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Programme of performances by Sadler’s Wells Theatre Ballet from London at the Gaiety Theatre, Dublin in July 1948. The repertoire included Les Sylphides, The Vagabonds, Pas de Deux, Del Sacre Monte and Les Rendezvous.

Programme of performances by the [London] Festival Ballet at the Gaiety Theatre, Dublin in February as part of their 1952 tour. The repertoire included Les Sylphides, Petrouchka, Le Spectre de la Rose and Prince Igor.

Programme of performances by the Irish Ballet Company at the Abbey Theatre in mid-December [1982]. The repertoire included The Party, Pas Classique (premiere), Concerto Grosso, Chariots of Fire, Adagietto No. 5 and Invitation to the Dance (premiere). The matinee programme was aimed at a younger audience and included performances of Golliwog’s Cakewalk, In Class, Invitation to the Dance, Concerto Grosso, Pas Classique and Children’s Corner.

Programme of a performance of Moving Dances by Irish Theatre Ballet at an unidentified venue on an unidentified date. The programme doubles as an appeal for funding.

Fold-out brochure promoting Paper Pylons, a dance performance and film presentation created by choreographer Fiona Quilligan and film maker Marek Bogacki and performed by Olwen Grindley and Maria Nilsson at Wood Quay Venue, Civic Offices, Dublin 8 on 21-26 February [2010].

Conference proceedings collected by Victoria O’Brien.

Proceedings of Dance Research Forum Ireland’s third international conference held in Cork on 24-27 June 2010. The theme of the conference was Capturing Composition: Improvisation in Dance Research and Practice. Also handwritten notes by Victoria O’Brien relating to the sessions chaired by her.

Recordings of interviews with professional dancers conducted by Victoria O’Brien.

90-minute cassette tape containing on Side A an interview by Victoria O’Brien with Patricia Ryan in county Dublin, relating to her entry into the world of ballet both as a student and as a teacher; her early teaching career; and the establishment of the National Ballet Company. The first two minutes of the interview are missing. The interview continues on Side B 7.5 minutes into the tape. Total duration 01:09:00. Also see N6/5/5.

90-minute cassette tape containing on Side A an interview by Victoria O’Brien with dancers and dance teachers Desmond Domnican and Myrtle Lambkin in Dublin, relating to status of ballet in Dublin in the 1940s, with references to Cepta Cullen (Irish Ballet Club), Muriel Kelly (Abbey School of Ballet) and Sara Payne. Duration 00:39:00. The interview continues on Side B for 18 minutes (the tape should be turned as soon as the recording on Side A ends). This interview has been recorded in part at double speed and can only be listened to by using N6/5/8.