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THE DANCE IN NEW YORK
On May 11, we will dance in the Lower East Side for water. This year, we will perform The Story of Water.
We are partnering with Earth Celebrations’s Ecological City as part of their 9 months of educational research, design, planning sessions, and Art & Climate Solution Workshops, to engage our community, including gardeners, residents, artists, youth, schools and organizations throughout the Lower East Sides community gardens, neighborhood and waterfront.
Join us May 11 in Manhattan
We are looking for volunteers to dance, film or watch. We will be meeting at the Sixth Street Community Center on 638 East 6th street New York, NY 10009 and dancing throughout the gardens, neighborhood and East River Park waterfront.
In preparation for the event, we will hold several Zoom rehearsals throughout April.
Interested in participating? Email us at gwdancesny@gmail.com or register HERE
Each event on June 14, 2025 will be unique to its location and consist of A Ritual, Local Water Dances, Global Water Dances, and a Participatory Dance:
Section I. Ritual: Opening ceremony specific to each site.
Section II. Local Dance: Choreographic showcase inspired by local water issues.
Section III. Global Dance: Simultaneous choreography (movement choir) done by all the performers worldwide to the same piece of music, connecting participants and audience globally.
Section IV. Participatory Dance: Audience participation in a very simple movement sequence.
Experience the official international choreography for GWD's June 15th event.
CLICK HERE FOR AN EXCERPT FROM THE 2011 HUDSON RIVER PARK EVENT
GLOBAL WATER DANCES
NEW YORK SITES
THIS IS A LISTING OF 2023 SITES (list in formation):
NYC | Manhattan
Water Site: Hudson River
Location: Locomotive Lawn, Amphitheatre at 61st Street Riverside Park
Site Leader: Lynn Neuman
Choreographers: Lori Bellelove, Negesti McIntosh, Lynn Needle, Lynn Neuman
Organizations: Artichoke Dance Company
Dates: Workshop Dates: June 3 and June 8, 5-7pm.Register here
Performance Date: June 10, 2pm. More information here
Directions: Enter on 59th and 12th or 68th and Riverside Blvd, overlooking Hudson south of Gantry.
NYC | Coney Island
Water Site/Location: Jacob Riis Beach, Brooklyn
Site Leader: Sia Luna
Choreographers: Sia Luna, Julia Padavona, Naïma Pöhler
Organization: Sea Dance Collective
Date: June 10th at 1pm
Directions/Address:Go to Jacob Riis, go to the left side where all the queers are! We will have a small stage sectioned off by rainbow flags.
Email: coneyislandart.dance@gmail.com
Instagram: @seadancecollective
Website: www.seadance.earth
GLOBAL WATER DANCES
NEW YORK SITES
THIS IS A LISTING OF 2021 SITES (list in formation):
NYC | Manhattan
Water Site:Hudson River
Location: Locomotive Lawn, Riverside Park
Site Leader:Martha Eddy
Choreographers:Lynn Needle, Lori Bellilove, Laura Ward, Anna Borou Yu, Olga El, Wendy Joseph, Dafna Soltes Stein, Esther Grant and House of Negesti
Organizations: Moving for Life, EANY, NYPIRG, Oceanic Global
Dates: June 11th at 5:00pm & June 12th at 5:30pm
Directions: Enter on 59th and 12th or 68th and Riverside Blvd, overlooking Hudson south of Gantry
NYC | Coney Island
Water Site/Location: Coney Island Beach, Brooklyn
Site Leader: Anna Borou Yu
Choreographers: Artists by Open Call (Ongoing)
Organization: Coney Island Art Dance
Date: June 12th at 10:00am
Directions/Address: 2101 Riegelmann Boardwalk, Brooklyn, NY 11224. The beach in front of Ford Amphitheater at Coney Island Boardwalk.
Email: coneyislandart.dance@gmail.com
Instagram: coneyislandartdance
Website: www.coneyislandart.dance
NYS | KENT
Water Site: Lake Carmel
Location: Lake Carmel at Arts on the Lake
Site Leader: Erin Jennings
Musician: Pierre de Gaillande
Choreographers: Erin Jennings, Marie Carstens
Organizations: Putnam County Dance Project, Town of Southeast Cultural Arts Coalition, Arts on the Lake
Date: June 10th
Directions/Address: Arts on the Lake, 640 Route 52, Kent Lakes, NY
Website:facebook.com/putnamcountydanceprojec
NYS | Buffalo-Niagara
Water Site: Niagara River
Location: ArtPark
Site Leader: Cynthia Pegado
Organizations: Artpark Bridges
Dates: Workshop Dates: June 8, 10am
Performance Date: June 17, 2:30pm
Directions: Enter on 4th Street from Center Street in the Village of Lewiston
NYC | Hudson River Park
Choreographer: Mindy Levokove
Title: “The Fluid Space: Infinity”
Location: Baylander, Hudson River Greenway
Time: 3:00pm to 4:00pm
Directions: On the ship docked at Harlem River Pier, at West 125th Street and Harlem River Park
NYC | Dumbo
Choreographer and dancer: Kay Nishikawa
Dancers: Tatyana Kot, Victoria Dombroski, Rebecca Walden, Lindsey Miller, Efren Sanchez, and Nicole Colbert
Title: Global Water Dance
Location: Brooklyn DUMBO's Main Street Park
Time: 3:00pm to 3:30pm
Directions: Next to the Brooklyn Bridge Park Conservancy Environmental Education Center. Underneath the Manhattan Bridge
NYC | Roosevelt Island
Choreographer: Andrea Beeman
Dancers: Andrea, Chi, Faina, Sheiri, Theresa, and Yuri
Company: Andrea and the Dancing Rubies
Location: Roosevelt Island, Cornell Tech Campus
Time: 3:00pm
Directions: Facing East Loop Road and the East River. Outside of the Tata Innovation Center.
Music: Live Percussion by Michael Evans
NYS | Stormville NY
Company: Erin Jennings & The Dance Conservatory
Location: Arts on the Lake, Lake Carmel Arts Center, 640 Route 52, Kent Lakes, NY 10512
Time: 3:00pm
NYS | Hammond NY
Choreographer: Wendy Morrell
Company: Sacred Dance Guild
Location: Oak Point, New York (on the St. Lawrence River)
Time: 3:00pm
CLICK HERE> for a list of our past sites.
UPCOMING EVENTS
Join Global Water Dances New York at Dance NYC's Dance Parade! One week after this year's dance - May 18 - we will be joining the nonprofit Moving For Life to spread awareness for the power of movement. We will be dancing with Moving For Life's DanceExercise class participants in a simple contemporary aerobic dance. After the parade, we will again perform The Story of Water at DanceFest. If you're interested, you can register to participate here:
We have lots to celebrate. Let's get together and share our experiences and plan for 2025! All are invited: site leaders, choreographers, dancers, environmentalists, production assistants, guests, community members... the more the merrier.
Call 212.222.1351 or email GWDancesNY@gmail.com with any questions or for more details about rehearsals and events.
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