Suggested Timeline

This is a timeline that you can use as a checklist for your Water Dance process:

June – December 2024

Sign up for our Newsletter as a Choreographer or Site Leader.
Fill out our GWD Event Site registration form
Choose an outdoor place for your dance that is near a body of water (when possible)
Obtain the respective permits for your site (if needed)
Decide what local water issue is important to your site.
Partner with an environmental group or organization
Apply for local funds to support your project: SIF and other funding opportunities
Decide what environmental action you expect to achieve with your dance!
Update your Event Site Form with new information!

Select your dancers
Select your collaborators: musicians, visual artists, singers, poets, actors, etc
Confirm your connections with environmental groups
Begin your creative process for The Ritual and Local Dance
Learn and teach the New Global Dance (available to learn January 2025) and the Audience participation moves
Send Press Packet (digital and/or printed format): Don’t forget members of the community, dance communities, environmental organizations
Find a videographer/photographer to record your dance
Find people to live stream your dance (when possible)
Update your Event Site Form with new information!
Post your updates on our Facebook Page/Twitter/Instagram

Update your event Site Form with your video links, pictures and update performance information.
Send us your video footage and pictures to promote your work in case you have had a live performance by August 1st.