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MCB is off to the Detroit Opera House in an entirely different program, and then back to West Palm Beach (the Kravis) for the weekend of November 16-18.

But before these performances MCB will be performing at the Zellerbach Hall in Berkley, CA this weekend! Thanks for these insightful and detailed comments on Jewels, looking forward to seeing these performances at the Kravis!

Helen, It is still there, thanks for checking. I didn't realize that I needed to go to the archives for such a recent story. Thanks for your help.

Has anyone seen a review of last weekends Jewel performance at the Carnival Center in the Miami Herald? Perhaps I missed it. Thanks

Please post your review if you have the opportunity to go!

I would like to see this survey done again listing more than the New York Companies. What about San Francisco and Miami City Ballet to name just two others that should be included.

Bart

Thank you for taking the time to post these lengthy reviews. I almost felt as if I were in the audience. You are right about the theatre being intimate! It is wonderful to see the dancers up so close, a much different feel from the other venues they perform in. Edward Villella is always wonderful to hear and talking about the parts that he danced must have been a thrill. Wish I could see tonights performance!

I am interested to hear how the performance was tonight. Any reviews?

She was also a vert classy lady!

KTVU TV

Former SF Ballet Director Michael Smuin Dies

http://www.ktvu.com/news/12952843/detail.html

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From the San Francisco Chronicle

(04-23) 17:02 PDT -- Michael Smuin, former co-artistic director of the San Francisco Ballet and founder of his own dance company, collapsed and died this morning at his company's studios.

Smuin, who was 68, had a broad and rich career as a dancer and dance-maker. A native of Missoula, Mont, he began dancing at a young age and danced with both the American Ballet Theatre and the San Francisco Ballet. At 27, he began a second career as a choreographer. He enjoyed a brief tenure as co-director of San Francisco Ballet with Lew Christensen, but found himself out of a job when his contract was not renewed in 1984. He was succeeded at San Francisco by the company's current artistic director, Helgi Tomasson.

Veteran observers of the Bay Area dance scene know all the details of the upheaval, but it's so much ancient history to others.

After making dance for film, Broadway and in Las Vegas, Smuin returned to the Bay Area in 1994 to form his own company, Smuin Ballets/SF, which continues to this day. It is a smaller company than San Francisco Ballet, but, from the start, Smuin's social and artistic contacts served him well.

His ballets include "The Catharine Wheel," "Pulcinella Variations," "Romeo and Juliet, "The Christmas Ballet," "Shinju," "Zorro," "Frankie and Johnny" and "Fly Me to the Moon."

E-mail David Wiegand at dwiegand@sfchronicle.com

Here is a review Sun Sentinel

Did any get to to see this performance in Broward over the weekend?

In the San Francisco area, it was on KQED tonight and will be on several times during the week. It is well worth seeing and even recording!