(2002) May 3 & 4 FIVE VIEWS – 5 companies: Maida Withers and the Dance Construction Company, in collaboration with George Washington University’s Department of Theatre and Dance, selected and presented five Washington, DC area contemporary dance companies in a shared evening of dance in Dorothy Betts Marvin Theatre, Washington, DC.
FIVE VIEWS – 5 companies featured:
Maida Withers Dance Construction Company: Investigation of Late – Maida on Maida in the Universe project.
Dana Tai Soon Burgess & Company: Mandala
Mills/Buckley Works: From the Void: we
Kista Tucker Dance Company: be
ClancyWorks Dance Company: Without Walls
Maida was honored to produce Five Companies – Five Views in association with GW Department of Theatre and Dance. This is in keeping with Withers view that artists, when possible, collaborate with dancers and dance organizations to bring about a wide range of opportunities in dance. Dance curators provide the opportunity to select artists that are of interest and who may be in need of support. Select choreographers included in Five Views – Five Companies program were associated, now or previously, with the George Washington University Dance Program as full-time or adjunct faculty. GW faculty and GW dance majors and minors supported the production, as crew, front of the house, publicity and promotions, other.
Maida Withers Dance Construction Company presentation for Five Companies – Five Views:
Investigation of Late – Lotta Lundgren (Sweden) and Maida Withers (USA)
Theatre and Dance Program Support:
Producer: Nate Garner
Technical Director: Carl Gudenius
Production Stage Manager: Dave Robinson
Concert Lighting Designer: Stefan Johnson
Sound Designers: Leigh-Erin Balmer and Russell Feder
Master Electrician: Tracie Duncan
Video Engineer: Courtney Ischinger
Assistant Stage Manager: Cathryn Paine, Deidre MacDiarmid, Christina Conle7, Katia Chupashko, Kristy Shimabukuro, Mary Tisa
Front of House: Nicole Hollander, Stacey Warady
Promotions and Graphic Design: Jennifer Gerstein
Photo Credits: Paul Emerson, Mary Noble Ours, Adam Peiperl, Christian Tucker