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Digital Replay: Zorro! Smuin's 30th Anniversary season would not have been complete without celebrating our founder, Michael Smuin. Michael's career as a choreographer went beyond the ballet stage to include Broadway, film, TV, and nightclub work. In 2003, he decided to turn the folk hero Zorro into a ballet, which he did...

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⚔️ “Zorro! is very entertaining, with flashing swords, pirouettes, and cartwheels.“ - Bay Dance ‘Celebrating Michael Smuin’ continues through the weekend until March 3 at @ybca! Join us in the theater for a program filled with humor, adventure, and magic! Tickets on sale today — link in bio! #smuinballet Company Artists Marc LaPierre and Anthony Cannarella in Zorro! choreographed by Michael Smuin 🎶 Music by Charles Fox ⚔️ Fight Choreography by Richard Lane 🎥 Video by @raptproductions 📸 Cover photo by Chris Hardy

Swashbuckling Splendor: Michael Smuin’s Zorro! Ballet

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Smuin Honors Founder With Sinatra And Zorro Ballets In CELEBRATING MICHAEL SMUIN Ar Blue Shield of California Theater at YBCA, February 29 – March 3 Smuin Ballet celebrates founder Michael Smuin with a special program featuring the ballets 'Zorro!' and Sinatra tribute. Don't miss this one-week only event from Feb. 29 - Mar. 3 at the Blue Shield of California Theater at YBCA.

🗡️ Zorro!, choreographed by Michael Smuin, returns to the stage for one weekend only! With an original score by Charles Fox and swordplay overseen by fencing master Richard Lane, this swashbuckling story ballet is not to be missed! Join us at @ybca for “a near-perfect combination of comedy and adventure” (SF Chronicle, 2006), February 29-March 3! Tickets on sale today — link in bio! Company Artists rehearsing Zorro!, video by @jettison_creative #Smuin #SmuinBallet #Ballet #Dance #WorldwideBallet #WorldwideDance #ContemporaryBallet #ContemporaryDance #Zorro #JettisonCreative #Anniversary #Rehearsal #BehindTheScenes #BayArea #SanFrancisco #SFBayArea #BayAreaDance #DancePhotography #BalletDancer #Choreography #BayAreaArtist #Performance #BTS #SupportTheArts #inthesmuinstudios

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Zorro🗡️🖤 so honored to play a character I’ve loved since I was a kid. @smuinballet Celebrating 30 years of this amazing company in style, February 29th and March 1st-3rd. So don’t miss it, or I might be carving a Z into you 😉 #ballet #dance #zorro #maledancer

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Smuin Contemporary Ballet presents Zorro! This behind-the-scenes video shows rehearsals for Smuin Contemporary Ballet's production of Zorro! Last seen in 2006, we've brought this swashbuckling ballet...

Images from the 2003 Zorro! https://www.instagram.com/p/C3G0ubyvM14/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

#throwbackthursday ⚔️ Zorro! created by Michael Smuin in 2003, is a swashbuckling tale featuring sword fighting, magic, ballet, mambo, and everything in between! Enjoy these photos from when this ballet was first created and performed in 2003! 📸 1.) Composer Charles Fox with Michael Smuin and Librettist Matthew Robbins. 📸 2-5.) Photos by Tom Hauck #smuinballet