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- 1956 (Creation)
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8 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 performances by Luisillo [Luis Pérez Dávila] and his Spanish Dance Theatre at the Olympia Theatre for the week commencing 17 September 1956.