BRIDGE

2014

Hundreds of people gathered in Ballydehob on a sunny Saturday evening in May for the premiere of “Bridge”, a performance by West Cork Inclusive Dance. WCID is a ground-breaking dance group, initiated and facilitated by Croi Glan, supported by a partnership between West Cork Arts Centre, Co-Action West Cork and COPE Foundation.

This ambitious project supported by CREATE’s Artist in Community scheme, resulted in an awe inspiring performance by Croí Glan aerial dancers, suspended from silks, and 25 performers of all abilities in this site specific piece at the historic Twelve Arch Bridge in Ballydehob, County Cork, Ireland. It was not only a visual spectacle but also an incredible display of integration and inclusion in action.

Directed by Tara Brandel.
Assistant Choreographer Mary Nugent. 
Music composed and performed by Siobhan Heapes, Marcus Magdalena, Fred Sherriff, Miranda McCarthy Fisher and Lea Miklody.

Possibly the most enthusiastic standing ovation I have ever been a part of. It was loud, it went on and on and then on some more. Some us were in tears, all of us were smiling and turning to each other and searching for superlatives to describe what we had just witnessed.……something had stirred us all in that way that makes you want to hang on to the feeling as long as possible’
Finola Finlay, Roaringwater Journal

Additional funding support came from Cork County Council, Cork Education and Training Board and the local community.