<BR>Michael Smuin<P><BR>Michael Smuin, former AD of SFB and current AD of Smuin Ballets/SF, is in Sydney, Australia, helping George Lucas stage sword fights (actually, they are light sabers). Writes Ruthe Stein of George Lucas' desire to make the fighting more dance-like, "It took three people to accomplish this: a sword master, a Cirque du Soleil acrobat and a dancer with the Australia Ballet."<P> <A HREF="http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2000/07/07/DD97629.DTL" TARGET=_blank>http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2000/07/07/DD97629.DTL</A>