Smuin family.

Smuin was a member of the San Francisco Ballet. He joined the American Ballet Theatre where he not only danced but began to choreograph for the company. Smuin returned to the San Francisco Ballet to become Co-Artistic Director with Lew Christensen. He was forced to resign from the San Francisco Ballet. He went on to direct and choreograph for both Broadway and the film industry. He won a Tony Award for Best Choreography and the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Choreography in 1988 for Anything goes. In 1994 Smuin founded the Smuin Ballets/SF. The company performs both locally and throughout the country.