Identity area
Reference code
IE 2135 NDAI N4/1/3
Title
Irish National Ballet
Date(s)
- 1983-1987 (Creation)
Level of description
sub-series
Extent and medium
2 sub-series
Context area
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.
Repository
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Programmes, promotional material and publications relating to the Irish Ballet Company following its renaming as Irish National Ballet in 1983.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
This sub-series has been arranged into twosub-series by document type.