2025 Global Waters World Wide Dance Event
Saturday, June 14, at 3:00 pm
Saturday, June 21, at 3:00 pm
Presented by the Putnam County Dance Project
The Putnam County Dance Project invites you to support the movement for safe water everywhere by joining in a coordinated weekend of arts, advocacy, and education.
Arts on the Lake, Putnam County Dance Project, and other organizations are collaborating locally as part of the the 8th international Global Water Dances event.
This free family-friendly event starts the week of June 14th, with a local youth art exhibit in the gallery and continues with live performances on June 21.
Global Waters - History
Global Water Dances began as a collective idea of an international group of individuals, with decades of experience in producing Movement Choirs: events that use community dance to create social cohesion through non-verbal communication.
On June 14, 2025, people in over 100 locations across six continents will come together through dance to honor, protect, and speak out for one of Earth’s most vital resources: water. From cities to remote villages, thousands will join in Global Water Dances, an international event where artists, scientists, youth, elders, and activists join forces to advocate for the human right of access to clean water.
At the heart of Global Water Dances is a deep understanding that both WATER and MOVEMENT are connecting forces in our world. Global Water Dances promotes unity and togetherness through movement, using the arts to transform awareness into action on the local and global scales. Every event shares a structure where dancers around the world perform the same movements to the same music, on the same day, near bodies of water, from ocean beaches to plaza fountains. This creates a unifying global experience that transcends language and sends a synchronized global message of urgency and hope.
“Our work is about connection,” says Artistic Director Vannia Ibarguen. “Between body and planet, art and action, local and global. Dance helps us tell the story of water in ways people can feel—and remember.”
Participation in Global Water Dances is open to anyone who loves to move.