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Opening in San Francisco tonight! ✨ What an honor it has been to share the stage with these beautiful people! Come see us at the Cowell Theater @fortmasoncenter October 9-18.

Margot Aknin and Preston Swovelin in Stabat Mater by Michael Smuin, Courtesy Smuin. Costumes by Ann Beck, Lighting by Sara Linnie Slocum, adapted by Michael Oesch, Set by Alexander V. Nichols. Photo by Chris Hardy.

Opening in San Francisco tonight! ✨ What an honor it has been to share the stage with these beautiful people! Come see us at the Cowell Theater @fortmasoncenter October 9-18.

Ellie Prince and Margot Aknin in I-SCRIT-AH-SCREE-TAH-SKRATT by My’Kal Stromile, Courtesy Smuin. Costumes by My’Kal Stromile, Lighting by Michael Oesch. Photo by Maggie Carey.

Opening in San Francisco tonight! ✨What an honor it has been to share the stage with these beautiful people! Come see us at the Cowell Theater @fortmasoncenter October 9-18.

Smuin Company Artists in French Kiss by Amy Seiwert, Courtesy Smuin. Costumes by Susan Roemer, Lighting by Jim French. Photo by Maggie Carey. taken in San Francisco, California by @margotaknin

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Join us in welcoming Company Artist Margot Aknin to the Smuin studios! And while we’re at it, let’s wish her a happy birthday!

⭐️ Margot Aknin (she/her) grew up in San Jose, CA, where she trained at Los Gatos Ballet under Marcie Ryken for ten years. After high school, she spent three years in the Graduate Program at Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre School, where she performed roles including the Sugar Plum Fairy in The Nutcracker and Nikiya in La Bayadère, and also performed with the main company in Terrence Orr’s Swan Lake, Don Quixote, The Nutcracker, La Bayadère, Sleeping Beauty, and Beauty and the Beast. As a member of BalletMet 2, Aknin performed corps and soloist roles in ballets by Edwaard Liang, David Nixon, Gustavo Ramirez Sansano, Gerard Charles, and George Balanchine. She joined Dayton Ballet in 2016, performing many principal roles, including Daisy in Ron Cunningham’s The Great Gatsby, Odette in Septime Webre’s Swan Lake, Lucy/Mina in Karen Russo Burke’s Dracula:Bloodlines, and other notable works by Jiří Kylián, Amy Seiwert, Jessica Lang, among others. Aknin joined Newport Contemporary Ballet in 2021, where she danced principal and soloist roles in ballets by Danielle Genest, Miki Ohlsen, Nicolo Fonte, Kristopher Estes-Brown, Amy Hall Garner, Takehiro Ueyama, DaYoung Jung, and others. Following her performances with Smuin in French Kiss, Aknin will join Golden State Ballet in San Diego.

We are so excited to have Margot join us on stage for our first performances of the 26/27 season! We hope you’ll join us for a show to see all of our artists share their stage together.

📸 Margot Aknin in rehearsal with Smuin Contemporary Ballet, photo by Maximillian Tortoriello. taken in Smuin Ballet by @margotaknin

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Margot — A sad farewell to Margot who has graced performances with her beauty and style at the Newport Contemporary Ballet for the last 5 years. She'll be happy on the West Coast but we’ll surely be missing her. #dance#contemporarydance#motion#light#dark#shadow#photography#grace#poise#beauty#strength#style#portrait# by @margotaknin

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Excerpts from The Shape We Become, choreographed by DaYoung Jung(@dayoungjung87 ), returns for our outdoor stage at the Newport Dance Festival. Experience these stunning duets, along with an exciting lineup of visiting companies next week!

Newport Dance Festival
July 15-19
Great Friends Meeting House Lawn

Visit newportcontemporaryballet.org to learn more and purchase tickets today!

#newportcontemporaryballet #newportdancefestival #contemporaryballet #choreography #newportri taken in Newport Contemporary Ballet by @margotaknin

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14 years later, I’m moving back to California ☀️

Spent about 12 of those saying I’d “never move back” but here we are! I’m so excited to be closer to my family and where I grew up. It has been a slightly terrifying season of change, but I am so grateful for how everything has unfolded.

After 5 seasons with @newportcontemporaryballet my last performances will be July 15-19 in Newport! 🩵

I’ll be in SF with @smuinballet for 3 months and then moving down to San Diego permanently to dance with @goldenstateballet and experience sunshine in January again☀️

(California friends: I’m still looking for housing in SF if you know of anything! 🙃)

Photo by @ehovermale by @margotaknin

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Spring things 🍃🫶🏻 by @margotaknin

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lots of thinking 💭

photos by @ehovermale by @margotaknin

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Beautiful weekend in sunny San Diego ☀️💛 taken in San Diego, California by @margotaknin

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A Margot Series #portrait#dance#contemporarydance#strength#light#dark#shadow#photography#grace#poise#style#beauty# @margotaknin by @margotaknin

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Summer summarized by @margotaknin

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Season 5 with @newportcontemporaryballet has begun ✨ Come see us in Newport Oct 17-19!

photo by the wonderful @ehovermale taken in Newport, Rhode Island by @margotaknin

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