Spring Point

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 an artist with 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 and has since performed works by Amy Seiwert, Michael Smuin, Annabelle Lopez Ochoa, Trey McIntyre, Matthew Neenan, Rex Wheeler, Gina Patterson, and Val Caniparoli.

Julia Feldman received her training under Pamela Hayes of Pamela Hayes Classical Ballet and began her professional career with the Sacramento Ballet in 2011, where she is currently a Company Artist. She discovered her passion for choreography through the company’s annual choreographic showcase program, creating a new work each year since 2012.

In 2015, Feldman co-founded Capital Dance Project (CDP), a collective of professional dancers based in Sacramento dedicated to creating world premiere works in collaboration with local visual artists and musicians. Feldman has created ten works for CDP to date, and has played an integral role in shaping the organization’s mission, management, and collaborative vision behind its annual Behind the Barre and Digital Series productions.

In 2019, she was selected for the National Choreographer’s Initiative in Irvine, California, under the direction of Molly Lynch. In 2021, Feldman was one of three choreographers commissioned to co-create a new Nutcracker for the Sacramento Ballet, led by Artistic Director Anthony Krutzkamp. The following year, she was selected for the New York Choreographic Institute’s Spring Session, directed by Adrian Danchig-Waring.

She has since premiered three full works for the Sacramento Ballet: Hearts (April 2022), Pockets of Light (March 2025), and All I See Sometimes (October 2025). Feldman is thrilled to be creating a new work for Smuin Contemporary Ballet’s Spring Point, under the direction of Amy Seiwert.

CASSIDY ISAACSON, originally from Redmond, Washington, began her training at Pacific Northwest Ballet before continuing her studies privately with the lovely Deborah Hadley. At just 16, she joined Grand Rapids Ballet, where she danced for eight seasons, performing works by celebrated choreographers such as Trey McIntyre (Wild Sweet Love), Alejandro Cerrudo (Extremely Close), Penny Saunders (In Frame), and Annabelle Lopez Ochoa (Written and Forgotten). Since joining Smuin, she has performed countless one-of-a-kind works under Smuin’s umbrella, and has been given the incredible opportunity to choreograph on the Company with over 11 world premieres. She is passionate about her choreographic work and hopes to continue this path, as she aspires to build a professional career in choreography. Isaacson joined Smuin in 2019.

Cassidy is on maternity leave for the remainder of the 2025/26 performance season. However, she is one of the choreographers for Spring Point. We hope you will join us to see her work onstage in February 2026.

Babatunji is a dance artist, choreographer, and creative innovator based out of San Francisco. Though never formally trained as a child, Babatunji was always moving his body to the beat. At the age of 15, he discovered the art of hip hop. Following this epiphany of love, he grew up through his teens breaking and popping on street corners in Hilo, Hawai’i. After being “discovered” by a local dance instructor, he began his formal training in various styles of dance, including ballet. This would inevitably lead him to Lines Ballet’s Training Program, and from there, into the company.

For over a decade he has worked with one of the greatest American choreographers, Alonzo King. As a freelance dancer, Babatunji has worked with Post:ballet, Ishida Dance Company, SFDanceworks, tinypistol, Ballare Carmel; as well as performed works by choreographers and artist such as Adji Cissoko, Yue Yin, Danielle Rowe, Brett Conway, Rich and Tone Talauega, David Harvey, Mike Tyus, Vân-Ánh Võ. Additionally, his work for film includes features in Rafael Casal and Daveed Diggs’ Blindspotting on Starz, as well as Misty Copeland’s short art film Flower.

Over the past 8 years, Babatunji has developed a unique movement language, blending his background in ballet, contemporary, breaking, and hip hop. He has choreographed for Berkeley Ballet Theater, Boston Dance Theater, Post:ballet, Trolley Dance, SFDanceworks, ZiRu Dance, among other Bay Area companies. As a solo artist, Babatunji has performed internationally, collaborating with visual, sound, and technical artists of countless genres. His work has been seen at Museum of Dance, Lion’s Jaw performance + dance festival, København Danser, and SFJazz in collaboration with Terri Lyne Carrington. In 2015, he was awarded a Princess Grace Award, as well as a Chris Hellman Award for his outstanding achievements and promise in the world of dance.

Babatunji is immensely grateful to his mom for providing him with every opportunity and the guidance of her wisdom along the way.