Smuin Ballet: World Premiere by Trey McIntyre October 3, 2010

McIntyre, founder and artistic director of the nationally celebrated Trey McIntyre Project, has created a canon of works for leading ballet companies such as Stuttgart Ballet, American Ballet Theatre, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, and New York City Ballet. The program will also include 'Bluegrass/Slyde' by Michael Smuin, an electric piece in which dancers whirl around spinning poles and joyously revel in the bluegrass rhythms of renowned bassist Edgar Meyer and premiere banjo player Bela Fleck. Rounding out the program is Smuin's classic ballet 'Brahms/ Haydn Variations,' a lyrical favorite filled with courtly references, called "lovely" by the San Francisco Chronicle.