Cork City Ballet

{{short description|Irish ballet company, founded 1992}}

{{Infobox company

| name = Cork City Ballet

| logo =

| type =

| founder = Alan Foley

| foundation = 1992

| location = Firkin Crane, Cork, Ireland

| key_people = Alan Foley (Artistic Director), Patricia Crosbie (Ballet Mistress) Colette McNamee (Chairperson){{Cite web|url=https://www.corkcityballet.com/biography/colette-mcnamee/|publisher=Cork City Ballet|title=Biographies|accessdate=29 October 2022}}

| industry = Performing arts

| homepage = {{URL|www.corkcityballet.com}}

}}

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Cork City Ballet is an Irish ballet company founded in 1992 by Alan Foley, a student of Joan Denise Moriarty.* {{cite book | last = Foley | first = Alan | title = Cork City Ballet: the story so far | publisher = KWP | date = 2008 | place = Cork | isbn = 9780955153129 | page = 15 }} 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.{{Cite web|url=http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/features/2011/1121/1224307906120.html|publisher=Irish Times|first=Mary |last = Leland|title=Giselle|accessdate=20 March 2012}} It has also toured venues such as Wexford Opera House{{Cite web|url=http://www.irishexaminer.com/features/russian-star-dancers-all-set-to-lift-our-spirits-173780.html|first=Jo | last = Kerrigan|publisher=Irish Examiner|title=Russian star dancers all set to lift our spirits|accessdate=20 March 2012}} and The Helix in Dublin.{{Cite web|url=http://www.emigrant.ie/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=53865|publisher=Emigrant.ie|title=Dance: What's On|accessdate=20 March 2012}} Cork City Ballet has worked with a number of guest artists and companies such as Royal Swedish Ballet{{Cite web|url=http://corkindependent.com/stories/item/8002/2012-11/Swedish-ballet-star-set-for-Cork-appearance|publisher=Cork Independent|first=Brian | last = Hayes Curtin|title=Swedish ballet star set for Cork|accessdate=20 March 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121016224610/http://corkindependent.com/stories/item/8002/2012-11/Swedish-ballet-star-set-for-Cork-appearance|archive-date=16 October 2012|url-status=dead}} and Kirov Ballet. 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.{{Cite web|url=http://corkindependent.com/stories/item/7308/2012-6/Cork-Profile-Lavinia-Anderson|title=Cork Profile: Lavinia Anderson|first =Katie | last = Murray|publisher=Cork Independent|accessdate=20 March 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120511191730/http://corkindependent.com/stories/item/7308/2012-6/Cork-Profile-Lavinia-Anderson|archive-date=11 May 2012|url-status=dead}}