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- June 2008 (Creation)
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144 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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Proceedings of Dance Research Forum Ireland’s second international conference held in Tralee on 26-29 June 2008. The theme of the conference was Mediating Movement: Communication and Dance.