The Cork School of Music and the Crawford
College of Art and Design provide a throughput of new blood, as do the
active theatre components of several courses at University College Cork (UCC).
Highlights include: Corcadorca Theatre Company, of which Cillian
Murphy was a troupe member prior to Hollywood fame; Cork Film
Festival, a supporter of the art of the short film; The Institute for
Choreography and Dance, a national contemporary dance resource; the Triskel
Arts Centre; Cork Jazz Festival; the Cork Academy of Dramatic Art (CADA),
and