Photo Gallery
March 14, March 28 & April 11, 2022: Global Dance – Girl Scouts of Ohio Heartland Council, Troops 6448 & 6087, Grades 4-6. Photo Credits: Loren Bucek & Michelle Gibbons.
March 14, March 28 & April 11, 2022: Global Dance – Girl Scouts of Ohio Heartland Council, Troops 6448 & 6087, Grades 4-6. Photo Credits: Loren Bucek & Michelle Gibbons.
Summer 2023: LP & Dancers, National Federation of State Poetry Societies Annual Convention: Renewal through Poetry – Poetry Hike @ Highbanks Metro Park. Photo Credit: Laura Patterson.
September 24, 2022: Highland Youth Garden West Columbus on the Hilltop, Combating Food Scarcity, Community Garden in Autumn. Photo Credits: Shelly Casto & Loren Bucek.
September 24, 2022: Highland Youth Garden West Columbus on the Hilltop, Combating Food Scarcity, Community Garden in Autumn. Photo Credits: Shelly Casto & Loren Bucek.
September 24, 2022: GWDC Choreographers Ricarrdo Valentine, Orlando Hunter and Laura Patterson touring Highland Youth Gardens with Executive Director, Shelly Casto. Photo Credits: Shelly Casto & Loren Bucek.
September 2022: GWDC Choreographers Potluck & Planning Day. Photo Credit: Brianna Rhodes.
Autumn Cohort 2022: Artichoke Ambassadors, Fostering the Next Generation of Eco-Artists, Artichoke Dance Company, Lynn Neumann, Artistic Director. "As a recent participant in the Artichoke Ambassador program, I met like-minded dance advocates who collectively learned strategies that add their voices to environmental justice and ecological sustainability. I was exposed to factual information from a variety of primary sources and platforms that seek climate change activism in and through the arts, especially in dance. I also garnered strategies as to how to create, participate and sustain action-oriented climate change programming that affects the health of planet Earth's ecosystems." 🌎"Global Water Dances Columbus' is a city-wide initiative with global reach. Its mission is to dance for equitable access to safe, clean and affordable water for everyone. During he 2022-2023 GWDC will host over 25 public dance performances, art exhibitions and interdisciplinary events throughout Columbus. For more information go to: www.globalwaterdancescolumbus.org." 🌎 Thank you Loren for your continued commitment to using art to create positive change for our world! 👏👏
Autumn 2022: Brother(hood) Dance! Water Scarcity Workshop, 5 sessions, OSU Dance & Indianola Afterschool Dance Program for Middle Schoolers. Photo Credit: Amy Williams.
October 11, 2022: Reading a Labanotation Score. Lecture Demonstration at Barnett Theatre, The Ohio State University. Doris Humphrey’s classic Modern Dance choreography, Water Study © 1928. Presented for 7th grade science students at Indianola Informal K-8 School. Restaged by Valarie Williams from Labanotation scores with permission from the Dance Notation Bureau, NYC. All OSU Lecture Demonstration photographs taken by Loren Bucek.
October 11, 2022: Cast of Water Study. Lecture Demonstration at Barnett Theatre, The Ohio State University. Doris Humphrey’s classic Modern Dance choreography, Water Study © 1928. Presented for 7th grade science students at Indianola Informal K-8 School. Restaged by Valarie Williams from Labanotation scores with permission from the Dance Notation Bureau, NYC. All OSU Lecture Demonstration photographs taken by Loren Bucek.
October 11, 2022: 7th Grade Science Students. Lecture Demonstration at Barnett Theatre, The Ohio State University. Doris Humphrey’s classic Modern Dance choreography, Water Study © 1928. Presented for 7th grade science students at Indianola Informal K-8 School. Restaged by Valarie Williams from Labanotation scores with permission from the Dance Notation Bureau, NYC. All OSU Lecture Demonstration photographs taken by Loren Bucek.
October 11, 2022: OSU Water Study Cast & Indianola’s 7th Grade Science Students. Lecture Demonstration at Barnett Theatre, The Ohio State University. Doris Humphrey’s classic Modern Dance choreography, Water Study © 1928. Presented for 7th grade science students at Indianola Informal K-8 School. Restaged by Valarie Williams from Labanotation scores with permission from the Dance Notation Bureau, NYC. All OSU Lecture Demonstration photographs taken by Loren Bucek.
October 14, 2022: The Earth IS Us: Forging A New Relationship – An Evening of Music, Dance and Poetry. In Collaboration with: Priscilla R. Tyson Cultural Arts Center, Columbus Recreation & Parks, Columbus Symphony Orchestra String Quartet, LP & Dancers, CATCO, Eco Poetry Collective - Ohio Poetry Association, Van Fleet Theatre, Columbus Performing Arts Center, FREE. All donations benefited Friends of the Olentangy Watershed (FLOW). Columbus Symphony Orchestra String Quartet, CATCO, LP & Dancers. Technical Rehearsal. Photo Credit: Loren Bucek.
