Cork City Ballet

Cork City Ballet is an Irish ballet company founded by Alan Foley, a student of Joan Denise Moriarty, in 1992.[1] It is one of two professional ballet companies in Ireland. Cork City Ballet annually performs at Cork Opera House, most recently with a production of Giselle.[2] It has toured venues such as Wexford Opera House,[3] The Helix [4] Tralee's Siamsa Tire and University Concert Hall, Limerick. Cork City Ballet has worked with a number of guest artists and companies such as Royal Swedish Ballet[5] and Kirov Ballet.[3] In 2012, Cork City Ballet commemorated the centenary of the birth of Joan Denise Moriarty, the founder of Irish Theatre Ballet, Ireland's first professional ballet company.[6]

Cork City Ballet
IndustryPerforming arts
Founded1992
FounderAlan Foley
HeadquartersFirkin Crane, Cork, Ireland
Key people
Alan Foley (Artistic Director), Patricia Crosbie (Ballet Mistress), Colette McNamee (PR)
Websitewww.corkcityballet.com
The Firkin Crane, in the Shandon area of Cork City, is a permanent base for Cork City Ballet, Crux Dance Theatre and other dance activities

Notable productions
  • 2010 - Swan Lake (For centenary of Aloys Fleischmann)
  • 2011 - Giselle (Prelude to the Joan Denise Moriarty centenary celebrations)
  • 2011 - Playboy of the Western World (Revival)

References

Sources
  • Foley, Alan (2008). Cork City Ballet: the story so far. Cork: KWP. ISBN 9780955153129.

Notes
  1. Foley 2008, p. 15.
  2. Mary Leland. "Giselle". Irish Times. Retrieved 20 March 2012.
  3. Jo Kerrigan. "Russian star dancers all set to lift our spirits". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 20 March 2012.
  4. "Dance: What's On". Emigrant.ie. Retrieved 20 March 2012.
  5. Brian Hayes Curtin. "Swedish ballet star set for Cork". Cork Independent. Archived from the original on 16 October 2012. Retrieved 20 March 2012.
  6. Katie Murray. "Cork Profile: Lavinia Anderson". Cork Independent. Archived from the original on 11 May 2012. Retrieved 20 March 2012.
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