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Bluegrass meets pole dancing in Smuin Ballet's new "Bluegrass/Slyde," part of the company's fall season, which opened on Friday night. A lengthy video introduction about bluegrass and the composer ...

The San Francisco Bay Area is fortunate to have such a wealth of talented artists of Asian descent working in the performing arts. In celebration of Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage ...

Elvis Presley is the most recent focus of choreographer Annabelle Lopez Ochoa, who's known for story ballets about famous people. The 20th-century musical icon will be in the limelight in Smuin ...

Almost 47 years after his death, Elvis is still King. He holds the Guinness World Record for a solo musical artist, having sold approximately 1½ billion albums, most of the sales coming after his ...

Smuin Ballet introduces two renowned choreographers in its season opener “Dance series 1” slated for Sept. 27-28 at Walnut Creek’s Lesher Center for the Arts, 1601 Civic Drive. Curtain Calls: Stephen ...

The Smuin company in Amy Seiwert’s “Renaissance,” seen here in a 2024 performance at the Joyce Theater in New York City. The piece drew inspiration from the 2019 Women’s Wall protest in Kerala, India.

Editor's note: This article originally posted on the San Francisco Examiner. Click here for more culture reporting at sfexaminer.com The Smuin Contemporary Ballet’s latest season makes its San ...

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