October 14, 2022: The Earth IS Us: Forging A New Relationship – An Evening of Music, Dance and Poetry. In Collaboration with: Priscilla R. Tyson Cultural Arts Center, Columbus Recreation & Parks, Columbus Symphony Orchestra String Quartet, LP & Dancers, CATCO, Eco Poetry Collective - Ohio Poetry Association, Van Fleet Theatre, Columbus Performing Arts Center, FREE. All donations benefited Friends of the Olentangy Watershed (FLOW). Columbus Symphony Orchestra String Quartet, CATCO, LP & Dancers. Technical Rehearsal. Photo Credit: Loren Bucek.
October 14, 2022: The Earth IS Us: Forging A New Relationship – An Evening of Music, Dance and Poetry. In Collaboration with: Priscilla R. Tyson Cultural Arts Center, Columbus Recreation & Parks, Columbus Symphony Orchestra String Quartet, LP & Dancers, CATCO, Eco Poetry Collective - Ohio Poetry Association, Van Fleet Theatre, Columbus Performing Arts Center, FREE. All donations benefited Friends of the Olentangy Watershed (FLOW). Columbus Symphony Orchestra String Quartet, CATCO, LP & Dancers. Technical Rehearsal.
October 14, 2022: The Earth IS Us: Forging A New Relationship – An Evening of Music, Dance and Poetry. In Collaboration with: Priscilla R. Tyson Cultural Arts Center, Columbus Recreation & Parks, Columbus Symphony Orchestra String Quartet, LP & Dancers, CATCO, Eco Poetry Collective - Ohio Poetry Association, Van Fleet Theatre, Columbus Performing Arts Center, FREE. All donations benefited Friends of the Olentangy Watershed (FLOW). Columbus Symphony Orchestra String Quartet, CATCO, LP & Dancers. Technical Rehearsal. Photo Credit: Loren Bucek.
October 14, 2022: The Earth IS Us: Forging A New Relationship – An Evening of Music, Dance and Poetry. In Collaboration with: Priscilla R. Tyson Cultural Arts Center, Columbus Recreation & Parks, Columbus Symphony Orchestra String Quartet, LP & Dancers, CATCO, Eco Poetry Collective - Ohio Poetry Association, Van Fleet Theatre, Columbus Performing Arts Center, FREE. All donations benefited Friends of the Olentangy Watershed (FLOW). Columbus Symphony Orchestra String Quartet, CATCO, LP & Dancers. Technical Rehearsal. Photo Credit: Loren Bucek.
October 14, 2022: The Earth IS Us: Forging A New Relationship – An Evening of Music, Dance and Poetry. In Collaboration with: Priscilla R. Tyson Cultural Arts Center, Columbus Recreation & Parks, Columbus Symphony Orchestra String Quartet, LP & Dancers, CATCO, Eco Poetry Collective - Ohio Poetry Association, Van Fleet Theatre, Columbus Performing Arts Center, FREE. All donations benefited Friends of the Olentangy Watershed (FLOW). Columbus Symphony Orchestra String Quartet, CATCO, LP & Dancers. Technical Rehearsal. Photo Credit: Loren Bucek.
November 3-5, 2022: UN-64/292-H₂O-S: Momar N’daiye. Dance Faculty Concert, Barnett Theatre, The Ohio State University. All OSU Faculty Dance Concert photographs taken by Loren Bucek.
November 3-5, 2022: UN-64/292-H₂O-S: Momar N’daiye. Dance Faculty Concert, Barnett Theatre, The Ohio State University. All OSU Faculty Dance Concert photographs taken by Loren Bucek.
November 3-5, 2022: Voice of the Forest: Donald Isom. Dance Faculty Concert, Barnett Theatre, The Ohio State University. All OSU Faculty Dance Concert photographs taken by Loren Bucek.
November 3-5, 2022: Water Study: Doris Humphrey, Restaging: Valerie Williams, From: Dance Notation Bureau score. Dance Faculty Concert, Barnett Theatre, The Ohio State University. All OSU Faculty Dance Concert photographs taken by Loren Bucek.
November 3-5, 2022: Convergence: Tanya Calamoneri. Dance Faculty Concert, Barnett Theatre, The Ohio State University. All OSU Faculty Dance Concert photographs taken by Loren Bucek.
November 3-5, 2022: Convergence: Tanya Calamoneri. Dance Faculty Concert, Barnett Theatre, The Ohio State University. All OSU Faculty Dance Concert photographs taken by Loren Bucek.
November 3-5, 2022: Tidal Pool: Eddie Takata. Dance Faculty Concert, Barnett Theatre, The Ohio State University. All OSU Faculty Dance Concert photographs taken by Loren Bucek.
November 3-5, 2022: Cannonball: Abby Zbikowski. Dance Faculty Concert, Barnett Theatre, The Ohio State University. All OSU Faculty Dance Concert photographs taken by Loren Bucek.
Dorrian Green, Scioto Mile Splash Pad. Photo Credit: Loren Bucek.
