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- February 1952 (Creation)
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8 pp.
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Victoria O’Brien started her dance training at the Irish National College of Dance in Dublin and is a graduate of the Northern School of Contemporary Dance in Leeds. She undertook further studies at the Laban Centre, London and completed a PhD in dance history at the Irish World Academy of Music and Dance, University of Limerick. She is currently Dance Adviser at the Arts Council. An active dance historian and consultant, Victoria continues to research, lecture, and publish in the areas of Irish ballet history and cultural memory.
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Programme of performances by the [London] Festival Ballet during their 1952 tour. The programme was produced by the Gaiety Theatre, Dublin, where the company performed in February, but contains synopses of the entire tour repertoire, which included The Nutcracker, Le Beau Danube, Petrouchka, Giselle, The Blue Bird, Le Spectre de la Rose, Act II of Swan Lake, Les Sylphides, Capriccioso (Italiana), The Pas de Quatre, Bolero, Prince Igor, Harlequinade, Fiesta Espagnole, Symphonic Impressions, The Black Swan and Don Quixote.