Walls of Limerick (2020)

Ballaí Luimnigh Walls of Limerick is an original vertical dance film incorporating aerial circus with contemporary Irish dance created by Kathryn Cooley Máire Dee and Arturo Bandinelli at the Irish Aerial Creation Centre in Limerick This project uses the medium of film and aerial dance to distort the audiences perception of what is physically possible altering reality and creating an illusionary bodyspirit dissociation The film creators draw from Limericks history and culture to influence both the narrative and some of the films imagery The title alludes both to the wellknown Irish dance and to stories of the city from the Vikings and the siege of Limerick 1690 to the current cultural and social realities of Limerick