Maureen, Perennial Movement Group. Photo Credit: Biran Kaiser.
Nancy, Perennial Movement Group. Photo Credit: Biran Kaiser.
Hixon Dance Company. Photo Credit: Stephanie Matthews.
Hixon Dance Company. Photo Credit: Stephanie Matthews.
Mansee Singhi, MānmKohām Classical Indian Dance Company. Photo Credit: Sib Photography.
Oyo Dance Company. Photo Credit: Alexis Mitchell.
Columbus Modern Dance Company (CoMo). Photo Credit: Kelly Koolhoven.
Columbus Modern Dance Company (CoMo). Photo Credit: Kelly Koolhoven.
Columbus Modern Dance Company (CoMo). CoMo’s Artistic Director, Laura Puscas. Photo Credit: Ty Williams Artifex Garage, LLC
Tapestry Performing Arts Company
Saturday, February 4, 2023: Ohio History Center's Wild Ohio Weekend • Ramiro Berardo, The Ohio State University's College of Food, Agricultural and Environmental Sciences Environmental Policy Professor & Co-creator of documentary film, And Water for All © 2021 • Eugene Braig, The Ohio State University's School of Natural Resources Extension Aquatic Ecosystems Program Director. • Linda Pettit, Education Specialist Franklin Soil & Water Conservation District
Saturday, February 4, 2023: Ohio History Center's Wild Ohio Weekend, Linda Pettit, Interactive Watershed Model, Franklin Soil & Water Conservation District
Saturday, February 4, 2023: Ohio History Center's Wild Ohio Weekend, Susann Moeller, Eco-Poets Collective, Ohio Poetry Association
Sunday, February 5, 2023: Ohio History Center's Wild Ohio Weekend, Doreen Uhas Sauer, Historian and author. Greenlawn Cemetery Foundation
March 26, 2023. GWDC Children's Dance Makers Joins Hixon Dance Company at Columbus Dance Theatre. Loren Bucek, Sarah Hixon, Like A Hidden Tide.
March 30, 2023. Mansee Singhi workshop Indianola K1.
April 7 & 8, 2023: H2O DanceWorks: Columbus Choreographers Showcase co-produced by the Wexner Center for the Arts and Global Water Dances Columbus.
April 7 & 8, 2023: H2O DanceWorks: Columbus Choreographers Showcase co-produced by the Wexner Center for the Arts and Global Water Dances Columbus.
April 7 & 8, 2023: H2O DanceWorks: Columbus Choreographers Showcase co-produced by the Wexner Center for the Arts and Global Water Dances Columbus.
April 7 & 8, 2023: H2O DanceWorks: Columbus Choreographers Showcase co-produced by the Wexner Center for the Arts and Global Water Dances Columbus.
April 7 & 8, 2023: H2O DanceWorks: Columbus Choreographers Showcase co-produced by the Wexner Center for the Arts and Global Water Dances Columbus.
April 21, 2023: FLOW Reception at the Shot Tower Art Gallery. FLOW Curator Teresa Weinbusch and Loren Bucek.
April 21, 2023: FLOW Reception at the Shot Tower Art Gallery. Fort Hayes High School Dance Ensemble.
April 28-30, 2023: Ohio Dance Festival. GWDC Children's Dance Makers.
April 28-30, 2023: OhioDance Festival. Hathway Brown Cleveland, Marlene Leber.
April 28-30, 2023: OhioDance Festival. Jenny Burnett's Hathaway Brown School, Shaker Heights, Cleveland.
April 28-30, 2023: OhioDance Festival. Bodies of Water Intergenerational Dance Project, Indianola and Kent State Univeristy.
April 28-30, 2023: OhioDance Festival. Amy Williams, Indianola 4-5th Graders.
April 28-30, 2023: OhioDance Festival. Brotherhood Dance, Mansee Singhi, Ananya Chatterjae, Loren Bucek
April 30, 2023: Park of Roses. The Global Dance.
April 30, 2023: Park of Roses. Water Dance 2.
April 30, 2023: Park of Roses. FLOW, Friends of the Olentangy Watershed.
April 30, 2023: Park of Roses. SWACO.
April 30, 2023: Park of Roses. Polovick Brothers Water Dancing.
April 30, 2023: Park of Roses. Vannia Ibargun, The Global Water Dance.
May 6, 2023: COSI Big Science Festival. COSI Crowd.
May 6, 2023: COSI Big Science Festival. B. Rhodes. Photo courtesy of Loren Bucek.
May 6, 2023: COSI Big Science Festival. Global Water Dances Columbus Children's Dance Makers from Indianola Informal K8 School. Photo courtesy of Hixon Dance.
May 6, 2023: COSI Big Science Festival. Global Water Dances Columbus Children's Dance Makers from Indianola Informal K8 School. Photo courtesy of Hixon Dance.
May 6, 2023: COSI Big Science Festival. Boy trio.
May 8-26, 2023: Indianola's Art Walk in Walhalla Ravine. STEAM Prototype.
