Offering (05:56) (2015)
Solo from MindFluctuations, a work created and performed by Maida Withers, co-authored with virtual worlds created by Tania Fraga,  3D Computer Artist, Sao Paulo, Brazil.

Offering
Choreography and performance by Maida Withers
Costume by Maida Withers
Music by John Driscoll and Steve Hilmy, live
Virtual images (including urban photograph) created by Tania Fraga

Offering places emphasis on the gift or offering each person brings into existence through their life and talents.  The visual world projected behind the dancer features a photo, shot by Tania Fraga, of a musician who comes to the street daily wearing a helmet of his  own creation and sits on a chair performing live music with his accordion.  His music is what he could offer, just as Maida was offering her art, her life, her beliefs through her performance and the power of the arts to communicate values, knowledge, and beliefs – a stamina for life and art.

Maida Withers wears the helmet during her live performance.  A system designed by Tania to interact with images in the computer that are projected live on stage.

Street Musician playing the accordian wearing a self-made mask