Maida Withers / Dancer    Anthony Gongora/ Photographer
Ayo Okunseinde / Video

(2011) MAIDA 1 (02:37) (Film) – Dance Portraits on Screen
The camera is turned on Maida Withers in this study of motion and the force of nature by Ayodamola (Ayo) Okunseinde, Editor.   Maida I and Maida II are part of Withers’ Dance Portraits on Screen Series developed by Withers’ and Wither’s Where Where IS Productions.

The concept of the series is to provide two different filmmakers dance footage shot with green screen and have two portraits created on video that could then be exhibited in galleries and museums. Ayo Okunseinde and Anthony Gongora were the contrasting filmmakers selected for editing Maida I and Maida II.

MAIDA 1 and MAIDA 11 came about because at the end of a long day of shooting, the crew was exhausted but we had time left in the television studio where they was an incredible green screen.  Maida tried climbing the curved wall and Maida I and Maida II are the results of her failed efforts.

The premiere of MAIDA 1 I was at Dance Portraits on Screen showing in the expansive Dome Theatre at Artisphere, October 21, 2011, Arlington, Virginia. The showing features MAIDA 1 and MAIDA 11 and TZVETA 1 and TZVETA 11, others.

Collision Course a.k.a. Pillow Talk (Film)

Public Showings (select)
MAIDA 1 – Dance Portraits on Screen (Film)
DANCE FILMS, Artisphere, Arlington, VA, October 21, 2011.

Danzlenz, Habitat Center in New Delhi, India, February 02, 2012. Note:  Maida Withers was present during the special film showing as part of Maida Withers and the Dance Construction Company tour in February 2010 to two cities in India.

TUK/Tukuhnikivatz film, was chosen to represent Maida Withers Dance Construction Company for the 7th Annual Carnival of e-creativity, Sattal Estate, Bhimtal, Himalayan, Indian state of Uttarakhand instead of Maida 1 or Maida 11.  The Carnival focused primarily on experimental music.

Dance Portraits on Screen has been supported in part by Paul Falcon and Bella Faccia Inc. the premiere television studio in Washington, DC.  A grant from Arlington County Cultural Affairs Office supported the creation of the Maida and Taveta Dance Portrait on Screen film shorts.

Naked Truth and improvised movements were also shot at the Bella Faccia Studio in Washington, DC (Maryland suburb)

Deep appreciation is extended to Paul and Bella Faccia Television Studio and the Green Screen Wa1l!

Maida Withers, Dancer / Ayo Okunseinde, Photographer

Maida Withers, Dancer / Ayo Okunseinde, Photographer

Maida Withers, Dancer / Ayo Okunseinde, Photographer

Maida Withers, Dancer / Ayo Okunseinde, Photographer

Maida Withers, Dancer / Anisha Payne , Photographer

Anthony Gongora, Video Camera / Photo, Anisha Payne

Photo of Maida Withers / Anthony Gongora, Video Camera
Photo / Anisha Payne

Performers and Production Crew
Bella Faccia Studio, Washington, DC

Web Page:  http://maidadance.com/works/maida-1-film