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- [May] 2007 (Creation)
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24 pp.
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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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Programme of Cork City Ballet’s national tour of Ballet Spectacular in [May] 2007. The repertoire included Wuthering Heights created by Jane Kellaghan; Black Swan Pas de Deux by Marius Petipa; Rainwater (an excerpt from Strings) by Judith Sibley; The Sleeping Beauty Wedding Pas de Deux by Alan Foley after Marius Petipa; Salut d’Amour and Gira Con Me 2 by Alan Foley; La Fille Mal Gardee by Alexander Gorsky; Eva by Patricia Crosbie; The Dying Swan by Alan Foley; and Bodyguard by Patricia Crosbie. The programme incorporates an introductory note to the performance, short biographies of company members and guest artistes, a note on Alan Foley’s retirement as principal dancer, and assorted facts relating to Cork City Ballet.
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Paper document in good condition.