Sibylle Acatos-Dadey

Ms. Acatos-Dadey began her formal ballet training  in her native Switzerland. She furthered her studies at the Academie de Danse
Rosella Hightower in Cannes, France and the John Cranko Schule in Stuttgart, Germany. Ms. Acatos was a prize winner
of the prestigious Prix de Lausanne, and enjoyed a career that spanned 22 years.

Chosen by george Balanchine she began her professional career with the Grand Teatre de Geneve under the direction of Patricia Neary
and while with that company and later the Zurich Ballet, Ms. Acatos worked directly with Mr. Balanchine. As a soloist she danced roles
in over 20 ballets by him , as well as the works of Jerome Robbins, Jiri Kylian,William Forsythe, Hans van Manen, Robert North and
classical ballets such as ,Giselle ,Sleeping Beauty, Don Quixote, amoung others.

She remained with Zurich Ballet under the direction of Uwe Scholz until her departure.  Most notable in her career with Zurich were
performances at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. where she danced with Rudolf Nureyev.
Upon joining Ballet Arizona as a Principal Dancer, she danced in leading roles in the Nutcracker, Swan Lake, Raymonda,
and Cinderella amoung others. As well as many world premiere. She also had many roles created on her while under the direction
of  Jean Paul Comelin and Michael Uthoff. She also performed in ballets created by her husband Donald Dadey.

 Since her retirement from the stage Ms. Acatos has dedicated her time to the teaching and training of future dancers.
As a faculty member of the Arizona Ballet School under the direction of Kee-Juan Han she trained levels from Beginner 1
through Advanced. She also taught and coached such dancers as Principals, Ginger Smith and David Hallberg. She has taught for
The Arizona School of the Arts and started a new ballet program at Tempe Dance, and taught the company at Ballet Arizona.
She has been invited several times to teach at the reknowned North Carolina School for the Arts.

In 2003 with her husband they opened their first school now Scottsdale School of Ballet, and they are proud that former student
Megan Chmelik is now dancing with Ballet Arizona. Mrs. Dadey and her husband live here with their 2 sons Killian and Darius.