Music was composed by Shari Lauter, an excerpt of the wonderful “Let’s clean it up” music for GWD Cincinnati in 2013.
Click on blue words for links to:
Watch the solo version danced by Natasha Alhadeff-Jones, and here the video with the original choreographers!
Try a Simplified version of the Splash Mob here by clicking on the following video:
Video Festival Online Featuring Site Dances Around the World - We have collaborated and created a video that has been submitted to the global collective. In total, there is 9 hours of dance from around the world being streamed starting at midnight and noon each day until Friday. We can be viewed at 5am or 5pm on the following at exactly 5:02:20 am or pm on YouTube link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZTfosYSTDUU&list=PLJ4KvKB22Qevqvj7uav2y_iIvONQWRTLX
Enjoy the film fest!
Mary Ann Caibaiosai is bear clan Anishnaabe kwe from Wiikwemkoong Unceded Territory, Manitoulin Island. She has received and follows traditional teachings passed from her Elders from her territory and from the Midewewin lodge. Currently residing in Peterborough, Ontario, she is pursuing her Ph.D. in Indigenous Studies.
You are invited to a Zoom meeting. When: Jun 9, 2021 06:00 PM Please register by clicking the link: https://yorku.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJwodOmqqjkoHNFdMYzmsaaF6M7AOPSegU-v
She is an organizer of the All Nations Grand River Water Walk. Led to walk in ceremony along the Grand River, she follows in the footsteps of Josephine Mandamin, an Anishnaabe Elder, the original water walker who has honoured the water by walking around the Great Lakes.
All Nations Grand River Water Walk on September 13, 2021
Massive Synchronous
Global Dance on Zoom
All Virtual Participants from around the World performing Global Dance & Participatory Dance together via Zoom.
Register to join the world here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwpd--gqDwoG90TZ9ntXXqTwSvCroOIri9a
Come & Join Us via Zoom to watch our performance, learn, and participate in our water movement event.
You are invited to a Zoom meeting. When: Saturday, Jun 12, 2021 12:30 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada) Please note: Performers will start to meet at 12:30pm and audience members will be let into the meet at 1:00pm. Please join by clicking this link: https://yorku.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJ0ofuuqqjMpHtyLO73MTAmVJkDIGVFnt6yo
On Site Performers Live -streamed (Ritual & Site Dances) Due to public health measures, all performers will be on Zoom in their own homes. Performers have been meeting weekly to prepare their performance.
Music by Shannon Kingsbury, local Guelph artist, who is a songwriter, harpist and singer, and has created original music for this event!
Ritual Dance Water Music
Site Dance Dreamscape with Fungi
Virtual Participants Zoom (Global Dance & Participatory Dance)
Global Dance: 5 minute Simultaneous choreography done by all the performers worldwide to the same piece of music, connecting participants and audience globally. Practice on your own or join us for weekly rehearsals.
Video of Solo Version: Front View | Back View
Participatory Dance: 16 seconds of 4 movements that are then repeated - very simple! Audience participation can be learned on the spot or practiced ahead of time.
View video of movements: Video Listen or download: Music (optional, can be done without music)
We hope you enjoyed our performance on
Saturday, June 12 at 1pm!
If you missed our performance, we will be uploading it soon. Stay tuned.
Next Zoom Meeting on: Wednesday, June 16, 2021 7pm
LINK for this meeting, click here:
https://us05web.zoom.us/j/82713995254?pwd=UENoaVpRRlFtd1dyTjJZaTM5aUpvQT09
Weekly Wednesday Meetings from 7-8pm until June 16, 2021
Not able to attend this week? No problem, please email jgroovygroves@gmail.com to add your name to our weekly reminder of meetings mailing list until June 16, 2021 and will be retained for our next event in 2023.
Tel Aviv, Israel
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Prague, Czech Republic
Bogota, Columbia
Savar, Bangladesh
Delhi, India
Taipei, Taiwan
Conakry, Guinea
Photos and following information courtesy of Global Water Dances.
More photos, videos, and information can be found at Global Water Dances website www.globalwaterdances.org
About Global Water Dances
“Freshwater is the thread that connects everyone and everything on planet Earth. Rivers, streams, lakes and groundwater are all impacted by how we live on the land. We at The Nature Conservancy appreciate Global Water Dances creative and dynamic campaign to raise awareness of this critical resource. Your efforts are reminding people of the importance of managing our water resources and uniting communities to take action for safe, clean water.” – The Nature Conservancy
Mission Statement
We connect and support 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 began as a collective idea of an international group of individuals, certified by the Laban/Bartenieff Institute of Movement Studies (LIMS), with decades of experience in producing Movement Choirs: events that use community dance to create social cohesion through non-verbal communication. They met attending a conference on Dance and the Environment in July 2008 at Schumacher College in England. The college, connected to the Dartington Estate, is rich in modern dance history and Laban’s life.
Participation in Global Water Dances is open to anyone who loves to move! Our first event took place in June 2011 where 57 locations came together for a 24 hour movement around the world. Now there are over 170 locations all over the world!
For more information about Laban/Bartenieff Movement Studies, please follow these links:
We are very grateful to Connie Publicover for allowing us to use her water droplet photographs as inspiration for our 2011 logo.
Director
Faculty, York University
Director
Teacher, Peel District School Board
Videographer/Editor
Bald Ego Productions Inc.
Singer, Songwriter, and Harpist
https://shannonkingsbury.com
Visual Artist, Costume & Prop Design and Site Provider
Wellington Water Watcher
Speaker
Social Media (Twitter, Instagram) Dancer, Choreographer
Social Media (Facebook)
Dancer, Choreographer
Dancer, Choreographer
Dancer, Choreographer
Dancer, Choreographer
Dancer
Bela Farm overlooks the Nestlé Hillsburgh well which has been raising local and global concerns about the privatization of water and the practice of bottling water in plastic, disposable bottles. The tower can be seen in the distance of the farm photos below.
There is also a beautiful pond on the property which will also be featured in the site dance.
Bela Farm is situated on the traditional territory of the Haudenosaunee, the Ojibway/Chipewa, and the Anishinabek, within the area of the "Dish With One Spoon" Wampum Belt Covenant, an agreement between peoples in the Great Lakes region to peaceably share and care for the natural resources.
Bela Farm also sits on the border between the Credit River Watershed, which flows into Lake Ontario, and the Grand River Watershed, which flows into Lake Erie.