(2003) Alex Caldiero performance poet, scholar, author (Salt Lake City, Utah) performs live his poem, Sphota  Probe, with dancers  Maida Withers and Katia Chupashko.  Katia performs Thresholds Crossed * SOLO (Katia Chupashko) created by Maida Withers using a vertical standing wood casket with light inside and a red interior.  For the duet,  Maida Withers improvises around Katia who is performing a version of her choreographed solo and also engages Maida and a second reclining casket on stage.  This work was performed as part of the DC 9th Annual International Improvisation Plus+ Festival at the Dorothy Betts Marvin Theatre.  Alex Caldiero, sonosphere/poet, from Salt Lake City,  has written a truly amazing evening-length poem “Sphota Probe” that he performs on stage with the dancers.
Please NOTE: Maida used the title Thresholds Crossed for a title for a later Russian/American political work. There is no connection to these two works, created by Withers…..only a shared title with complete different implications.  If there is a video, it would be with the GW collection……