May 8-26, 2023: Indianola's Art Walk in Walhalla Ravine.
May 8-26, 2023: Indianola's Art Walk in Walhalla Ravine.
May 8-26, 2023: Indianola's Art Walk in Walhalla Ravine.
May 8-26, 2023: Indianola's Art Walk in Walhalla Ravine.
May 8-26, 2023: Indianola's Art Walk in Walhalla Ravine.
May 8-26, 2023: Indianola's Art Walk in Walhalla Ravine.
May 8-26, 2023: Indianola's Art Walk in Walhalla Ravine.
May 8-26, 2023: Indianola's Art Walk in Walhalla Ravine.
May 8-26, 2023: Indianola's Art Walk in Walhalla Ravine.
May 8-26, 2023: Indianola's Art Walk in Walhalla Ravine.
May 8-26, 2023: Indianola's Art Walk in Walhalla Ravine.
May 8-26, 2023: Indianola's Art Walk in Walhalla Ravine.
May 8-26, 2023: Indianola's Art Walk in Walhalla Ravine.
May 8-26, 2023: Indianola's Art Walk in Walhalla Ravine.
May 8-26, 2023: Indianola's Art Walk in Walhalla Ravine.
May 8-26, 2023: Indianola's Art Walk in Walhalla Ravine.
May 17, 2023: Water Dances at Indianola. Water, an excerpt from a larger choreography titled, ELEMENTAL. Choreographers: Mariah Layne French, Artistic Director of Xclaim Dance Company & Corrine Wood, Xclaim Dance Company member Dancers: Nia Gayle, Micah French, Silas French, Naomi Reineke, Mary Vickery & Corinne Wood Music: “January” by Klaus Chamberlain, “Eons Away” by Santpoort, Tennyson Description: This ensemble dance is inspired by ripples in water. The ripples serve as a metaphor/representation/ example of how we can affect the world around us. One ripple connecting with another ripple. One action connecting with the next action. One person connecting purposefully with another person. We can make positive ripples and can be refreshed by having community to share life with.
May 17, 2023: Water Dances at Indianola. The Mother Whose Children Are the Water. Choreographer: Brianna Rhodes Dancers: Brianna Rhodes (mother), Aya Venet & Maddie Denman (children) As citizens of planet, Earth, we are realizing that our global water crisis is demanding that we make necessary changes to protect and heal our planet. This trio, The Mother Whose Children Are the Water, is a second ‘call to action’ dance. It envisions the creation of water through the eyes of a Yoruban Water Goddess named Yemoja/Yemaya. Throughout her solo, Yemoja lays the foundation that water is essential to life because all living things are created from it. Yemoja invites the Children of the Water to follow her as they explore the water that she has left for them. Upon their journey, they realize that the water is contaminated and not accessible to them. At first, they struggle to understand why something so essential is not offered to everyone but soon realize that because they are Children of the Water, and that they had an obligation to protect the water. In the end, Yemoja and her Water Children call on you, the audience, to actively make a difference for you are Children of the Water as well!
May 17, 2023: Water Dances at Indianola. Journey in the Sea. Independent Choreographer and Dancer: Mansee Singhi. This solo dance is based on the underwater world of corals and fishes showing the life of sea creatures. The hand gestures show snakes, fishes, corals, turtles etc. Mansee has enjoyed creating this dance as water represents life and has a strong connection with our life. As much as we enjoy life above the surface, the sea creatures also enjoy life under the water.
May 17, 2023: Water Dances at Indianola. Convergence. Choreographer: Tanya Calamoneri, Ohio State University Dance Faculty, in collaboration with Marion Ramirez, Denison University Dance Faculty. Composer: Seth Alexander. Dancers: Tanya Calamoneri and Marion Ramirez. Convergence is a duet inspired by the ‘island of trash’. This ‘island’ exists in the Pacific Ocean, swept together by the ocean currents. Sea creatures adapt to living with the plastics that float in their waters. Sometimes they use them for shelter. These plastics are harming our ecosystems and will undoubtedly change the nature of our world if we don’t limit our use and disposal of plastics. This dance is a call to action. Please recycle and buy recycled goods whenever you can!
May 17, 2023: Water Dances at Indianola. Like the Hidden Tide Choreographer: Sarah Hixon, Artistic Director of Hixon Dance Company. Dancers: Alicia Hann. This solo dance is an excerpt from choreography titled, Like the Hidden Tide. Soloist, Alicia Hann represents Syrinx, a character in Greek mythology. To escape the romantic pursuit of the Greek God, Pan, Syrinx was turned into hollow water reeds with assistance from the river nymphs.
May 20, 2023: Water Reveries: An Evening of Music, Dance, Photography & Poetry at the McConnell Arts Center in Worthington. MC Eugene Braig.
May 20, 2023: Water Reveries: An Evening of Music, Dance, Photography & Poetry at the McConnell Arts Center in Worthington. Times Past Vintage Dance.
