Photo taken from film, Memories of Future Past, by Claudio Marcotulli
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.
Photo by Lisa Nalven – National Water Dance 2026
We are honored and privileged to have been 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.
Having relocated to Maine, we respectfully acknowledge that Midcoast Maine is located on the ancestral and unceded homelands of the Wabanaki Confederacy (the People of the First Light or Ckuwaponahkiyik), including the Penobscot, Passamaquoddy, Maliseet, Abenaki, and Mi’kmaq Nations. We recognize and honor the Wabanaki people—the original stewards of these lands and waters—who have maintained a deep, continuous physical, cultural, and spiritual connection to this region for over 13,000 years. As we live, work, and gather here, we commit to honoring Indigenous sovereignty, challenging the ongoing history of settler-colonialism, and learning how to be better stewards of the environment alongside Wabanaki communities.
We encourage you to learn more about your indigenous neighbors and 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