Área de identidad
Código de referencia
Título
Fecha(s)
- 1943-2012 (predominantly 1943-1979) (Creación)
Nivel de descripción
Volumen y soporte
39 items
Área de contexto
Nombre del productor
Historia biográfica
Barbara Clarke was born in Dublin in 1938. She started dancing at the age of four at the Burchill School of Dancing on St Stephen’s Green, Dublin, where she studied both ballet and tap. Her first stage appearance was in the Burchill School of Dancing Recital at the Gaiety Theatre in 1943 at the age of five. From the very beginning, she showed exceptional talent and enthusiasm, and steadily built up her skills by undertaking dance and teaching qualifications. As she progressed, she began to help Miss Burchill with the younger classes and continued to participate in the school’s regular recitals at the Gaiety Theatre. As there was no full-time work for dancers in Ireland in the 1960s and 1970s, Barbara trained as secretary at Alexandra College, Dublin, and worked in that capacity for a firm of stockbrokers in the city. She dedicated her spare time to dance, both as a performer and a choreographer, and gained countrywide publicity through her appearances in RTÉ’s popular programme, Shall We Dance?. She continued her involvement in the art form until 1992, when a stroke called a halt to her active dancing career.
Institución archivística
Historia archivística
Origen del ingreso o transferencia
The collection was donated by Barbara Clarke's brother, Gordon Clarke, to the National Dance Archive of Ireland on 8 February 2012.
Área de contenido y estructura
Alcance y contenido
Photographs, certificates, contracts and correspondence illustrating Barbara Clarke's development from a child dance enthusiast to an accomplished amateur dancer and her contribution to the development of dance as a popular art form in Ireland in the mid-twentieth century.
Valorización, destrucción y programación
All records have been retained.
Acumulaciones
Accruals are unlikely.
Sistema de arreglo
Documents have been divided into three series according to their form and thereunder arranged chronologically by date.
Área de condiciones de acceso y uso
Condiciones de acceso
Unrestricted access to all items.
Condiciones
Standard copyright regulations apply to all items. For photocopying or reproducing material, please consult with the staff.
Idioma del material
- inglés
- irlandés
Escritura del material
Notas sobre las lenguas y escrituras
Características físicas y requisitos técnicos
Paper documents and DVDs in good condition. Items N48/1/4-5 require a PC or laptop and software capable of opening JPEG, PDF and Word files.
Instrumentos de descripción
Área de materiales relacionados
Existencia y localización de originales
The originals of N48/6-39 have been retained by the donor.
Existencia y localización de copias
Unidades de descripción relacionadas
Área de notas
Identificador/es alternativo(os)
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Puntos de acceso por materia
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Tipo de puntos de acceso
Área de control de la descripción
Identificador de la descripción
Reglas y/o convenciones usadas
This description follows guidelines based on ISAD(G) 2nd edition (2000), Irish Guidelines for Archival Description (2009), National Council on Archives: Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names (1997) and EAP Guidance on Data Protection for Archive Services (2018).
Estado de elaboración
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Nota del archivista
Papers arranged and described by Anna-Maria Hajba in February 2012 and revised in October 2020.