May 20, 2023: Water Reveries: An Evening of Music, Dance, Photography & Poetry at the McConnell Arts Center in Worthington. Times Past Vintage Dance.
May 24, 2023: Highland Youth Garden - Spring Festival Featuring the Global Dance performed by Highland ES. After School Garden Club facilitated by Laura Patterson of Lp & Dancers.
May 24, 2023: Highland Youth Garden - Spring Festival Featuring the Global Dance performed by Highland ES. After School Garden Club facilitated by Laura Patterson of Lp & Dancers.
May 24, 2023: Highland Youth Garden - Spring Festival Featuring the Global Dance performed by Highland ES. After School Garden Club facilitated by Laura Patterson of Lp & Dancers.
June 2, 2023: Opening Reception. Water Is Life, art exhibition curated by April Sunami at the Pricilla R. Tyson Cultural Arts Center featuring 12 visual artists and poet, Dionne Custer Edwards. Water Is Life Curator April Sunami and Poet, Dionne Custer Edwards.
June 2, 2023: Opening Reception. Water Is Life, art exhibition curated by April Sunami at the Pricilla R. Tyson Cultural Arts Center featuring 12 visual artists and poet, Dionne Custer Edwards. SWACO recycling.
June 2, 2023: Opening Reception. Water Is Life, art exhibition curated by April Sunami at the Pricilla R. Tyson Cultural Arts Center featuring 12 visual artists and poet, Dionne Custer Edwards. Attendees at Water Is Life reception.
June 2, 2023: Opening Reception. Water Is Life, art exhibition curated by April Sunami at the Pricilla R. Tyson Cultural Arts Center featuring 12 visual artists and poet, Dionne Custer Edwards. Tom Baillieu.
June 2, 2023: Opening Reception. Water Is Life, art exhibition curated by April Sunami at the Pricilla R. Tyson Cultural Arts Center featuring 12 visual artists and poet, Dionne Custer Edwards. Attendees at Water Is Life reception.
June 2, 2023: Opening Reception. Water Is Life, art exhibition curated by April Sunami at the Pricilla R. Tyson Cultural Arts Center featuring 12 visual artists and poet, Dionne Custer Edwards. Visual artists, Water Is Life.
June 2, 2023: Opening Reception. Water Is Life, art exhibition curated by April Sunami at the Pricilla R. Tyson Cultural Arts Center featuring 12 visual artists and poet, Dionne Custer Edwards. Katrina Harris.
June 2, 2023: Opening Reception. Water Is Life, art exhibition curated by April Sunami at the Pricilla R. Tyson Cultural Arts Center featuring 12 visual artists and poet, Dionne Custer Edwards. Amy from SWACO, Reuseable Water Bottles.
June 2, 2023: Opening Reception. Water Is Life, art exhibition curated by April Sunami at the Pricilla R. Tyson Cultural Arts Center featuring 12 visual artists and poet, Dionne Custer Edwards. Harris signage.
June 2, 2023: Opening Reception. Water Is Life, art exhibition curated by April Sunami at the Pricilla R. Tyson Cultural Arts Center featuring 12 visual artists and poet, Dionne Custer Edwards.
June 2, 2023: Opening Reception. Water Is Life, art exhibition curated by April Sunami at the Pricilla R. Tyson Cultural Arts Center featuring 12 visual artists and poet, Dionne Custer Edwards. Visual artists, Water Is Life.
June 10, 2023: Columbus Arts Festival, The Global Dance at Genoa's Main Stage featuring Momentum and the Hillel Israeli Folk Dancers.
June 10, 2023: StoryBook Village "Be a Water Warrior/Hero" Ohio Village, Ohio History Center featuring Karen King Cavin and Goree Drum & Dance.
June 10, 2023: StoryBook Village "Be a Water Warrior/Hero" Ohio Village, Ohio History Center featuring Karen King Cavin and Goree Drum & Dance.
June 10, 2023: StoryBook Village "Be a Water Warrior/Hero" Ohio Village, Ohio History Center featuring Karen King Cavin and Goree Drum & Dance.
June 10, 2023: StoryBook Village "Be a Water Warrior/Hero" Ohio Village, Ohio History Center featuring Karen King Cavin and Goree Drum & Dance.
June 10, 2023: StoryBook Village "Be a Water Warrior/Hero" Ohio Village, Ohio History Center featuring Karen King Cavin and Goree Drum & Dance.
June 10, 2023: StoryBook Village "Be a Water Warrior/Hero" Ohio Village, Ohio History Center featuring Karen King Cavin and Goree Drum & Dance.
June 10, 2023: StoryBook Village "Be a Water Warrior/Hero" Ohio Village, Ohio History Center featuring Karen King Cavin and Goree Drum & Dance.
June 10, 2023: StoryBook Village "Be a Water Warrior/Hero" Ohio Village, Ohio History Center featuring Karen King Cavin and Goree Drum & Dance.
June 10, 2023: StoryBook Village "Be a Water Warrior/Hero" Ohio Village, Ohio History Center featuring Karen King Cavin and Goree Drum & Dance.
