Artistic Staff

DCCO, Founding Artistic Director
Web Page Descriptions
Maida Rust Withers

Archive Review (2025-26)
Maida Withers
Sandra Kammann

Founding Dance Company (1974)
Maida Withers, Artistic Director
Brook Andrews
John Bailey
JoAnn Sellars
Betty Tittsworth

Founding Musician/Composer
John Driscoll

50th Anniversary, Legacy: 50 Years Dance on the Edge
Dancers:
Maida Withers
Anthony Gongora
Tzveta Kassabova
Anton Ovchinnikov (Ukraine)
Giselle Ruzany
Sarah Slifer Swift
Jen Clark Stone
Megan Thompson
Performance Poet:
Alex Caldiero
Musicians:
John Driscoll
Steve Hilmy
Yoko K. Sen

Dancers Celebrating the 40th Anniversary Events
Billy Andrews, Felicia Avalos, Ian Ceccarelli, Nicole Colameta,
Kristi Cole, Wendell Cooper, Anthony Gongora, Sandra Kammann,
Cat McCormack, Rebecca Melvin, John Moletress, Shannon O’Brien,
Sammy Rosenfeld, Ilana Silverstein, Sarah Slifer,
Jen Clark Stone, and Megan Thompson

Company Dancers, 2020
Maida Withers
Anton Ovchinnikov, Ukraine
Erica Rebollar

Dance Company, 2015
Alicia Diaz
Anthony Gongora
Samantha (Sammi) Rosenfeld
Giselle Ruzany
Matthew Thornton
Maida Withers
Ian Ceccarelli
Mary Heath, Intern

Current Resident Composer-Musician
Steven C. Hilmy

Other Composer-Musicians
Bob Boilen, Laser Dance

Musicians/Composers – MindFluctutions
John Driscoll
Steven C. Hilmy

Virtual World Artist – MindFluctuations
Tania Fraga, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Communications Director
Jamille Wallick
Billy Andrews

Company Photographer
Dennis Deloria
Shaun Schroth

Board of Directors
Aimee Fullman, Chair
Alison Beesley
Greg Hunter
Maida Withers, President

Board of Directors (2025)
Alison Beesley
Greg Hunter
Luke Withers
Kristin Withers
Lawrence Luke Withers
Eric Pratt Withers
Marc Pratt Withers, Secretary
Maida Withers, President

Archives and Design Staff
Web Design
Will Kruse Original, 2004

Archives Associate – Gelman Library
Nick Connizzo

Archive Video Editor
Maida Withers
Linda Lewett
Judy Lowe
Paul Caffrey
Anisha Payne
Anthony Gongora
Jamille Wallick , 2021-22

Archive Interns
Hannah Ayasse
Leah Bartolacci
Angela Schopke
Rachel Zappala
Kate Campbell, 2021

The web design was supported, in part, by the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities, small projects grant. Archive Review, Sandra Kammann supported by Maida Withers and the Dance Construction Company (2025-2026).