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A professional ballet company established in Cork under Joan Denise Moriarty's direction and funded by the Arts Council. Originally named the Irish Ballet Company, it was renamed Irish National Ballet in 1984. In the same year, the Arts Council commissioned a report on dance in Ireland. The report was highly critical of the ballet company and the ensuing controversy resulted in Moriarty's resignation in September 1985. In 1988, the Arts Council halved the dance company's budget, forcing it to disband in 1989.

Irish Modern Dance Theatre, also known as John Scott Dance, was founded in 1991 by Dublin-born John Scott to create and commission new works to expand the experience of dance theatre for audiences in Ireland and abroad. Since its instigation, the company has operated the policy of employing Irish dancers in its work whenever possible and seeking Irish dancers living abroad to bring them back to work in Ireland. It has also forged links with international choreographers and other artists, including Meredith Monk, John Jasperse, Thomas Lehmen, Sara Rudner, Sean Curran, Chris Yon, Deborah Hay, and Charles Atlas. The Irish Modern Dance Theatre has produced several ground-breaking works which break traditional theatre and dance conventions, leaving audiences thrilled and sometimes shocked. They have been performed in theatres, art centres and schools across Ireland. International venues include PS 122, Danspace Project at St Marks Church, La MaMa (New York), Forum Cultural Mundial, SESC (Rio De Janeiro), l’Étoile Du Nord (Paris), Pustervikstheatern (Göteborg), Varna Summer Festival, Kanuti Gildi SAAL (Estonia), Scenario Pub.bli.co (Sicily) andAl Kasaba Theatre (Ramallah).

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Irish Ballet was founded by Patricia Mulholland to showcase performances that were not ballet in the classical sense but a form of folk ballet. The company made its debut in 1951 in the Empire Theatre, Belfast as part of the Festival of Britain.

The 6th (Inniskilling) Dragoons was a cavalry regiment in the British Army. It was first raised in 1689 as Sir Albert Cunningham's Regiment of Dragoons. It was renamed Echlin's Dragoons in 1691, 6th (Inniskilling) Regiment of Dragoons in 1751 and 6th (Inniskilling) Dragoons in 1861. The regiment fought in the Battle of the Boyne in July 1690 and also saw action at the Battle of Waterloo, the Crimean War, the Second Boer War and the on the Western Front during the First World War. In 1922, the regiment amalgamated with the 5th (Princess Charlotte of Wales's) Dragoon guard to form 5th/6th Dragoons in 1922.

The 10th (Prince of Wales's Own) Royal Hussars was a cavalry regiment of the British Army. It was formed in 1715, when it was known as Gore's Regiment of Dragoons. It was renamed the 10th Regiment of Dragoons in 1715 and, after two further name changes, became known as the 10th (Prince of Wales's Own) Royal Hussars. The regiment saw action during the Peninsular War, Crimean War, Second Anglo-Afghan War, Madhist War and Second Boer War and was subsequently stationed in India and South Africa. In October 1914, the regiment returned to Britain to join the British Expeditionary Force for service on the Western Front during the First World War. On its return to Britain in 1921, the Regiment was retitled The 10th Royal Hussars (Prince of Wales's Own). In October 1969, it amalgamated with the 11th Hussars (Prince Albert's Own) to form the Royal Hussars (Prince of Wales's Own).

Fitzgerald & Stapleton is a contemporary dance company founded and directed by Emma Fitzgerald and Áine Stapleton. The company’s choreo¬graphic work focuses on the interaction between the body and contemporary society, and the objectification of the body to create revenue for the beauty, diet, and pornography industries, aiming to offer an alternative value system for looking at and relating to the body. In addition to Irish venues, Fitzgerald & Stapleton have toured widely and performed their work at Chocolate Factory Theater and Judson Church, New York; the Pompidou Centre, Paris; and the Performing Arts Forum, Reims. Áine Stapleton has been named as one of the Top 30 Artists under the ages of 30 for her contribution to Ireland’s cultural life.

Firkin Crane, one of Cork City’s landmark buildings, was designed in 1855 by Sir John Benson to meet the needs of the city’s thriving butter market. Following the closure of this trade in 1924, the building acted as a margarine factory. It was later acquired by Joan Denise Moriarty with the financial assistance of the Arts Council to have it refurbished as a home for her professional dance company. During the refurbishment, the building was gutted by fire. It was subsequently restored with support from Cork City Council, the Irish Government, the European Union, Irish businesses, multi-national corporations, and the Irish American Fund, and re-opened in 1992 as a centre dedicated to dance, living theatre, concerts, opera, art exhibitions, poetry readings, and a variety of sound, visual, and multimedia arts. Until 2006, Firkin Crane was also the location of the Institute for Choreography and Dance (ICD), directed by Mary Brady, which aimed to stimulate choreographic practice and dance research as a means of dance development. It provided space for interchange between choreographers to examine issues, work methodologies, and goals particular to each, in a practice-centred environment. Today, Firkin Crane provides a supportive environment for professional artists in the form of a professional residency programme, Blank Canvas.