The Victoria O'Brien Papers

Victoria O'Brien started her dance training at the Irish National College of Dance in Dublin, and is a graduate of the Northern School of Contemporary Dance in Leeds. She undertook further studies at the Laban Centre, London, and completed a PhD in dance history at the Irish World Academy of Music and Dance, University of Limerick. She is currently Dance Adviser at the Arts Council. An active dance historian and consultant, Victoria continues to research, lecture and publish in the areas of Irish ballet history and cultural memory. Her monograph A History of Irish Ballet from 1927 to 1963 was published by Peter Lang in 2011.

The Collection contains programmes, flyers, conference proceedings and printed material collected by Victoria O'Brien, reflecting her interest in both the historical aspects of and current developments in ballet and contemporary dance.