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Quercus suber, commonly called the cork oak, is a medium-sized, evergreen oak tree in the section Quercus sect. Cerris. It is the primary source of cork for wine bottle stoppers and other uses, such as cork flooring and as the cores of cricket balls. It is native to southwest Europe and northwest Africa.
Cork City Ballet is an Irish ballet company founded in 1992 by Alan Foley, a student of Joan Denise Moriarty. [2] 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. [ 3 ]
Cork Caucus (20 June 2005 to 11 July 2005) was an interdisciplinary meeting of 60 to 80 artists, thinkers, writers, philosophers and other creative individuals, held in Cork, Ireland. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] The caucus investigated cultural , political and artistic issues.
The competitive dance industry largely consists of competition production companies—also sometimes called dance competition companies and dance competition lines—that conduct regional competitions at stops along their annual, nationwide tours. Dancers who compete at these regional competitions are students ranging in age from approximately ...
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Cork flooring is made by removing the bark of the Cork Oak (Quercus Suber) without harming the tree (if harvested correctly); as such, it is a renewable and sustainable resource. It is naturally anti-microbial and has excellent insulation properties, ensuring minimal heat loss and comfortable warm walking surface.
The USA International Ballet Competition, or USA IBC, is one of the world's top competitions for ballet. [1] Located in Jackson, Mississippi, this competition is attended by dancers from all over the world to represent their country for bronze, silver, or gold medals in a variety of categories of ballet in an Olympic-style competition.
The Crawford Art Gallery (Irish: Áiléar Crawford) [3] is a public art gallery and museum in the city of Cork, Ireland. Known informally as the Crawford, [4] it was designated a 'National Cultural Institution' in 2006. [5] It is "dedicated to the visual arts, both historic and contemporary", and welcomed 265,438 visitors in 2019. [2]