Área de identidad
Código de referencia
Título
Fecha(s)
- 1948-2012 (Creación)
Nivel de descripción
Volumen y soporte
40 items
Área de contexto
Nombre del productor
Historia biográfica
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.
Institución archivística
Historia archivística
Origen del ingreso o transferencia
Donated by Victoria O’Brien to the National Dance Archive of Ireland on 23 March 2011.
Área de contenido y estructura
Alcance y contenido
Programmes, flyers, conference proceedings, printed material, and recorded interviews collected by Victoria O’Brien, reflecting her interest in both the historical aspects of and current developments in ballet and contemporary dance. Much of the material in this collection was created and generated by Victoria O’Brien for her doctoral dissertation, published as A History of Irish Ballet from 1927 to 1963 by Peter Lang (Oxford and New York) in 2011.
Valorización, destrucción y programación
All records have been retained.
Acumulaciones
Further accruals are expected.
Sistema de arreglo
Documents have been arranged into six series according to their form.
Área de condiciones de acceso y uso
Condiciones de acceso
Unrestricted access to most items.
Condiciones
Standard copyright regulations apply to all items. For photocopying or reproducing material, please consult with the staff.
Idioma del material
- inglés
Escritura del material
Notas sobre las lenguas y escrituras
Características físicas y requisitos técnicos
Mostly paper documents in good condition. Cassette tapes containing recorded interviews (N6/5/1-7) are too fragile to use. Digital access to the recordings is provided in the reading room – please consult with a member of staff.
Instrumentos de descripción
Área de materiales relacionados
Existencia y localización de originales
Existencia y localización de copias
Unidades de descripción relacionadas
Área de notas
Identificador/es alternativo(os)
Puntos de acceso
Puntos de acceso por materia
Puntos de acceso por lugar
Puntos de acceso por autoridad
- Ballet Ireland (Materia)
- Bolshoi Ballet (Materia)
- Cork Ballet Company (Materia)
- Dublin City Ballet (Materia)
- Dublin Youth Dance Company (Materia)
- Irish Ballet Company (Materia)
- Irish Theatre Ballet (Materia)
- London Festival Ballet (Materia)
- The Royal Ballet (Materia)
- Sadler's Wells Theatre Ballet (Materia)
- Gregory, Jill (1917-2010), ballet dancer and ballet teacher (Materia)
- Gyll, Catherine (Materia)
- Lambkin, Myrtle (d. 2009), ballet dancer and ballet teacher (Materia)
- McGilligan, Judith (b. 1941), ballet dancer (Materia)
- O'Brolchain, Ester, ballet dancer and ballet teacher (Materia)
- Quilligan, Fiona (b. 1958), dancer and choreographer (Materia)
- Ryan, Patricia (1923-2011), ballet dancer and teacher (Materia)
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).
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Fuentes
Nota del archivista
Papers arranged and described by Anna-Maria Hajba in April 2011 and updated in March 2020.