“Withers has created a work that spans the human experience of witnessing modern American politics: anxiety, fear, anger, nervous laughter and resilient hope.” Cassie Patterson (2018) “Withers is a dance legend.” Carmel Morgan (2018) 2018 DIGG – a fiercely intimate multimedia performance experience created and performed by pioneering dance artist Maida Withers – an excavation of the current political … Continue reading DIGG – a provocative excavation of the current political landscape →
MAIDA WITHERS and the DANCE CONSTRUCTION COMPANY RUSSIAN TOURS AND PROJECTS, 1997 to 2016 Yekaterinburg, Russia (August 26-28, 2016) Small-format Contemporary Dance Festival curated by Ekaterina Zharinova, Director. Maida Withers performs ICEBERGS: Fault Line; original music by Steve Hilmy; poetry by David McAleavey and Alex Caldiero. http://maidadance.com/works/fault-line/ ▪ Yekaterinburg History Museum Moscow, Krasnoyarsk, Arkhangelsk, Russia … Continue reading Russian Tours and Projects, 1997-2016 →
ICEBERGS National Building Museum Washington, DC presents GLACIAL DRIFT PREMIERE / 2016 Cool Evening with ICEBERGS Dance, Music, and Poetry in the Surreal Underwater-World of ICEBERGS GLACIAL DRIFT was one of National Building Museum’s Block Party Late Nights that is part of its big summer installation programming for ICEBERGS designed by James Corner Field Operations … Continue reading ICEBERGS: Glacial Drift →
Maida Withers Dance Construction Company in Showcase International New Media Caucus, College Art Association Conference WHO: Maida Withers with Dance Construction Company dancers. Felicia Avalos & Anthony Gongora WHAT: New Media Caucus Showcase, College Art Association Annual Conference. presents video and live performance excerpts of MindFluctuations, an innovative dance, computer art, neuroscience, electronic music … Continue reading New Media Caucus Showcase →
Photos by Shaun Schroth 2015 Anonyty explores the intimate boundary between our physical and digital identities, by bringing to life digital people that interact in our real world through movement and dance – a collaboration of Maida Withers and Brian Kane, co-authors. Maida Withers Dance Construction Company, Felicia Avalos, Anthony Gongora, and Jezel Modell, perform … Continue reading Anonyty / Parts Unknown →
Born in Cape Town, South Africa, David Page earned a National Diploma in Fine Arts from the Cape Tecnikon in 1986 and received an MFA from the University of Maryland, College Park in 2002. Recent solo shows include The Object is Dead at Jordan Faye Contemporary in Baltimore and God and Lunchmeat at Old Dominion University. … Continue reading David Page →
2014 – In celebration of Maida Withers’ Dance Company’s 40th anniversary, Art Whino is throwing a Masquerade Ball full of mystery and surprise. This full sensory experience will combine performance art with experimental dance, live music, and a silent art auction where artist will paint Masquerade masks the audience will wear in this moving art … Continue reading MASQUERADE Ball: Blind Whino (DCCo 40th Anniversary) →
MWDCCo performed an improvised version of Collision Course for the Gala Opening of the Smith Center for Healing and the Arts in their renovated gallery at 1632 U Street, NW, Washington, DC. Dancers Nate Bond, Tzveta Kassabova, Anthony Gongora, and Giselle Ruzany performed with Steve Hilmy, composer/musician. Rehearsal Photos in StudioCollage by Anthony Gongora
2011 – MWDCCo established Where Where IS! – a production company for creating dance films. The founding members included Ludovic Jolivet, Anthony Gongora, Steve Hilmy, Ayo Okunseinde, Giselle Ruzany, and Maida Withers. Filmmakers, composer, dancers joined together to create dance video shorts for the DANCE:FILMS event at Artisphere in 2011.
Filmmaking arm of MWDCCo – Artists include: Anthony Gongora (dancer/filmmaker), Ludovic Jolivet (dancer/filmmaker) Steve Hilmy (composer/musician), Maida Withers (dancer/filmmaker), Shaun Schroth (photographer), Alex Caldiero (writer/performance artist), others as projects demand.