Virtual National Water Dance - 2020
National Water Dance
Now more than ever, it is clear that our bodily selves matter.
Robert Moore
Mary Sigward
Micaela Gonzales
Emma Klein
Ben Swenson-Klatt
Hazel Morris
Maeve Haselton
Agnessa Elman
Jasmine Miller
Splinter Dance
Robin Campbell and Justice Beitzel
Victoria Campbell
Brian Davis-Hopkins
Denise Rounsavelle
Ali Vice
Annalise Ritter
Nasim Simmons
Splinter Dance Music Credit: "Perdido no Mar," by Eric Harper; IG: @ericharpermusic, http://www.ericharpermusic.com
everyone else
LelaVision-Leah Mann
Trina Doerfler
General Magic- Jessica Jobaris
Deborah Birrane
Emily Curtiss
Zona McKenzie
Joining us for the third year in a row from her hometown in Taiwan where she flew to after the pandemic hit the US: Dolly Wei Mei Huang
And KSD SHOUTOUT to our friend, the great dance philosopher,
Kimerer LaMothe, who will be dancing in Hebron, NY. Check out her book WHY WE DANCE!
We are reorganizing this event into a virtual community performance so that we can continue to encourage each other even as we are physically distant. Where are we dancing? In our living rooms, backyards, porches, or a nearby body of water.
Wherever we are, we’ll be live streaming our dances on social media on April 18th at 1PM PST.
Now more than ever, it is clear that our bodily selves matter.
National Water Dance brings together dance artists and community members in site-specific movement solos to create a virtual choir to encourage awareness, education, and action on critical water issues. This year’s event has taken on a special importance amid the COVID-19 global pandemic, and our dances are our collective invocation for healing.
We invite you to join us on social media as each solo and duet water droplet dances for a collective sea change! In the Seattle area we dance for the Duwamish River; for the Salish Sea; for the removal of river dams; for the wild salmon; for the soul of our local waters: the Southern Resident Orcas.
KSD would like to acknowledge that we dance on the traditional land of the first people of Seattle, the Duwamish People past and present, and honor with gratitude the land itself and the Duwamish Tribe. We endorse REAL RENT DUWAMISH.
