Michael Smuin
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Michael Smuin (born October 13, 1938) is a ballet dancer, choreographer, and theatre director.
Born in Missoula, Montana, Smuin has been a principal dancer with the American Ballet Theatre and the San Francisco Ballet, for which he served as artistic director from 1973 through 1985. He also has choreographed for the Dance Theatre of Harlem, Washington Ballet, Pacific Northwest Ballet, and Milwaukee Ballet, among others.
Smuin's Broadway credits include Little Me (1962) as a dancer, Anything Goes (1987) as a choreographer, and Sophisticated Ladies (1981) and Shogun: The Musical (1990) as choreographer and director. He also choreographed the 1995 West End production of Mack and Mabel.
Smuin's film credits include The Fantasticks, A Walk in the Clouds, The Joy Luck Club, The Cotton Club, and Rumble Fish.
Smuin is the founder and director of his own dance company based in San Francisco.
[edit] Awards and nominations
- 1988 Tony Award for Best Choreography (Anything Goes, winner)
- 1988 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Choreography (Anything Goes, winner)
- 1984 Emmy Award for Outstanding Achievement in Choreography (Great Performances: Dance in America, winner)
- 1981 Tony Award for Best Choreography (Sophisticated Ladies, nominee)
- 1981 Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical (Sophisticated Ladies, nominee)
- 1981 Emmy Award for Outstanding Achievement in Choreography (Great Performances: Dance in America, nominee)
