Photographer: Dale Andree
Last April at the Deering Estate at Cutler, her National Water Dance Project was an effort to bring awareness to water issues across the United States including sea level rise in Florida. The national dance event included 26 states with more than 80 water dance projects happening at the same time.
On Saturday at 5 p.m. just behind the North Beach Bandshell at 7275 Collins Ave., dance in the water and on the sand will be performed "rain or shine," prior to a musical performance on stage at the bandshell by the musical group The Nile Project. Andree will present her own choreography along with works by Michelle Grant-Murray, Director/Coordinator of Dance at Miami Dade College/Kendall Campus, whose Olujimi Dance Theater will perform.
Also, performing will be Momentum Dance Company, led by MDC Dance Faculty member Delma Iles, Momentum's artistic director and founder. The program is produced by Miami Dance Futures and will feature students from New World School of the Arts and Miami Dade College's Jubilation Dance Ensemble. MDC Live will present the Nile Project, musicians from Egypt, Sudan, Ethiopia, and other Nile River Basin lands, who sing songs about the world's longest river and the people it sustains.
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Photographer: Dale Andree
"The beauty of this oceanfront location at sunset makes Miami Beach the perfect site for a dance performance like this,” says Andree. “The beach is also at the heart of environmental concerns regarding sea level rise. The power of art can help bring attention to these social and political issues in a way that touches both the audiences’ hearts, and minds," says Andree.
The Water Dance Project is free and open to the public and will be from 5 to 6 p.m.
To find out more about the National Water Project, www.nationalwaterdance.org
Admission for the Nile Project, which begins at 8 p.m., is $25, $15 Students with ID, $10 MDC Students with ID
For tickets, http://mdclivearts.org/events/the-nile-project
