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Programmes, press cuttings, photographs, letters, and certificates collected by Cliodna O’Riordan. The items reflect the early years of the Irish National Ballet School and O’Riordan’s subsequent interest in ballet and other forms of dance.

Programme of a recital of ballet by the [Irish] National Ballet School performed at the Dagg Hall, Royal Irish Academy of Music, Dublin on 10-15 November 1958. The programme is signed, with a short dedication to O’Riordan, by the guest dancer Jelko Yurésha. For related press reviews, see N2/2/4.

Programme of a recital of ballet by the National Ballet Company accompanied by the Radio Eireann Light Orchestra at the Abbey Theatre, Dublin on 30 May-3 June 1961.

Programmes of performances of other dance companies at various venues in Dublin, collected by Cliodna O'Riordan.

Programme of performances by Luisillo [Luis Pérez Dávila] and his Spanish Dance Theatre at the Olympia Theatre for the week commencing 17 September 1956.

Programme of a performance by the American Ballet Theatre at the Olympia Theatre, Dublin on 18-19 June 1958.

Programme of a performance by Antonio [Gades] and his Spanish Ballet Company on 15-17 June 1959 at the Theatre Royal, Dublin during the Dublin International Festival of Music and the Arts.

Programme of ‘Grand Divertissiments’ performed by the Bolshoi Ballet at the Gaiety Theatre, Dublin in July-August 1963.

Press reviews from Irish newspapers of a recital of ballet by the Irish National Ballet School at the Olympia Theatre, Dublin on 3 July 1955. Also a press cutting bearing a photograph of three young female ballet dancers taken during the performance.

Press reviews from Irish newspapers of a recital of ballet performed by the Irish National Ballet School in the Dagg Hall, Royal Irish Academy of Music, Dublin on 1-6 July 1957.