Susan Zadoff returns to the stage with ‘Pinocchio’
i ne tugene Ballet Company
is presenting two new ballets
this season, Pinnocchio and
Pas de Quatre scheduled at
South Eugene High School
Auditorium Friday and
Saturday at 8 p.m.
One of the performers
appearing in both ballets,
Susan Zadoff, has not only the
distinction of being a senior
member of the company but is
also an instructor for the un
iversity's department of dance.
Zadoff began dancing with
the two-year-old Eugene
Ballet Company last February.
“I thought I was too old to
perform again,” Zadoff says.
"The Grannans, the artistic
directors of the company,
called me up for an audition
and in less than a half hour, I
was hooked again. It is very
rare that a dancer is foolish
enough to start performing
again at my age. It has opened
up a whole new world for me."
Zadoff, a native New Yorker,
began her career at the High
School of Performing Arts
which recieved much national
recognition in the movie Fame.
Zadoff then recieved a
r
scholarship and began per
forming for the Ballet Ruse de
Monte Carlo, America’s tour
ing company which brings
ballet to cities throughout the
nation. She spent four years
touring the United States and
Canda as a soloist for the
Ballet Ruse.
Zadoff then embarked on a
short Broadway career —
appearing in The Unsinkable
Molly Brown, and Milk and
Honey, among other produc
tions. After a brief run with the
New York State Ballet
Company, Zadoff began
teaching
She and her husband
moved to Eugene 10 years
ago; Zadoff opened a studio,
and eventually received an in
structorship with the university
dance department.
"I’ve been teaching 18 years
to date," Zadoff says. "And I
have not performed profes
sionally in all that time. Begin
ning performing again is a joy
to me — I was hungry for it
even though my body may be
protesting a bit."
Zadoff feels that many of the
older mature artists involved in
the company give added
dimension to the per
formances. And because of
the newness, the company is
fortunate to have fine older
dancers with experience.
"There is a nice balance
between the experienced and
younger up-and-coming
members of the company,"
Zadoff says.
The Eugene Ballet Company
relies on university students,
members of other local dance
troupes and a young crop of
local dancers in addition to the
mature dancers.
"The Company is reaching
out and crossing the
community in a wonderful
sharing effort," Zadoff says.
"In conjunction with the
Eugene Symphony, we per
formed the Nutcracker Ballet
last season to a delighted and
supportive community."
Zadoff feels lucky in her po
sition of bridging the gap
between the community and
the university. She feels the
university possesses one of
the finest dance departments
in the Northwest and offers a
well-rounded and rich
program. She says, however,
that she'd like to see more
university students branch out
into the community-based
Eugene Ballet Company.
Zadoff is also director of the
Ballet Repertory Concert
Theatre and will be chor
eographing the summer mu
sical for the Oregon Repertory
Theater this summer. Along
with other instructors from the
dance department, she will be
choreographing the Red Ponie
at the Aaron Copland Festival
in Roseburg in June.
Zadoff will dance the roles
of Marie Taglioni in the Pas de
Quatre and as the fairy in
Pinocchio.
Tickets for the ballet range
from $1.50 to $7.50 and can be
purchased at Albert’s Hosiery
in Valley River Center,
Backstage on the Downtown
Mall in Eugene, Lights for Mu
sic in Springfield, and at the
Eugene Ballet, 686-9342.
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