June 10, 2023: StoryBook Village "Be a Water Warrior/Hero" Ohio Village, Ohio History Center featuring Karen King Cavin and Goree Drum & Dance.
June 10, 2023: StoryBook Village "Be a Water Warrior/Hero" Ohio Village, Ohio History Center featuring Karen King Cavin and Goree Drum & Dance.
June 17, 2023: Dublin Arts Council featuring the Columbus Modern Dance Company. Performing Doris Humphrey's 1928 classic, Water Study, at Riverside Crossing Park Pavilion, Dublin. Laura Puscas.
June 17, 2023: Dublin Arts Council featuring the Columbus Modern Dance Company. Performing Doris Humphrey's 1928 classic, Water Study, at Riverside Crossing Park Pavilion, Dublin. Water Study Performance.
June 17, 2023: Dublin Arts Council featuring the Columbus Modern Dance Company. Performing Doris Humphrey's 1928 classic, Water Study, at Riverside Crossing Park Pavilion, Dublin. Water Study Rehearsal.
June 20, 2023: Transit Arts Open Mic and Program Graduation at the Transit Arts Studios, Green Space featuring the Transit Arts Performance Group. SWACO Recycling.
June 20, 2023: Transit Arts Open Mic and Program Graduation at the Transit Arts Studios, Green Space featuring the Transit Arts Performance Group.
November 3, 2023: Brooklyn-based author of I Can Make A Water Dance (2021) and The Ohio State University dance alumna, Karen Diaz Ensanian, visited Indianola Informal K8 School. For children in grades K-3 and 4-6, Karen shared ideas that were integrated into her children’s book namely movement exploration, photography, watercolors and water cycle science facts. Everyone was highly engaged and participated actively in discussions and movement sessions. A huge thank you goes to dance educator, Amy Williams, and the entire educational team at Indianola Informal K8 School for making this event possible.
November 3, 2023: Brooklyn-based author of I Can Make A Water Dance (2021) and The Ohio State University dance alumna, Karen Diaz Ensanian, visited Indianola Informal K8 School. For children in grades K-3 and 4-6, Karen shared ideas that were integrated into her children’s book namely movement exploration, photography, watercolors and water cycle science facts. Everyone was highly engaged and participated actively in discussions and movement sessions. A huge thank you goes to dance educator, Amy Williams, and the entire educational team at Indianola Informal K8 School for making this event possible. Photo courtesy of Laura Smith.
Video Gallery
February 5th, 2023: Ohio History Center's Wild Ohio Weekend, Selo Croatian Ensemble of Columbus. Video courtesy of Adnan Siddique.
February 5th, 2023: Ohio History Center’s Wild Ohio Weekend, Brianna Rhodesan, excerpt after the word. Video excerpt, courtesy of Adnan Siddique.
February 5th, 2023: Ohio History Center's Wild Ohio Weekend, LP & Dancers. Video courtesy of Adnan Siddique.
March 26, 2023. GWDC Children's Dance Makers Joins Hixon Dance Company at Columbus Dance Theatre. Lula, Olivia, Mona, GWDC Children’s Dance Makers.
April 7 & 8, 2023: Introduction. H2O DanceWorks: Columbus Choreographers Showcase co-produced by the Wexner Center for the Arts and Global Water Dances Columbus. Video courtesy of Adnan Siddique.
April 7 & 8, 2023: H2O DanceWorks: Columbus Choreographers Showcase co-produced by the Wexner Center for the Arts and Global Water Dances Columbus.
Perennial Movement Group
Title: Water In Hand
Choreographers: Chloe Napoletano and Sarah Ramey
Dancers/Collaborators: Maureen Clark, Catherine Cryan, Laurie Crowther, Jill D’Antignac, John Giffin, David Krohn, Holly Longfellow, Sharon Oliver, Nancy Rafert, & Ken Vail
Music: Refraction by Steve Ramey
Description: Using the dancers' personal experiences related to water, "Water in Hand" explores what happens when problems seem too large, abstract, or distant to solve. If an issue like equitable access to drinking water doesn't directly affect me, do I turn away? Feel guilty but overwhelmed? Take action? Through text and movement created by the dancers, this work proposes that the communal effort to create a positive change is many things: messy, fun, awkward, painful, and ultimately worthwhile.
Video courtesy of Adnan Siddique.
April 7 & 8, 2023: H2O DanceWorks: Columbus Choreographers Showcase co-produced by the Wexner Center for the Arts and Global Water Dances Columbus.
MKDC – Mansee Singhi
Title: When She Descends....
