Smuin Contemporary Ballet, formerly known as Smuin Ballet,[1] is a touring ballet company based in San Francisco, California.[2] Smuin Ballet performs its season in multiple venues: the Dean Lesher Center in Walnut Creek,[3][4] the Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts in Mountain View, the Sunset Center in Carmel, the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts and The Palace of Fine Arts Theater[5] in San Francisco.[6]