Smuin Ballet marks 20 years with its XXCENTRICS Spring Dance Series
Ben Needham-Wood and Erin Yarbrough in Dancin' With Gershwin
PHOTO BY KEITH SUTTERDANCE With world premieres by Amy Seiwert and Val Caniparoli, and the late Michael Smuin's affectionate tribute to George Gershwin, Smuin Ballet closed its 20th anniversary season with fine choreography, good music, excellent performances, and, most of all, an intelligent perspective of what ballet in the 21st century has to offer. Today Smuin is a thoroughly contemporary troupe with a promising vision of what it wants to be.Read more »