Genre: Indian Classical Dance - Kathak
Concept & Choreography: Mansee Singhi
Performers: Mansee Singhi & Devyani Puranik
Music Arrangement: Ajay Kumar
Musicians: Tabla (Drums) & Vocals: Amit Mishra; Flute: Bhaskar Das
Description: As She Descends is a musical quartet and dance based on the river Ganga and showcases its importance and existence in Indian culture. With an innovative adaptation of Indian aesthetics, this dance encapsulates an intersection of traditional dance Kathak and narratives in Sanskrit which describe Mother Ganga's, symbol of divinity, purity and auspiciousness. She teaches that if we can control the descent of our thoughts, which are the result of many actions in our past and then tune their flow through our present lives with the
blessings of the divine and led by the learned, then we too can watch our full potential bloom as we move from our source to the eternal ocean of liberation. That is Ganga’s story.
Video courtesy of Adnan Siddique.
April 7 & 8, 2023: H2O DanceWorks: Columbus Choreographers Showcase co-produced by the Wexner Center for the Arts and Global Water Dances Columbus.
Hixon Dance Company
Hixon Dance Company
Title: Like the Hidden Tide (excerpt)
Choreographer/Director: Sarah Hixon
Dancers & Additional Choreography: Samantha Conte, Alex Graban, Alicia Hann, Camryn Nease, Annie E. Scott
Music: Michael Rene Torres, C.P.E. Bach
Description: Water symbolizes the subconscious and transformation in the mythology of many cultures. This work briefly explores the mirky realm of the subconscious and how submerging oneself within can lead to personal transformation. It takes inspiration from the Greek story of Syrinx, a nymph transformed into river reeds and cut down by the god Pan to create "panpipes." The transformations of Syrinx can be thought to result in either her destruction or her transformation into an object that creates beautiful sounds. "Like the Hidden Tide" premiered on March 24, 2023 at 216 Meets 614 at Columbus Dance Theatre.
Video courtesy of Adnan Siddique.
April 7 & 8, 2023: H2O DanceWorks: Columbus Choreographers Showcase co-produced by the Wexner Center for the Arts and Global Water Dances Columbus.
Brianna Rhodes, Independent Choreographer
Title: The Mother Whose Children Are the Water
Choreographer: Brianna Rhodes and Collaborators
Dancers: Brianna Rhodes (solo), Maddie Denman and Aya Venet (duet)
Poem: Brianna Rhodes
Musical Artist: Jody Jones
Costume Designer: Celeste Malvar-Stewart
Description: The Mother Whose Children Are The Water is a call to action as we come to realize Earth’s global water crisis and make necessary changes to protect and heal our planet. This dance envisions the creation of water through the eyes of a Water Goddess named Yemoja/Yemaya. Throughout her solo, Yemoja lays the foundation that water is essential to life for all things are created from it. She invites the Children of the Water to follow her as they explore the water that she has left for them. Upon their journey, they realize that the water is contaminated and not accessible to them. At first, they struggle to understand why something so essential is not offered to all but soon realize that because they are Children of the Water, they had an obligation to protect the water. In the end, they call on you, the audience, to actively make a difference for you are Children of the Water as well!
Video courtesy of Adnan Siddique.
April 30, 2023: Park of Roses. Women Drumming Call and Response
April 30, 2023: Park of Roses. Global Water Dances. Global Water Dances Columbus produced “Water Dancing for Everyone” at Whetstone’s Park of Roses. More than 40 Columbus community members gathered on a dreary afternoon at Whetstone’s Park of Roses.
Between the bouts of rain, everyone participated in a multifaceted program that featured, Vannia Ibarguen, Artistic Director of Global Water Dances teaching the Global Water Dance. This participatory dance will be performed at the Columbus Arts Festival on Saturday, June 10th, 2023 at 3:00pm. Location: Genoa Park Main Stage. Global Water Dances Columbus partners – Momentum and Hillel Israeli Folk Dancers are featured on the stage while the Columbus Paddling Club will participate from their kayaks on the Scioto River.
Video courtesy of Adnan Siddeque.
May 1, 2023: OSU Dance Community Day. Columbus Afrocentric Early College High School.
May 24, 2023: Highland Youth Garden - Spring Festival Featuring the Global Dance performed by Highland ES. After School Garden Club facilitated by Laura Patterson of Lp & Dancers.
June 10, 2023: Momentum performing The Global Water Dance during the international Global Water Dances event at the Columbus Arts Festival.
June 17, 2023: Dublin Arts Council featuring the Columbus Modern Dance Company. Performing Doris Humphrey's 1928 classic, Water Study, at Riverside Crossing Park Pavilion, Dublin. Rehearsal.
February 5th, 2023: Ohio History Center’s Wild Ohio Weekend, Mansee Singhi. Video courtesy of Adnan Siddique.
April 7 & 8, 2023: H2O DanceWorks: Columbus Choreographers Showcase co-produced by the Wexner Center for the Arts and Global Water Dances Columbus.
Xclaim Dance Company
Title: Elemental - Water
Choreography: Mariah Layne French & Corinne Wood
Nia Gayle, J. Shannon Filmore, Micah French, Silas French, Naomi Reineke, Jenna Swartz, Mary Vickery & Corinne Wood
Music: “January” by Klaus Chamberlain, “Eons Away” by Santpoort, Tennyson
Description and Inspiration. “Just as ripples spread out when a single pebble is dropped into water, the actions of individuals can have far reaching effects.” (Dalai Lama) “I alone cannot change the world, but I can cast a stone across the waters to create many ripples.” (Mother Teresa)
Video courtesy of Adnan Siddique.
