National Water Dance is an artist-driven collective of dancers and educators confronting critical water issues facing the United States. Stretching from New York to Hawaii and from Alaska to Puerto Rico, simultaneous, site-specific dance performances are created and performed with movers of all ages and experience. Created and directed by Dale Andree, National Water Dance believes that our environment is the most pressing issue of this generation and as dancers we are using our bodies to create a community that reaches out for action.

On April 23, 2022 at 4pm EST, Core Dance alongside members of the Brunswick, Georgia community joined hundreds from around the United States, including Puerto Rico to dance together in celebration of the gift of water that we all share. Dancers from across the country performed in the 5th Annual National Water Dance – site-specific dances at rivers, bays, lakes, oceans, or any water sites nearby – uniting to celebrate and take responsibility for protecting our water.

Nevertheless, She Persists was a new performance from Core Dance advocating for the dignity, intelligence, and potential of women everywhere. Six artworks from the Crystal Bridges Museum of Art’s collection prompted the approach, asking viewers to look again at the depictions of women from the nineteenth through late twentieth centuries—representations of women both prior to and following the passage of the 19th Amendment.