SARASOTA – Dancers unite in a movement to bring attention to water issues.
It’s called the National Water Dance, and it will take place next Saturday afternoon, April 18th at four.
Director, Dale Andree, says it’s based on movement choirs; the idea of bringing large groups of people together to express themselves individually, but also collectively share movement.
It began in Florida in 2011 and then become a national movement over time. It takes place every two years.
Movers across the United States including Puerto Rico, gather at water sites bringing attention to water issues.
It’s always been an event taken place online, so the pandemic didn’t change things much. The only difference is we’re all housebound and each collective group of dancers will be on one zoom.
“Groups will be on a Zoom page, which means those choreographers are choreographing with their dancers in multiple sites in small frames and trying to make a cohesive whole on a flat-screen,” Andree said.
It will be next Saturday at four. Everyone has the same starting motion, so Andree says it’s important to make it on time. If you miss it, you can still contribute dance videos on your personal live stream platform using hashtags.
For more information, you can go to their website.
