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Each Rewind Wednesday will pair performance videos with our Meet the Artist interviews, providing insights into the Smuin Artists behind the art.

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We have paired our Rewind Wednesday features with

We have paired our Rewind Wednesday features with our Meet the Artist Interview Series! Get to know our artists through these insightful interviews created last season! Link to interview in BIO! #smuinballet

This week, get to know Tess Lane! 💫 Tess Lane trained at South Bay Ballet in Torrance, CA, performing Robert Kelly’s Summertime at the International Ballet Competition in Jackson, MI. While apprenticing with Sacramento Ballet, she performed works by George Balanchine, Ron Cunningham, and Lila York. Lane joined California Ballet Company in 2013 and was featured in Swan Lake, Giselle, Nutcracker, Sleeping Beauty, and A Midsummer Night’s Dream as well as Septime Webre’s Peter Pan, The Great Gatsby, and Fluctuating Hemlines. She also danced in the National Choreographers’ Initiative in 2017 and 2018. Lane joined Smuin in 2018. (📸 Chris Hardy) #meetthesmuinartist

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We have paired our Rewind Wednesday features with

We have paired our Rewind Wednesday features with our Meet the Artist Interview Series! Get to know our artists through these insightful interviews created last season! Link to interview in BIO! #smuinballet

This week, get to know Max van der Sterre! 🤸🏻Max van der Sterre, a San Francisco native, trained with Damara Bennett and Henry Berg, then the School of American Ballet before joining New York City Ballet in 2005. While dancing with NYCB, he performed works by Jerome Robbins, Christopher Wheeldon, and George Balanchine. At the New York Choreographic Institute, he collaborated with Annabelle Lopez Ochoa, Edwaard Liang, Albert Evans, Jerry Opdenaker, Douglas Lee, and Timothy Harbour. He joined Alabama Ballet in 2012, performing works by Jiří Kylián, Twyla Tharp, Agnes de Mille, Frederick Ashton, and George Balanchine. Van der Sterre joined Smuin in 2018. (📸 Chris Hardy) #meetthesmuinartist

Smuin's 2021/22 Season Announced! Renew or buy y

Smuin's 2021/22 Season Announced!

Renew or buy your subscription today. We are thrilled to announce our return to live performances! Our 2021/22 season delivers astounding, accessible and breathtaking productions. From our Virtual Fall Season, Limitless Michael Smuin to Amy Seiwert's choreographic love letter, 𝘋𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘔𝘪𝘴𝘴 𝘊𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘦, and our most fiercely festive 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘊𝘩𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘮𝘢𝘴 𝘉𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘵 ever... this season will move you. Be entertained by 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘈𝘳𝘦 𝘏𝘦𝘳𝘦 by Gina Patterson, Val Caniparoli's provocative modern narrative, 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘧𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴, and new and expanded works in Showcase by Smuin, created by current Smuin Artists Tessa Barbour and Brennan Wall. The art of Smuin has never stopped.

Smuin’s virtual programming will continue with some performances exclusively available online, and our in-theater shows available for virtual viewing.

We hope you'll join us this season, whether that's in-theater, online, or both!

📷 Photo of Company Artists Brandon Alexander & Cassidy Isaacson in Untwine choreographed by Brennan Wall. Photo by Chris Hardy
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⏪Have you checked out our most recent Rewind Wed

⏪Have you checked out our most recent Rewind Wednesday?

Watch 𝘉𝘶𝘬𝘢, choreographed by Brennan Wall, in its entirety today! — Link to video in BIO!

🎵Music: Hania Rani
🪡 Costumes: @bykk.9120
Featuring Smuin Company Artists Tessa Barbour, Ricardo Dyer, Tess Lane, Max van der Sterre, and Brennan Wall. #smuinballet

We have paired our Rewind Wednesday features with

We have paired our Rewind Wednesday features with our Meet the Artist Interview Series! Get to know our artists through these insightful interviews created last season! Link to interviews in BIO! #smuinballet

This week, get to know Brennan Wall! 🌼 Brennan Wall, originally from Cape Cod, Massachusetts, studied at Los Angeles Ballet Academy. She danced with Silicon Valley Ballet (previously Ballet San Jose) as a trainee before joining The New Ballet’s Studio Company. In 2017, Wall joined Ballet de Monterrey under director José Manuel Carreño. She performed in Luis Serrano’s La Bayadere, Swan Lake, and Don Quijote, and danced soloist roles in The Nutcracker, Alberto Méndez’s Phantom of the Opera, and Diego Landin’s Shorthand of Emotion. Wall joined Smuin in 2019. (📸 Chris Hardy) #meetthesmuinartist

Rewind Wednesday returns with Buka, choreographed

Rewind Wednesday returns with Buka, choreographed by Brennan Wall for Smuin al Fresco this past May.

A contemporary work performed in socks, Buka is set to music by Hania Rani and showcases Tessa Barbour, Ricardo Dyer, Tess Lane, Max van der Sterre and Brennan Wall.

Presentation of Buka as part of Rewind Wednesday is generously sponsored by Jim Carter.

“One of the silver linings for me this year was having the opportunity to choreograph. We spend so much time as dancers taking in new information, new material, something the chance to be able to express my ideas outwardly through choreography was such a wonderful experience and one that I hope to continue.” -- Brennan Wall
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⏪Welcome back to another segment of Rewind Wedne

⏪Welcome back to another segment of Rewind Wednesday! Join us every other Wednesday as we release links on social media to last season’s new works, created and performed by the Company Artists of Smuin Ballet.

This weeks pick: 𝘉𝘶𝘬𝘢, choreographed by Brennan Wall! This stunning work is danced by Company Artists Tessa Barbour, Ricardo Dyer, Tess Lane, Max van der Sterre, and Brennan Wall, set to Buka by Hania Rani, and generously sponsored by Mr. Jim Carter.

Brennan Wall shares, “One of the silver linings for me this year was having the opportunity to choreograph. We spend so much time as dancers taking in new information, new material, something the chance to be able to express my ideas outwardly through choreography was such a wonderful experience and one that I hope to continue.”

Visit the LINK in our bio to watch 𝘉𝘶𝘬𝘢 in its entirety, along with three interviews from our Meet The Artist Series! #smuinballet

We have paired our Rewind Wednesday features with

We have paired our Rewind Wednesday features with our Meet the Artist Interview Series! Get to know our artists through these insightful interviews created last season! Link to interview in BIO! #smuinballet

This week, get to know Maggie Carey! 🌁 Maggie Carey, of Dayton, Ohio, received her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Dance Performance from Butler University, where she performed works by choreographers including George Balanchine, Nacho Duato, and Paul Taylor. Upon graduating, Carey performed as a guest artist with the Dayton Ballet. She spent two years with the Cincinnati Ballet Second Company, performing works by Victoria Morgan, George Balanchine, Ohad Naharin, and working with choreographers such as Garrett Smith, Nicolo Fonte, and Jennifer Archibald. Carey joined Smuin in 2018. (📸 Chris Hardy) #MeetTheSmuinArtist

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