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Susan K. Manchak
PMB # 286
133 East Da La Guerra
Santa Barbara, California 93101
Tel: 805-964-4461
Fax: 805 963 0265
email: ballet@rain.org
website: www.rain.org/~ballet
Interim School Director
Springfield Ballet - Springfield, Missouri Nov. 1999 - May 2000
Staged
Todd Bolender’s “The Still Point”
Ballet Arts, Minneapolis, Minnesota March 2000
Co-Directed
Central Dance Theater's opening gala event at the Joslyn Art Museum
and other fundraising events July - Sept
1999
Workshops and Master Classes
Class Act Dance- Paso Robles 1998-2000
Fossemale Dance Studio - Santa Ynez 1997-1998
Allan Hancock College - Santa Maria 1998
Idyllwild Arts Academy - Los Angeles 1997
Kansas City Ballet School - Kansas City 1992-1996
Academy of Movement & Music - Chicago 1984
Other Teaching Experience
Ballet and Creative Dance
Diane Knowles Academy of Dance, Santa Barbara - presently on staff
Cathedral Oaks Athletic Club - presently on staff
Coaching
Nutcracker - Grand Pas de Deux - Paso Robles Chamber Ballet 1998
Sleeping Beauty - Grand Pas de Deux - Santa Barbara Chamber Ballet
1996-1998
Santa Barbara Ballet Competition - Students of Diane Knowles
Choreography
• "The Enchanted Forest" performed by the Springfield Ballet
2000
• "Out on the Town", pas de deux to Gershwin -
performed by Santa Barbara Chamber Ballet
2000
• "Forest Sketches" performed by Santa Barbara Chamber Ballet,
original music composed by Michael Mortilla
1999
• "Duo Danza" to Kronos - accepted by the competition, "New Choreographers
on
Point" performed in the Ballet Builders Showcase
in New York City by
Susan Manchak and Daryl Fowkes 1998
• "Baroque Tapestry" to Purcell - performed by Santa Barbara Chamber
Ballet at
the Regional Dance Festival in Portland, Oregon
1997
• "Ragtime Ripples" to Gershwin- performed by Santa Barbara Chamber
Ballet 1996
Dance Companies
Kansas City Ballet under Todd Bolender-as a principal 1984 - 1996
Colorado Ballet under Fernand Nault - as a principal 1980 - 1983
Washington Ballet under Mary Day and Choo San Goh 1979 - 1980
Frankfurt Ballet under Kent Stowell and Francia Russell 1977 - 1978
Leading Roles
Balanchine Ballets - La Sonnambula, Concerto Barocco, The Four Temperaments,
Serenade, The Prodigal Son, Divertimento
Swan Lake
Sleeping Beauty
Meditation pas de deux - Jaques D'Amboise
The Still Point, Concerto in G, Souvenirs - Todd Bolender
Lilac Garden - Antony Tudor
The River - Alvin Ailey
Training
Balanchine- Maria Tallchief-Chicago
Ballet & Diana Adams - Kansas City Ballet
Russian- London Dance Center - Richard Collins
French- Centre de Danse-Cannes, France- Rosella Hightower
R.A.D.- Singapore Ballet Academy- Soonee Goh