Where the ephemeral
becomes enduring
Watermark is the final phase of the Confluence — dedicated to creative multidisciplinary archiving, legacy, and the amplification of what was set in motion during Phases 1 and 2.
Phase 3 participants commit to the full fifteen days, June 1–16, receiving everything in Ebb and Flow before continuing into six additional days of creative multidisciplinary archiving. This is where the ephemeral becomes enduring — where movement that existed only in a body, in a moment, in a place, is held with love and carried forward to reverberate outwards infinitely.
Each artist directs their own short dance film with peer support — for enhanced sharing of story and legacy-making. A career tool that lives far beyond this gathering: grant-ready, fellowship-ready, residency-ready. We work with film, photography, community sharing, and the creation of a living record that extends the work far beyond its ephemeral moment. Pop-up performances and community offerings in Santa Fe bring the work into the life of the city and surrounding communities.
Participants receive professional photo and video documentation of their solo or small group work, including a personal reel delivered within 30 days, as well as placement in the Dancing Earth archive. Your movement, held with love, to reverberate outwards infinitely.
Phase 1 — Ebb (June 1–5)- Welcome circle with local eco-cultural knowledge carriers
- Gentle, replenishing Earth Body eco-somatic movement practices
- Intercultural sharing by Dancing Earth guest artists
- Dancing Earth land dance and star gazing
- Journaling, poetry, visual and land art invitations
- Supported rest, renewal, and personal creation time
- Closing circle reflections & transition into Phase 2
- Immersive creative development towards original performance ritual, responding to place through DE land dance forms
- Master classes from DE guest artists & local culture carriers
- Facilitated creation groups, interdisciplinary expressions, & cross-cultural exchange
- Ritual performance offering — June 9
- Optional: rest day excursion — hot springs, local cultural sites
- Closing circle reflections & transition into Phase 3
- Professional photo shoot — portfolio-quality individual & group images
- Raw footage video documentation of solo & small group work
- Personal reel edited & delivered within 30 days
- Interview documentation for Dancing Earth archive
- Pop-up community performances in Santa Fe
- Selected guest teaching & community exchange
- Reflections and closing circles — June 16
- Housing — on site, full June 1–16
- Meals — Phase 1 catered; Phases 2 & 3 collaborative
- Ground transport during program
- All Phase 1, 2 & 3 programming — full access
- Professional documentation — photo, film, archive
"To see you connect it — and to see you pursue that and share it and fuse it with your own background — makes me think about what it means to be mixed and how to create for the future."
— L.R.S., Dancing Earth participantStart a conversation
Watermark grows from years of relationship with Dancing Earth. If you feel called to this work and this circle, we'd love to hear from you — not with a formal application, but with a conversation.
Tell us who you are, what you make, and what draws you to Dancing Earth's methodology. We'll write back.
Start a conversation —
info@dancingearth.org
