(2011) MAIDA 11 (02:54) (Film) – Dance Portraits on Screenn
Film short featuring Maida Withers in a whimsical struggle for artistic enlightenment and risk taking with animation by Callison Slater.  Shot in Bella Faccia, Inc. television studio on the actual green  screen as part of Withers’ Dance Portraits on Screen Series.

The concept of the series is to give two different filmmakers the dance footage shot in green screen and have two portraits created on video that could then be exhibited in galleries and museums together. Any Okunseinde and Callison Slater (18 year old) were the filmmakers selected for Maida I and Maida II.

MAIDA I and MAIDA II 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 11 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/Tukuhnikivatzfilm, 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)

Bella Faccia Television Studios

Bella Faccia Television Studios (Washington, DC/Maryland)

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Maida Withers

Maida Withers


Web Page:  http://maidadance.com/works/maida-11-film