Programmes, flyers, conference proceedings, printed material, and recorded interviews collected by Victoria O’Brien, reflecting her interest in both the historical aspects of and current developments in ballet and contemporary dance. Much of the material in this collection was created and generated by Victoria O’Brien for her doctoral dissertation, published as A History of Irish Ballet from 1927 to 1963 by Peter Lang (Oxford and New York) in 2011.
Sans titreProgramme of performances by Sadler’s Wells Theatre Ballet from London at the Gaiety Theatre, Dublin in July 1949. The repertoire included Act II of Swan Lake, Sea Change, Pas de Deux, Jota Toledana and Facade.
Sans titreProgramme of performances by the [London] Festival Ballet during their 1952 tour. The programme was produced by the Gaiety Theatre, Dublin, where the company performed in February, but contains synopses of the entire tour repertoire, which included The Nutcracker, Le Beau Danube, Petrouchka, Giselle, The Blue Bird, Le Spectre de la Rose, Act II of Swan Lake, Les Sylphides, Capriccioso (Italiana), The Pas de Quatre, Bolero, Prince Igor, Harlequinade, Fiesta Espagnole, Symphonic Impressions, The Black Swan and Don Quixote.
Sans titreFlyer promoting the Irish Youth Dance Festival held in Dun Laoghaire on 4-5 July 2009.
Sans titrePress reviews of dance performances collected by Victoria O’Brien.
Sans titrePress review of various dance performances, including the premiere of Shadow-Reach by the Irish Ballet Company at the Abbey Theatre, Dublin [on 19 June 1978].
Sans titrePress cutting relating to a tour of Northern Ireland by the Irish National College of Dance. Originally inserted inside N6/1/8.
Sans titreDance-related book collected by Victoria O’Brien.
Sans titreVolume 2 of Choreographic Encounters, edited by Mary Brady (Cork: Institute for Choreography and Dance, 2004). The book comprises essays by Omar Barghouti, Faustin Linyckula, Carol Brown, Alexander Baervoets, Fearghus Ó Conchúir, Vincent Sekwati Koko Mantsoe, Steve Batts and Thomas McCarthy on the subject of dance and identity.
Sans titre90-minute cassette tape containing on Side A an interview by Victoria O’Brien with Catherine Gyll in Naas, county Kildare relating to Gyll’s early years as Cepta Cullen’s pupil and how this experience influenced her appreciation of dance in later life. Duration 00:07:00 minutes. Side B is blank.
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