the same name, it tells the story of a rural girl, Wu Qionghua, who escapes a life of slavery and joins an all-female Communist Party of China army battalion on Hainan Island during the Agrarian Revolutionary War in the early 1930s. Time: 8 p.m., June 19 Tickets: 120-880 yuan Venue: Longgang Culture Center ‘Swan Lake’ “Swan Lake” is one of the most popular of all classical ballets that opened a golden age of Russian ballet. It is a romantic ballet in four acts first performed in 1877 at Moscow’s Bolshoi Theater. Audience members enthusiastically flock, as it were, to this most cherished of full-length ballets, to experience Tchaikovsky’s unforgettable, sweepingly lyrical score and the darkly romantic story drawn from folk tales. Time: 8 p.m., Aug. 20; 2:30 p.m., Aug. 22 Tickets: 180-880 yuan Venue: Shenzhen Grand Theater, Luohu District (罗湖区深圳大剧院) Metro: Line 1 or 2 to Grand Theater Station (大剧院站), Exit B(SD News) | 