Cork City Ballet

Irish ballet company, founded 1992

Cork City Ballet
Industry	Performing arts
Founded	1992
Founder	Alan Foley
Headquarters	Firkin Crane, Cork, Ireland
Key people	Alan Foley (Artistic Director), Patricia Crosbie (Ballet Mistress) Colette McNamee (Chairperson)^[1]
Revenue	127,088 Euro (2018)
Website	www.corkcityballet.com

Cork City Ballet is an Irish ballet company founded in 1992 by Alan Foley, a student of Joan Denise Moriarty.^[2] It is one of two professional ballet companies in Ireland. Cork City Ballet performs annually at Cork Opera House, staging (for example) a production of Giselle in 2011.^[3] It has also toured venues such as Wexford Opera House^[4] and The Helix in Dublin.^[5] Cork City Ballet has worked with a number of guest artists and companies such as Royal Swedish Ballet^[6] and Kirov Ballet.^[4] In 2012, Cork City Ballet commemorated the centenary of the birth of Joan Denise Moriarty, the founder of Irish Theatre Ballet, Ireland's first professional ballet company.^[7]

Notable productions

2006 - La Bayadere (Irish tour)^{[citation needed]}
2010 - Swan Lake (For centenary of Aloys Fleischmann)
2011 - Giselle (Prelude to the Joan Denise Moriarty centenary celebrations)
2011 - Playboy of the Western World (Revival)
2012 - The Sleeping Beauty (For the centenary celebrations of Joan Denise Moriarty)^{[citation needed]}

References

^ "Biographies". Cork City Ballet. Retrieved 29 October 2022.
^ * Foley, Alan (2008). Cork City Ballet: the story so far. Cork: KWP. p. 15. ISBN 9780955153129.
^ Leland, Mary. "Giselle". Irish Times. Retrieved 20 March 2012.
^ ^a ^b Kerrigan, Jo. "Russian star dancers all set to lift our spirits". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 20 March 2012.
^ "Dance: What's On". Emigrant.ie. Retrieved 20 March 2012.
^ Hayes Curtin, Brian. "Swedish ballet star set for Cork". Cork Independent. Archived from the original on 16 October 2012. Retrieved 20 March 2012.
^ Murray, Katie. "Cork Profile: Lavinia Anderson". Cork Independent. Archived from the original on 11 May 2012. Retrieved 20 March 2012.