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Global Water Dances
Videography by Michèle Cramont
Global Water Dances
Core Dance aims to bring voice to our communities through purposeful connection and action-oriented initiatives. Our work is deeply embedded in the issues that we all face, both nationally and globally.
We choose to act as environmental advocates by holding ourselves accountable for our actions and the effects of those actions on the planet. For us this means sharing important, relevant information with our community in ways that are accessible, taking an active role on the frontlines of the environmental crisis, and encouraging others to take action.
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Photo by Simon Gentry
​Global Water Dances (GWD) connects and supports a global community of choreographers and dancers to inspire action and international collaboration for water issues through the universal language of dance. Global Water Dances is a bold visionary worldwide artistic initiative focused on the critical need for safe drinking water. The organization uses one of most effective way to do that, through the dance, which is the language understandable by everyone despite their nationality. Global Water Dances uses the international languages of dance and film to promote awareness and a behavioral shift toward solutions for water preservation and conservation through community engagement.
2025: Prague
Ateliér Ostružina and Core Dance Celebrate Global Water Dance 2025
On June 14, 2025, communities across six continents joined together for Global Water Dances, a worldwide series of performances aimed at raising awareness about critical water issues through the power of movement.
Our event, in partnership with Ateliér Ostružina, took place in Stromovka Park in Prague, Czech Republic—a lush, historic green space dating back to the 13th century. Once a royal hunting reserve, Stromovka is now a protected ecological zone, home to endangered species and an essential water retention area sustained by the 16th-century Rudolf aqueduct.
The Prague collaboration featured children from Ateliér Ostružina, live musicians, seniors from the Dance Well project, local elementary school students and educators, families from baby club SedmikvÄ›t, and students from Prague’s Theatre Faculty of the Academy of Performing Arts. This participatory performance is one of many Global Water Dances that happened around the world on June 14, united by the belief that dance can inspire action and awareness for global water justice.
Past Years
2019: Iceland
Core Dance will performed a new dance work as part of Global Water Dances on Saturday, June 15, at 3pm in Iceland. Core Dance artists Scott Wheet and Nikki Morath performed a four-part site-specific work near the Atlantic Ocean off the Northwestern coast of Iceland at Samuel Jonsson Art Farm. Iceland’s pristine coastline inspired Sue Schroeder, Artistic Director of Core Dance, to create a duet that emphasizes the life-giving properties of water and how water connects everyone that lives on Earth.
2021: Hawaii
In June 2021, Core Dance joined dance artists and environmentalists on the Big Island of Hawaii for Global Water Dances 2021. Working alongside the Hawai’i Wildlife Fund at Kamilo Point and Hawai’i Environmental Restoration in the lowland rainforest of Keau'ohana, we experienceed the environmental crisis first hand and brought our experience and the Call To Action to the Core Dance Community worldwide.
2023: Berlin
body of water is a film by longtime collaborators Sue Schroeder and Christian Meyer, created for Global Water Dances 2023. Filmed in Berlin’s Stößensee, the work explores our deep connection to water while raising awareness about local water pollution. Through movement, film, and community engagement, body of water speaks to the global call for water conservation and action.
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