Category Archives: DC International Improvisation Plus+ Festival

Shocked and Odd – Live Art (Russia)

(2005) ? April 15 or 16 Russia and (2004)  December 3 Shocked and Odd "Live  Art" improvisation events that took place in two countries, Russia and American, that encouraged  extreme movement and character concepts: (2005) ?  The Russia performance was part of ...

3D Dance / Future View (Film 4:04)

[embed]https://vimeocom/93154449[/embed] 2002/2003 - Maida Withers collaborates with Dan Sternklar, 3D filmmaker and inventor, to create 3D Dance / Future View, a 3D film of an improvised site performance  that resulting in the film short (4:04 time)  Dan Sternklar, 3D camera specialist ...

Sphota Probe with Alex Caldiero

(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 ...

Thresholds Crossed – Solo and Duet

Thresholds Crossed: Solo  (2003) or Duet (2003) are NOT related specifically in concept or content to Thresholds Crossed (Stage Performance - American & Russian dancers, 2006) Both dances are concerned with "thresholds that are crossed" but not the same reference/topic Note:  ...

Seeing Jazz Move – Smithsonian International Gallery

https://vimeocom/519283804 (insert video???) (1997) - December 5 - Seeing Jazz Move - Dance and Music Improvisation performance inspired by the popular public exhibition "Seeing Jazz"  presented by the Smithsonian International Gallery - S Dillon Ripley Center, Washington, DC, December 5, 1997 ...

Faces of the Fallen (World War II Memorial)

2004 - World War II Memorial Site event created by Maida Withers with six  female dancers from The George Washington University Department of Theatre and Dance, Washington, DC  The Capital City has rich resources, monuments, statues, gardens, islands of  political ...