Category Archives: Interviews

Put on the Music…Let’s Dance – Interview for City Dance, ABC-TV

1977 - Washington Performing Arts Society (WPAS) Chairman of the Board, Ken Crosby, was interviewed on ABC-TV about the Series, City Dance, presented at the Warner Theatre in 1977  Maida Withers and Brook Andrews performed excerpts from Put on the ...

Woman See, Maida Withers Interview, PBS WETA-TV

1981 - an interview in Washington, DC on PBS, WETA-TV, regarding the making or Woman See - a feminist multimedia work in eight parts created by Maida Withers This work followed five years involvement by Maida and other Mormon women ...

FareWell: Comments by Media Artist Ayo Okunseinde

[embed]https://vimeocom/7113378[/embed] 2009 - FareWell - Interview of Ayo Okunseinde about his work with Maida presented at Performatica: Foro Internacional de Danza Contemporanea y Artes del Movimiento, San Andres Cholula, Puebla, Mexico, 2009  During our residency Linda Lewett interviewed Maida Withers, choreography/dancer, ...

Earth Dancer, UN Earth Summit, Interview, GW Magazine

Interview - Earth Dancer - GW Magazine, page 22, Summer 1993  "This interview is dedicated to all those with whom my life has intersected"  Maida Withers Maida Withers is interviewed  on her views of dance, dancing, making dances, collaborating, experimenting, having ...

When Maida Moves, Interview, CBS-TV

1985 - "When Maida Moves" Television (Capital Edition) special and interview, CBS Channel 9 - Studio 11, Washington, DC Choreographer/dancer, Maida Withers, is featured with members of Maida Withers Dance Construction Company, Brook Andrews, Dale Crittenberger, Susan Short Bensinger, Susan Jamieson, ...

Obsession – Maida Withers, Interview, FCAC-TV

1987 - Maida Withers is interviewed for FCAC (Fairfax Cable Access Corporation) Fairfax, Virginia about the dance work, Obsession - America's Obsession With Sex  The Interview is mixed with excerpts from the documentary video of Obsession Linda Lewett and Judy ...

Forty Years in the TRENCHES, Washington, DC

2014 - Maida Withers, Artistic Director, Maida Withers Dance Construction Company, and GW Professor presents "Forty Years in the TRENCHES in Washington, DC" for the Center of Creative Economy's Communal Table Discussion,  on Tuesday, March 11, 2014 at Busboys and Poets, 14th and V Street NW, ...

A Moving Interview, Maida Withers, Argentina

MOVING INTERVIEW Web page in Argentina with video and descriptions:  https://productoraobjetoawordpresscom/2014/02/26/entrevista-performatica-a-maida-withers/ Moving Interview Original unedited footage - Maida improvised talking and dancing  as Arceli Marquez, asked questions [embed]https://vimeocom/554723257[/embed] The footage here is unedited  It contains the total interview (55:00 minutes):| Three minute version of the moving ...

Under the Radar: Modern Dance in Russia with Maida Withers

2003  Documentary Film -  Interviews about post-modern dance in Russia  in 2003 Documentary shot  in St Petersburg, Russia  Maida Withers was a guest artist for Summer Dance Workshop, OPEN LOOK  Linda Lewett, filmmaker, shot the video and Maida Withers asked ...

Interview, Arlington Independent Media: Tell Arlington’s Story

2013 - Maida briefly tells her "story for Arlington Independent Media (AIM)"  Maida lives in Arlington with her husband Lawrence Arlen Withers, where they have raised a family of four children (Kristin, Luke, Eric, and Marc) Maida talks about creating and ...