Dancing In The Water

Dancing In The Water, filmed on Lake Pontchartrain and nominated for the 2014 World Open Water Swimming Offering of the Year

Dancing With The Water, Crossing of Lake Pontchartrain is a documentary film made by Wayne Ewing, an Emmy Award-winning filmmaker, about Matthew Moseley's 25-mile swim across Lake Pontchartrain and the restoration of the lake. It is nominated for the 2014 WOWSA Awards' World Open Water Swimming Offering of the Year.

2014 World Open Water Swimming Offering of the Year Nomination

Dancing In The Water is nominated for the 2014 World Open Water Swimming Performance of the Year.

"Music that weaves it way through the head of swimmers is an important experiential element of the sport of open water swimming. Music lifts one’s spirits, creates a diversion and enables a rhythm for open water swimmers. Matthew Moseley incorporated music into his unprecedented 14 hour 55 minute swim across Lake Pontchartrain and the documentary film that concurrently focuses on the recovery of the lake’s environment. Moseley identified the canvas, the Lake Pontchartrain Basin Foundation provided the framework, and Emmy Award-winning filmmaker Wayne Ewing provided the content to create the emotive Dancing In The Water film. With the music of David Amram, Papa Mali, Alfred Uganda Roberts pulsating throughout, Moseley’s pioneering swim across Lake Pontchartrain set in motion an entertaining film that incorporates the restoration of a valuable marine resource. For producing an open water swimming film set to innovative imagery and sounds with an environmental focus, Dancing In The Water by Wayne Ewing and Matthew Moseley is a worthy nominee for the 2014 World Open Water Swimming Offering of the Year."

2014 World Open Water Swimming Offering of the Year Nominees

24 Hour Swim in San Francisco by Suzie Dods (U.S.A.)
BlueJourney-Amerika Samoa -Stronger Together: The Waterman's Way by Bruckner Chase (U.S.A./Amerika Samoa)
Step Out Of The Ordinary Blue Letter Campaign by Pádraig Mallon (Ireland)
Catalina Channel Swimming Federation (U.S.A.)
Dancing In The Water by Wayne Ewing and Matthew Moseley (U.S.A.)
L.O.S.T. Swimming (Lake Ontario Swim Team) by Rob Kent (Canada)
Morrison Report by Evan Morrison for Marathon Swimmers Federation (international)
Nadandolibre Radio Show - Marcador Show by José Díaz and Alessi Pérez (Spain)
Ola Vista Photography by Mike Lewis (U.S.A.)
Rei e Rainha do Mar (King and Queen of the Sea) by Pedro Rego Monteiro (Brazil)
S.C.A.R. Swim Challenge by Kent Nicholas (U.S.A.)
The Greatest Englishman by Marathon Films (Great Britain)
The Torture Swim by 60 Minutes Sports (U.S.A./Ireland)
The Vertical Swim Trainer by Genadijus Sokolovas (U.S.A./Lithuania)
Uaimh an tSolais & Uaimh na nÉan by Sam Krohn with Donal Buckley (Australia/Ireland)