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Reference code
IE 2135 NDAI N4/1/2/1/23
Title
Brochure promoting the Irish Ballet Company’s performances at the Abbey Theatre, Dublin
Date(s)
- 17-28 June 1980 (Creation)
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1 item
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Name of creator
(1958-)
Biographical history
Patricia Crosbie was born in Cork in 1958 and began her early dance training in Joan Denise Moriarty’s school of dance. She danced with Cork Ballet Company, founded by Moriarty in 1947; and in the Irish Ballet Company, founded by Moriarty in 1973 and renamed Irish National Ballet in 1983. Her many roles included Odette/ Odile in Swan Lake; Sugar Plum Fairy/ Snow Queen in The Nutcracker, and Widow Quin in The Playboy of the Western World. She is ballet mistress with Cork City Ballet.
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Scope and content
Brochure promoting the Irish Ballet Company’s performances at the Abbey Theatre, Dublin on 17-28 June 1980. The repertoire included Suite of Dances from the ballet Raymonda, Lugh of the Golden Arm, Adagietto No. 5 and Paradise Gained.