National Water Dance 2024 at Crandon Park, Key Biscayne, FL Photo by Lisa Nalven
NWD Projects
We are dancers, and our voices speak most truthfully through our bodies. Without words, without tools, without instruments, we create. We belong in the universe the way leaves move with the wind, water travels on the tides, and creatures crawl on the Earth. We speak from nature’s oldest stories and connect to her deepest secrets. We are her voice and she needs to be heard.
We are honored and privileged to be able to do this work on lands that have been cared for by many Indigenous communities, including those of the past, the Tequesta, the present, and the future — including our friends: the Council of the Original Miccosukee Simanolee Nation Aboriginal Peoples, the Seminole Tribe of Florida, and the Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida.
We encourage you to learn more about their environmental priorities and to do your best to support policies that integrate those conservation principles.
“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.” —Margaret Mead