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- 26 April 2010 (Creation)
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Cork City Ballet is one of only two professional ballet companies in Ireland. It was formed in 1991 by Alan Foley to address the void left by the closure of the Cork-based Irish National Ballet in 1989 due to a lack of funding. Cork City Ballet presented its first public performance at the Everyman Palace Theatre on 27 March 1992 and continues to operate under the artistic directorship of Alan Foley, who also acted as the ballet’s principal male dancer until his retirement in that capacity in 2007.
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DVD containing a recording of a performance of Music for the Ballet by Cork City Ballet at Firkin Crane on 26 April 2010. The repertoire included Enigma created by Alan Foley and performed by Leigh Alderson and dancers from CSN Dance; The Golden Bell of Ko by Yuri Demankov, performed by Yuri Dermankov and Guzel Atymtayeva; Mystic Reel by Sinead Murphy, performed by the Cork School of Dance; String Serenade by Kilian O’Callaghan, performed by dancers from the Irish National Youth Ballet; The Dying Swan by Alan Foley, performed by Leigh Alderson; Carmen by Alberto Alonso, performed by Guzel Atymtayeva; and Black Swan Pas de Deux by Marius Petipa, performed by Elena Glurdijdze and Arionel Vargas. The recording also contains post-performance comments by Ruth Fleischmann, dancers and dance company directors and former dancers of Joan Denise Moriarty’s ballet schools and companies. Total duration 01:29:00.
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- English
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DVD in good condition. Item requires a DVD player.