Occupation Choreographer, dancer Years active 1970s-2007 | Name Michael Smuin Role Ballet Dancer | |
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Spouse Paula Tracy (m. 1961–2000) Movies Duke Ellington's Sophisticated Ladies Parents Shirley Smuin, Harold Smuin Siblings Douglas Smuin, Stephen Smuin Similar People Donald McKayle, Henry LeTang, Hinton Battle, Tony Walton, Jerry Zaks | ||
Smuin ballet untamed dance series march 13 28 2015
Michael Smuin (October 13, 1938 – April 23, 2007) was a ballet dancer, choreographer and theatre director. He was co-founder and director of his own dance company, the Smuin Ballet in San Francisco.
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- Smuin ballet untamed dance series march 13 28 2015
- Popular Videos Michael Smuin Choreographer
- Biography
- Awards and nominations
- References
Popular Videos - Michael Smuin & Choreographer
Biography
Born in Missoula, Montana, Smuin was a principal dancer with the American Ballet Theatre and the San Francisco Ballet, for which he served as co-artistic director from 1973 through 1985. In 1994 he founded Smuin Ballet. He also choreographed for the Dance Theatre of Harlem, Washington Ballet, Pacific Northwest Ballet, and Milwaukee Ballet.
Smuin's Broadway credits included Little Me (1962) as a dancer, Anything Goes (1987) as a choreographer, and Sophisticated Ladies (1981) and Shogun: The Musical (1990) as choreographer and director. He also choreographed the 1995 West End production of Mack and Mabel.
Smuin's film credits included The Fantasticks, A Walk in the Clouds, The Joy Luck Club, The Cotton Club, and Rumble Fish.
Smuin collapsed and died of a heart attack while teaching company class in San Francisco.
Awards and nominations
