Global Water Dances 2025

On June 14, 2025, people across six continents will rise in rhythm and reverence for water.

In over 100 locations around the world, from bustling cities to quiet coastlines, thousands will gather in a global movement of dance to honor, protect, and speak out for one of Earth’s most vital beings: water.

Global Water Dances mobilizes artists as leaders in the conversation about protecting water, empowering them as catalysts for change. Choreographers initiate collaborations with community groups, Indigenous leaders, scientists, youth, and environmental organizations to create impactful events that ripple far beyond the performance day – inspiring ongoing advocacy, education, and collaboration in the communities the events touch.

Since its launch in 2011, Global Water Dances has been organizing and promoting this event every two years; events are free and open to the public. They are also recorded and live-streamed to boost the visibility and to make it possible for anyone, anywhere, to witness and participate. 

What is Global Water Dances?

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Each event is free, public, and recorded or live-streamed—so everyone, everywhere, can witness and join the wave.

See our Map of Locations to find a performance near to you here: www.globalwaterdances.org/

Dance Day: June 14, 2025
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​ If you would like to dance with us, register by June 10, 2025​

At the heart of Global Water Dances is a knowing that WATER connects us all—and so does MOVEMENT. On the same day, near local water bodies, participants across the planet will dance the same shared choreography to the same music, creating a unified message across distance and language: a call to protect what gives us life.

“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.”

Since 2011, Global Water Dances has been activating communities around the world every two years, inviting dance as a tool for awareness, advocacy, and community building. But this year carries a deeper resonance. In alignment with Water is Love, artists and organizers are co-creating events that ripple beyond performance day—cultivating long-term relationships between people, place, and water.

Explore the source of this year’s inspiration: Water is Love: Ripples of Regeneration—a documentary weaving story, spirit, and solidarity across watersheds:waterislovefilm.org​

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