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SCOTTSDALE
Dance Academy
7850 East Evans Rd.
Suite # 106
Scottsdale AZ 85260
480 - 948 - 8202
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About the Directors
Sibylle Acatos-Dadey
Ms. Acatos-Dadey began her formal ballet training 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 in a career that spanned 22
years she danced with the Zurich Ballet, Ballet de Grand Theatre
de Geneve, and Ballet Arizona.
With the Zurich Ballet Ms. Acatos danced solo roles in over
20 ballets by George Balanchine, as well as the works of Jerome
Robbins, Jiri Kylian and William Forsythe, Hans van Manen, Donald
Dadey, and Robert North. She remained with Zurich Ballet under
the direction of Uwe Scholz until her departure in 1988.
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 Sibylle & Donald Dadey |
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notable in her career with that company were performances with
Rudolf Nureyev at the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C. with
the Zurich Ballet.
Upon joining Ballet Arizona in 1988 as a Principal Dancer, she
danced the leading roles of the "Sugar Plum Fairy"
in The Nutcracker, "Odette" in Swan Lake Act II, and
World Premieres of Donald Dadey's Ghost Town, Jean Paul Comelin's
Phoenix Rising, and Michael Uthoff's Cimerosa. She also had
many roles created for her while under the direction of both
Comelin and Uthoff. Since her retirement from the stage in 1996,
Ms. Acatos has dedicated her time to the teaching and training
of future dancers. She was a faculty member of
the Arizona Ballet School and under the direction of Kee-Juan
Han, where she coached such dancers as Ginger Smith, David Hallberg
and Carolyn Reardon, and also served as Ballet Mistress. She
has taught for The Arizona School for Arts, Tempe Dance, and
as a company teacher for Ballet Arizona. Most recently she was invited to teach at the prestigious North Corolina School for the Arts and will return to Greenboro for two weeks of master classes.
Donald Dadey
Mr. Dadey began his studies in his native Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
under Jean Gedeon, John Occipintti, and Edward Caton. Upon receiving
a full scholarship he furthered his studies In New York City
at the School of American Ballet with Stanley Williams, Antonia
Tumkovsky, Richard Rapp. He also studied at the Harkness House
of the Arts with David Howard.
His professional career began at the age of 16 dancing with
Pittsburgh Ballet Theater. After studies in New York he joined
the Lyric Opera Ballet of Chicago under the direction of Maria
Tallchief and worked with George Balanchine in the opera Orpheus
and Eurydice. For the next several years his time was shared
between the Dallas Ballet, The Chicago Lyric Opera Ballet, and
the School of American Ballet.
In 1978 upon invitation from George Balanchine, he joined the
Zurich Ballet in Zurich, Switzerland under the direction of
Patricia Neary. He danced in over 20 ballets by Balanchine including
leading roles in Stravinsky Violin Concerto, Liebeslieder Waltzer,
Western Symphony, Episodes, and Allegro Brilliante. During his
10 years in Zurich he worked with and performed solo roles in:
Five Tangos, Adagio Hammerklavier by Hans van Manan; Love Songs
by William Forsythe; Death and the Maiden by Robert North; Die
Schopfung by Uwe Scholz; Romeo and Juliet by John Cranko, Don
Quixote, Manfred by Rudolf Nureyev; Return to a Strange Land,
Transfigured Night and Symphony in D by Jiri Kylian; and Ghost
Dances by Christopher Bruce. In 1983 he was invited by Karin
von Alroldingin to the Paris Opera in Paris, France to assist
in the staging of Balanchine's Stravinsky Violin Concerto.
In 1988 he returned to America to dance with Ballet Arizona
under the direction of Jean- Paul Comelin. Here he danced all
leading male roles with company including "The Prince"
in The Nutcracker, "Franz" in Coppelia, and "Prince
Charming" in Cinderella. and danced many principal roles
in the work of Reid Anderson, Jean-Paul Comelin, and Robert
North. He also appeared as "Guest Artist" with Nevada
Dance Theater in Las Vegas Suite, and as "Romeo" in
Romeo and Juliet. Most recently he has performed in Center Dance
Ensemble's productions of A Streetcar Named Desire as "Stanley"
and "Count Dracula" in Dracula.
Mr. Dadey acted as Associate Artistic Director of Ballet Arizona
from 1992 until his departure in 1997. His contributions included
choreographing, staging repertory on the company, and founding
the successful, Joy of Dance and Jump-start Programs, which
are multi-faceted educational outreach programs for the public
school system and inter-city children. He has taught as ballet
instructor at Oklahoma Summer Arts Institute, The Dance Connection,
Dance Theater West, New School for the Arts, Arizona State University,
University of Arizona, Ballet Arts of Tucson , Pittsburgh Youth
Ballet, and at many other schools. As a choreographer he has
created numerous works on Scottsdale Dance Academy, School of Ballet Arizona, Ballet Arizona, Zurich Ballet, Oklahoma Summer
Arts Institute, Houston Dance Theater,
New World Ballet, and Ballet Yuma. He has created works for the past 8 years for the leading Modern dance company in Phoenix, Center Dance Ensemble. |
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