SPRING PROGRAM

Suite from St Louis Woman: A Blues Ballet
Smuin Ballet Premiere. Michael Smuin, choreographer

The Naughty Boy! West Coast Premiere
Trey McIntyre, choreographer

Bouquet: Michael Smuin, choreographer

St Louis Woman: A Blues Ballet premiered at Lincoln Center in 2003 by Dance Theater of Harlem, who commissioned the work. Hailed by the New York Times as “gorgeous entertainment”, we are proud to present a Suite from this full length work that exemplifies Michael’s genius at “mixing ballet’s classical idiom with period social dances.” Trey McIntyre, renowned choreographer and founder of his own company, Trey McIntyre Project, set The Naughty Boy! to Mozart’s “Violin Concerto in G Major.” The ballet is a neo-classical playful narrative of Cupid’s effects on four couples. Michael Smuin created Bouquet to the music of Shostakovich. A set of two pieces, the Pas de Deux is a sensual expression of love, and the romantic Pas de Quatre, depicts a woman and her three adoring suitors.

Love is in the air this Spring!

 

San Francisco at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
Fri., May 8 at 8pm
Sat., May 9 at 2pm / 8pm
Sun., May 10 at 2pm / 7pm
Tue., May 12 at 8pm
Wed., May 13 at 8pm
Thu., May 14 at 8pm
Fri., May 15 at 8pm
Sat., May 16 at 2pm / 8pm
Sun., May 17 at 2pm

Walnut Creek at Lesher Center for the Arts
Fri., May 22 at 8pm
Sat., May 23 at 2pm / 8pm
Sun., May 24 at 2pm

Mountain View at the Mountain View Center for the Arts
Wed., May 27 at 8pm
Thu., May 28 at 8pm
Fri., May 29 at 8pm
Sat., May 30 at 2pm / 8pm
Sun., May 31 at 2pm

Carmel at the Sunset Center
Fri., June 5 at 8pm
Sat., June 6 at 2pm / 8pm

 

Programs subject to change without notice.