Cork City Ballet’s artistic director, Alan Foley, recently announced a long-cherished ambition: a full-time dance college opening in Sept 2014.

Joan Denise Moriarty:Ireland’s First Lady of Dance

Joan Denise Moriarty instilled a love of ballet in Cork people, taught it to their children, and gave it a home in Firkin Crane, says Jo Kerrigan

The book A History of Irish Ballet 1927-1963 by Victoria O’Brien was published last October.