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IE 2135 NDAI N2/3/1
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Photographs of a performance by the Irish National Ballet School
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- [1956] (Creation)
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5 items
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(1941-2002)
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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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Black and white photographs (140 x 88 mm) taken by James O’Callaghan during a recital of ballet in the Dagg Hall, Royal Irish Academy of Music, Dublin on 24-29 September 1956. One of the images features Valentina Dutko, the first director of the school.
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N2/23