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Katie Holmes in Judy Garland tribute wearing hat, heels and hot pants

Friday July 24 2009

Katie Holmes, the wife of Tom Cruise, donned a hat, heels and hot pants to perform Judy Garland's classic hit 'Get Happy' on US television.

Wind of change

Sunday December 07 2008

Dancer Renata Flis, 24, from Poland, has been here for only three months, but already she has noticed change.

From the heart

Sunday December 07 2008

If you were a dancer and wanted more control of your career, what would you do? You'd open a ballet company, of course. Well, that's what Alan Foley did and although Cork City Ballet is still relatively young, it is thriving.

Christmas'cracker' Five girls a-leaping

Wednesday December 03 2008

THE success of the hit film 'Billy Elliot' may have influenced some of Ireland's young male ballet stars, but the girls are still one step ahead. At a rehearsal of the Irish National Youth Ballet Company for its upcoming performance of 'The Nutcracker', which will open at the O'Reilly Theatre in Belvedere College on Friday, the three boys in attendance were still outnumbered 4:1 by girls.

Stepping back to a magical, marginal artform

Saturday November 22 2008

An exhibition of Irish ballet during the period 1927 to 1963 opened at the Dance House in Temple Bar last night and will run to late January. It is the brainchild of Victoria O'Brien, who has done a great deal of research into Irish ballet and has put together a show which focuses on three specific periods.

Old stager to star in his first ballet

Saturday January 12 2008

An 88-year-old man will star in his first ballet production after learning to dance at the tender age of 79.

Midlands incest ballet for award

Sunday February 05 2006

JEROME REILLY
A DEEPLY dark and disturbing tale of incest and bisexuality in a small Irish village has won its creator a prestigious nomination for an Olivier Award in London.

Come on, let's build a well for our Bono

Thursday March 23 2006

How to properly mark the occasion? Should we have a parade? Nah, we just had one of those last week. Should we have a national day of celebration and gratitude? Well, that could work. Or maybe we could all build a well.