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- 1957 (Creation)
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4 pp.
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Cliodna O’Riordan and her sister Sally were among the first pupils of the Irish National Ballet School, which was set up in 1954 by Blanaid and Eoin O’Brolchain and Cecil ffrench Salkeld. The school was located at 19 Ely Place, Dublin, and its first director was Valentina Dutko. Dutko was replaced in 1956 by Patricia Ryan, during whose directorship the school evolved into the National Ballet Company.
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Programme of a recital of ballet by the Irish National Ballet School performed at the Dagg Hall, Royal Irish Academy of Music, Dublin on 1-6 July 1957. The programme is signed by some of the dancers, some members of the school council, and by the school director Patricia Ryan.