Private Project

Global Water Dances: The Impact of Dancing for Safe Water

In 2023, 20 individuals and organizations in different locations around the world were awarded the Site Impact Fund (SIF) to develop a partnership between an artistic and an environmental partner to create a community event or film that would raise awareness around water issues.
The Site Impact Fund was created in 2019 in an effort to bolster the mission of Global Water Dances (GWD): to inspire action and international collaboration for water issues through the universal language of dance.
Film by Nel Shelby Productions @nelshelbyfilms

  • Nel Shelby
    Director
  • Vannia Ibarguen
    Writer
  • Nel Shelby
    Producer
  • Vannia Ibarguen
    Producer
  • Karen Bradley
    Producer
  • Natasha Alhadeff-Jones
    Producer
  • Loren Buzek
    Key Cast
  • Hanna Van Tonder
    Key Cast
  • Ursula Carrascal
    Key Cast
  • Vannia Ibarguen
    Key Cast
  • Natasha Alhadeff-Jones
    Key Cast
  • Maria Jose Perez Castro
    Key Cast
  • CJ Domasig
    Key Cast
  • Jasna Cizmek
    Key Cast
  • Juliana Silveira
    Key Cast
  • Loren Robertson
    Editor
  • Nicolas Soto Urrea
    Music
  • Project Type:
    Documentary, Short
  • Genres:
    Dance
  • Runtime:
    10 minutes 51 seconds
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
Director Biography - Nel Shelby

Nel Shelby preserves and promotes dance by documenting live performances, producing livestreams and virtual programs, and creating marketing videos and documentary films. Nel Shelby Productions serves a diverse list of dance clients, and the entire team has training in movement. Nel is Producer/Director of NY Emmy-nominated documentary PS DANCE! and its sequel PS DANCE! THE NEXT GENERATION, films about the power of dance education. Nel is Director of Media for Jacob’s Pillow and Vail Dance Festival. She lives in New York City with her husband, dance photographer Christopher Duggan, and their two children.
View Nel Shelby’s work at www.nelshelby.com or on Instagram at @nelshelbyfilms.

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