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- 22 March 2004 (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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Video tape containing a recording of a performance of Ballet Spectacular by Cork City Ballet at Cork Opera House on 22 March 2004. The repertoire includes Veiled Illuminations choreographed by Jane Kellaghan; Don Quixote Pas de Deux by Marius Petipa; Rainwater by Judith Sibley; Celebration by Royston Maldoom; Salut D’Amour by Alan Foley; Eva by Patricia Crosbie; Tchaikovsky Pas de Deux by George Balanchine; and A Suite from Swan Lake Act II by Alan Foley after Lev Ivanov. Duration 01:28:00. Video documentation by Frameworks Films.
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- English
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Video tape in reasonable condition. Item requires a video player.