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Ballet Ireland
General information
NameBallet Ireland
Year founded1998
FoundersAnne Maher, Gunther Falusy
Websitehttps://www.balletireland.ie/
Senior staff
DirectorAnne Maher
Company managerMartin Lindinger

Ballet Ireland is an Irish Ballet Company established in 1998 by Günther Falusy and Anne Maher. It has been funded by the Arts Council of Ireland since 1999 and is under the sole patronage of Irish President Michael D. Higgins since 2013.

History

Irish Ballet had a home in the Irish National Ballet, founded in 1973 and entrusted to Joan Denise Moriarty.[1] However, following a series of funding cuts, the company was disbanded in 1989 and doubt was expressed whether classical ballet could survive in Ireland.[2] In 1997 Ballet Ireland was founded in Dublin by choreographer and dancer Günther Falusy (1946–2017), and the professional ballet dancer Anne Maher to re-establish classical ballet in the capital.[3] The opening production was at the Gaiety Theatre, Dublin.[4] The Arts Council of Ireland provided substantial grants from 1999 to 2003, allowing the new company to become established.[5] This funding has continued, allowing annual performances and tours throughout Ireland and to a lesser extent in the UK.[6] Since then, the company has presented over 30 seasons of work and is also involved in educational programmes such as professional workshops and summer schools.[7][8][9] In 2013, the Irish President Michael D. Higgins became the patron of the company.[10]

Performances

Ballet Ireland began with a conventional repertoire of well-known ballets such as The Nutcracker,[11][12] Swan Lake[13] and The Sleeping Beauty.[5] Once fully established, it started to take works on tour, for example with a production of Giselle from 2017[14] which was performed at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2018 and The Guardian called "part modern murder mystery, part romantic ballet classic",[15] while Anna Winter in The Stage commented it was a "full-blooded re-imagining staged with zeal".[16] The company has also extended its range of works to include contemporary dance and reinterpretations of classic ballets.[17][18] The company collaborated with the Irish Chamber Orchestra on a 2014 production of Rodion Shchedrin's Carmen Suite (ballet)[19] and with the RTÉ Concert Orchestra on a number of productions.[20]

Official website

References

  1. ^ Ruth Fleischmann: "The Arts Council and Irish National Ballet 1985–89", in: Joan Denise Moriarty, pp. 34–56.
  2. ^ "Leap into the unknown". The Irish Times. Dublin. 1999-09-28. Retrieved 2021-01-17.
  3. ^ Craine, Debra. (2010). The Oxford dictionary of dance. Mackrell, Judith. (2nd ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 232. ISBN 978-0-19-956344-9. OCLC 620092525.
  4. ^ "Austrian dancer and choreographer co-founded Ballet Ireland". The Irish Times. Dublin. 2018-01-06. Retrieved 2021-01-17.
  5. ^ a b Seaver, Michael (2002-04-16). "Do we need Ballet Ireland?". The Irish Times. Dublin. Retrieved 2021-01-17.
  6. ^ Wulff, Helena. (2009). Dancing at the crossroads : memory and mobility in Ireland (1st pbk. ed.). New York: Berghahn Books. pp. 78–80. ISBN 978-1-84545-590-3. OCLC 437030529.
  7. ^ "Ballet Ireland presents Bold Moves". Nationaloperahouse.ie. Retrieved 2021-01-17.
  8. ^ Thompson, Sylvia (2010-08-10). "Strictly ballet". The Irish Times. Dublin. Retrieved 2021-01-17.
  9. ^ "Ballet Ireland do summer workshops". RTE. 2003-06-23. Retrieved 2021-01-17.
  10. ^ "Patron". BalletIreland. 2013. Retrieved 2021-01-17.
  11. ^ Battersby, Eileen (2004-11-11). "Behind the scenes at the ballet". The Irish Times. Dublin. Retrieved 2021-01-17.
  12. ^ Seaver, Christie (2013-11-21). "A tough nut to crack". The Irish Times. Dublin. Retrieved 2021-01-18.
  13. ^ Seaver, Christie (2014-11-21). "Review: Swan Lake". The Irish Times. Dublin. Retrieved 2021-01-18.
  14. ^ Seaver, Christie (2017-04-24). "Giselle review: streets fights and cryptic connections in a frantic production". The Irish Times. Dublin. Retrieved 2021-01-17.
  15. ^ Bain, Alice (2018-08-06). "Giselle review – Ballet Ireland bring out the Hammer horror in a romantic classic". The Guardian. UK.
  16. ^ Winter, Anna (2018-08-07). "Giselle". The Stage. London. Retrieved 2021-01-17.
  17. ^ Seaver, Christie (2017-04-18). "'We cannot have an endless diet of Swan Lakes'". The Irish Times. Dublin. Retrieved 2021-01-17.
  18. ^ Seaver, Christie (2019-03-26). "Bold Moves: Ballet Ireland scores a coup with heart-pounding performance of Minus 16". The Irish Times. Dublin. Retrieved 2021-01-17.
  19. ^ Rushe, Rose (2014-04-25). "The Big Top to host Carmen ballet". Limerick Post Newspaper. Retrieved 2021-01-18.
  20. ^ "Ballet Ireland's Carmen goes on tour". RTE. 2013-10-29. Retrieved 2021-01-18.
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