Crandon Park, Key Biscayne, FL 2024 Photo by Lisa Nalven
National Water Dance 2026
April 18, 2026 at 4:00 PM EDT
We hope to see all of you who have participated, and more of you who haven’t, for this dance celebration of our collective commitment to the Earth we love!
A Celebration of Arts in Action
We are a national community of dancers and movers who believe in the power of dance to move our bodies, our spirits, and our collective energies in bringing attention to the fragility of our waters and the impact of climate change. By creating a national simultaneous movement choir, we unite with our neighbors across the United States to move with one voice for responsible stewardship of our Earth.
As we prepare for National Water Dance 2026, we want to share with you that this will be the last, at least the last one in this form. We trust in the power of connection and shared imagination. Your creativity and commitment to this project and to your communities have inspired us.
Opening and Closing Shared Movement Phrases
These are the movements that will begin and end everyone’s dances. They are the cornerstones of our Movement Choir and the movements that unite us across the country.
Opening Shared Movement Phrase
DeNaya Wilkerson – Ocala, FL
Closing Shared Movement Phrase
For the first time, we chose to connect two movement phrases for the Closing Phrase. We felt they spoke to the very personal sense of self as well as connection to the world around us. The final movement’s ending asks each one of us to find our own resolution to the choreography, thus creating our own unique and lasting image that speaks to how we move on from this moment and what we carry with us.
Magdalen Cammaroto – Brooklin, Maine
Candice Salyers – Hattiesburg, Mississippi
Thank you to everyone who sent in a phrase. We have included everyone’s submission in this video so that they can be appreciated in their original form. Be inspired and feel free to use any or all of the movement phrases created. These are movement offerings, not requirements for the “movement choir”.
DeNaya Wilkerson, FL; NWD Projects, FL; Keshet Dance, NM; Desert Movement Arts, CA; Bikem Osturk, MD; Alison Juarez, CA; Bak Middle School, FL; Burnign Bones Physical Theatre, GA; Andrea Beeman, VA; Spiral Dance Collective, ME; Amand Gabaldon, FL; Susan Barnard, VA; Alex St.Onge, Canada; Houston Met Dance, TX; Kate Blair, Il; Andrea Agostini, FL; Dance Circus, WI; Sionainne O’Neill, WA; Angie Muzzie, VA; Ketie Brennan, MO; Lara Segura, NM; Equilibrium Dance Co., Arkansas Arts Academy, AK; Magdalen Cammaroto, ME; Candice Salyer, MS
Music – Afrobeta
Dancer – Andrea Beeman, Virginia
NWD Projects, “National Water Dance” is supported in part by the National Endowment for the Arts, the State of Florida, Department of State, Division of Cultural Affairs and the Florida Council on Arts and Culture, the Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs and the Cultural Affairs Council, the Miami Dade County Mayor and Board of County Commissioners, and Live Arts Miami.
NWD Projects is committed to providing disability accommodations for all of our events and performances. We believe that the arts are enhanced and enriched when all community members have the ability to participate. Please contact Dale Andree for more information or to request specific accommodations.
