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Cork City Ballet

Irish ballet company, founded 1992

Cork City Ballet is an Irish ballet company founded in 1992 by Alan Foley, a student of Joan Denise Moriarty. 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 2011.2 Its revenue was €12,217 in 2022.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

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County Cork - The Firkin Crane Centre - 20190908130502
Photo: JarlVanHoother, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons4

Cork City Ballet is an Irish ballet company founded in 1992 by Alan Foley, a student of Joan Denise Moriarty. 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. It has also toured venues such as Wexford Opera House and The Helix in Dublin. Cork City Ballet has worked with a number of guest artists and companies such as Royal Swedish Ballet 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.2

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2006 - La Bayadere (Irish tour)

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)

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2012 - The Sleeping Beauty (For the centenary celebrations of Joan Denise Moriarty)

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Employees over time

  • 202201
  • 202101

Revenue over time

As stated on Wikidata, in the currency reported.

Revenue

Cork City Ballet revenue by year112.2K EUR in 2022−90% since 2015
050.0K EUR100.0K EUR150.0K EUR200.0K EUR2015: 121.4K EUR121.4K EUR20152016: 154.6K EUR154.6K EUR2016+27%2017: 82.5K EUR82.5K EUR2017−47%2018: 127.1K EUR127.1K EUR2018+54%2019: 129.0K EUR129.0K EUR2019+1%2020: 131.7K EUR131.7K EUR2020+2%2021: 8.5K EUR8.5K EUR2021−94%2022: 12.2K EUR12.2K EUR2022+44%
  • 202212.2K EUR1
  • 20218.5K EUR1
  • 2020131.7K EUR1
  • 2019129.0K EUR1
  • 2018127.1K EUR1
  • 201782.5K EUR1

Timeline

  1. 1992Founded Founded1

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