BUILT ON BRIDGES

Press Quotes 
“Magic is no accident. This is structured work. Nothing is random or merely effect without resonance…. On Jenny Whyte’s set of cloudlike rocks, washed in blue … dancers bring Deasy’s work to ardent life on a stage decorated with a frieze falling like a pergola of tiny swans, golden in the light. More swans come in as birds carried in pairs by children… they flock and rise in their papery gatherings… It isn’t Swan Lake, but it is swanlike, and it is bewitching….” 
— The Irish Times ★★★★★, Mary Leland 

Show Synopsis 
Inspired by the urban fabric of Cork City - resting on islands, shaped by the River Lee and Harbour, with its quays and docks, laneways and many bridges - Built on Bridges is an ode to Cork City. Presented as part of Cork Midsummer Festival 2023. Supported by Cork City Council & Arts Council Ireland.

Creative / Production Team 

Director & Choreographer ~ Helga Deasy
Set & Costume Design ~ Jenny Whyte
Lighting Design  ~ Tim Feehily
Composition  ~ Fiona Sheil
Producer ~ Eoin Ó hAnnracháin
Stage Manager ~ Olivia Mathews
Costume Assistant  ~ Perseus O'Brien
Dancers  ~  Kevin Hayes, Sara Hernandez & Yumi Lee
Choir  ~ Mayfield Men’s Shed Choi