Smuin Contemporary Ballet: Dance Series 1

Fri.–Sun., Sept. 29–Oct. 7

Cowell Theater, Fort Mason Center

Smuin will kick off its 30th season with the world premiere of Salsa ’Til Dawn by Darrell Grand Moultrie, set to an original Cuban jazz score by award-winning composer Charles Fox; James Kudelka’s The Man in Black, a contemporary ballet danced in cowboy boots to the music of Johnny Cash; and S.F.-based and internationally acclaimed Val Caniparoli’s playful Tutto Eccetto il Lavandino (everything but the kitchen sink), set to Vivaldi. $25–$89, 415-912-1899, smuinballet.org