Up to the Elbow is a site-specific dance performance work fusing movement, music and poetry in response to the river Ilen. Performed by a local community cast age 9-66 as part of the Bealtaine Festival 2018 on the Old Railway Bridge in Skibbereen.
Direction: Helga Deasy Dancers: Corrin Adams, Jasmine Adams, Sarah Binroth, Gabriele Binroth, Joerg Binroth, Lucija Kluzniak-Madajczak, Pamuya Klusniak-Madajczak, Muireann Lewis,Patricia O'Sullivan, Daria Py Dance assistant: Sarah Binroth Choreography: Helga Deasy in collaboration with the dancers Artist/Composer/Musician: Tess Leak Composition Mentor/Musician: Justin Grounds Poem written by Tess Leak in collaboration with historian Gerald O'Brien, poem performed by Muireann Lewis.
Up to the Elbow was created as part of Helga Deasy's Dance Artist in Residence Programme 2018 at Uillinn: West Cork Arts Centre with kind support from the Arts Council Ireland, Cork County Council and Cork Education and Training Board.