April 7 & 8, 2023: H2O DanceWorks: Columbus Choreographers Showcase co-produced by the Wexner Center for the Arts and Global Water Dances Columbus.
Lp & Dancers
Title: Turbid Sequence
Choreographer/s/Collaborators: Laura Patterson and Dancers
Music: Atlas Sound & The Conet Project
Dancers: Jacqueleen Bordjadze, Caitlyn Higley, Emily Kilroy, Elyse Kassa, Abby Armbrecht
Description: Water moves through the world along multiple pathways in many rhythms. Thai dance reflects the apparent chaos of a complete system.
Video courtesy of Adnan Siddique.
April 7 & 8, 2023: H2O DanceWorks: Columbus Choreographers Showcase co-produced by the Wexner Center for the Arts and Global Water Dances Columbus.
Brother(hood) Dance!
Title: Black on Earth (excerpt)
Dancers: Orlando Hunter Jr, & Ricarrdo Valentine
Music: Okwui Okpokwasili, Follow Me
Description: In the 21 century, Black people are reclaiming ancestral environmental and agricultural practices to resist food insecurity and acquire land. This section of Black on Earth (excerpt) is a water meditation, a call to action, and an illustration of wealth that has been undervalued and exploited.
Video courtesy of Adnan Siddique.
April 7 & 8, 2023: H2O DanceWorks: Columbus Choreographers Showcase co-produced by the Wexner Center for the Arts and Global Water Dances Columbus.
Oyo Dance Company
Title: Flint and Steel (excerpt)
Choreographer: Rachel Nace
Dancers: Alexander Cornejo, Rachel Nace, Corey Baker, Ashley Allen, Kaitlyn Culp, Panthea Grace
Music: Enya: Watermark, Caribbean Blue; Loreena McKennitt: Prologue
Costumes: Elizabeth Weiss
Description: Flint and Steel depicts the tension between the residents of Flint, Michigan and the lawmakers responsible for the ongoing crisis. Oyo celebrates the resilience and determination of the people of Flint, while acknowledging their grief and suffering and calling upon officials to fix the problem.
Video courtesy of Adnan Siddique.
April 21, 2023: FLOW Reception at the Shot Tower Art Gallery. Fort Hayes High School Dance Ensemble.
April 28-30, 2023: OhioDance Festival. Bodies of water rehearsal at Indianola.
April 28-30, 2023: OhioDance Festival. Plenary Session, Hixon Dance - Kids ChoreoLab.
April 30, 2023: Park of Roses. Motherful. Global Water Dances Columbus produced “Water Dancing for Everyone” at Whetstone’s Park of Roses. More than 40 Columbus community members gathered on a dreary afternoon at Whetstone’s Park of Roses.
Between the bouts of rain, everyone participated in a multifaceted program that featured BabaaRitah Clark and Friends, a group of women drummers; Eve Womack, OBLSK, leading a call and response Soundscape; Shaman Heidi Howes of Motherful leading a performative Healing Waters Ceremony and Procession.
Video courtesy of Adnan Siddique.
April 30, 2023: Park of Roses. Mayim! Mayim! Global Water Dances Columbus produced “Water Dancing for Everyone” at Whetstone’s Park of Roses. More than 40 Columbus community members gathered on a dreary afternoon at Whetstone’s Park of Roses. Between the bouts of rain, everyone participated in a multifaceted program that featured Hillel Israeli Folk Dancers, Marlene Robbins & Mimi Chenfeld, teaching a suite of Israeli folk dances including, Mayim! Mayim! or Water! Water!
Video courtesy of Adnan Siddique.
May 20, 2023. Water Reveries: An Evening of Music, Dance, Photography & Poetry at the McConnell Arts Center in Worthington featuring SELO, Times Past Vintage Dancers, Hixon Dance Company, Lp & Dancers, Manse Singhi
June 2, 2023. Opening Reception. Water Is Life, art exhibition curated by April Sunami at the Pricilla R. Tyson Cultural Arts Center featuring 12 visual artists and poet, Dionne Custer Edwards. Dionne Custer Edwards poetry.
June 10, 2023: Hillel’s International Israel Folk Dancers performing Mayim! Mayim! during the international Global Water Dances event at the Columbus Arts Festival.
November 3, 2023: Brooklyn-based author of I Can Make A Water Dance (2021) and The Ohio State University dance alumna, Karen Diaz Ensanian, visited Indianola Informal K8 School. For children in grades K-3 and 4-6, Karen shared ideas that were integrated into her children’s book namely movement exploration, photography, watercolors and water cycle science facts. Everyone was highly engaged and participated actively in discussions and movement sessions. A huge thank you goes to dance educator, Amy Williams, and the entire educational team at Indianola Informal K8 School for making this event possible.