Category Archives: Expansion (80s and 90s)
Charmed Particles
Charmed Particles music was performed by John Driscoll at the Washington Project for the Arts Charmed Particles, music, according to John Driscoll, was influential on music for Stall For Charmed Particles there were no rotating loudspeakers "Stall performance is a result of ...
Wesleyan University – Music and Dance Residency
(1980) June 10 - ? Maida Withers and John Driscoll were guest artists for a music and dance residency at Wesleyan University Students and the guest artists created work at various site locations on campus Students and guest artists performed ...
LEGACY: 50 Years Dance on the Edge
MAIDA WITHERS AND THE DANCE CONSTRUCTION COMPANY LEGACY: 50 Years Dance on the Edge Corcoran School of Arts and Design, Corcoran Flagg Building Galleries 500 17th Street NW, Washington, DC LEGACY_Exhibition Booklet (click) HISTORY EXHIBITION - September 23 - October 23, 2022 Maida Withers and the ...
Dune
1992 View DUNE In Winds of Sand: https://vimeocom/101621322 : (00:00:00 to 0:05:58) Also view DUNE in Earth Spirit Rising: https://vimeocom/9360613 9 (0:09:13 to 0:16:53) Dune or Moving Earth Dune is created and performed by Maida Withers that takes place with the full body mostly ...
Still Rush – NYC Dancers
[embed]http://vimeocom/91811679[/embed] (1992) Still Rush (https://vimeocom/91811679) An impassioned work based on Withers’ pioneer ancestor’s migration from Missouri, Illinois, other locations, to territory in the Mountain West - a valley that became Salt Lake Valley History of Still Rush: Maida was invited to create ...
Earth Spirit Rising
[embed]https://vimeocom/93606130[/embed] 1990 “It is my desire to bring to life, through dance, music, and visual imagery, the extraordinary physical and spiritual powers experienced when visiting the land of the four corners area in the Southwestern United States and to express the ...
Dance Construction Company 1974 – 2006
https://vimeocom/16188943 Dance Construction Company: 1974-2006 (31:23) "This video is part of the Washington Project for the Arts (WPA) Catalyst anniversary exhibition that highlights 35 years of WPA's history The WPA retrospective curated by JW Mahoney demonstrates the continuing uniqueness, resilience, and catalytic ...
United Nation’s Earth Summit Eco ’92 Brazil
United Nation's Earth Summit (Eco '92): (1992) June 3 - June 14 / Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Participants through international artists OMAME Projecto (May 15 ?- June 1) / Brasilia, Brazil, prior to Eco '92 Brazilian National Movement of artists for ...
Laser Dance: Quest-Domain (no laser)
(April 28, 1985) Quest (Part I) and Domain (Part II) and Dialogue (Part III) National Dance Week, Dance Fest '85 Glen Echo Park, Washington, DC Preview of opening sections of upcoming Laser Dance, world premiere, at Lisner Auditorium, June 5 & 6, 1985, with ...
Sky Cathedrals – Media Project (Film 15:00)
Sky Cathedrals (Film 29:56) https://vimeocom/105145824 (1986) - Collaboration of Maida Withers, choreographer, with Adam Peiperl, Kinetic light sculptor Maida's choreography created for Laser Dance (Quest, Domain/Dialogue, other) is combined with kaleidoscope images by Adam Peiperl, Kinetic Light Sculptor Funded by GWU UFF ...
K.A.C. Int’l Exchange: Dance Concert Improvisation (50 anniversary Taejon. Korea)
[embed]https://vimeocom/102128125[/embed] 1999 - Jey Young Kim, Korea, Mandy Yim, China, Sarah Slifer and Maida Withers, USA, dancers improvised a public concert performance November 15, 1999, for the KAC International Exchange Modern Dance Festival in Taejon, Korea Professional, classical, Korean musicians collaborated, ...
Hilda Thorpe Tribute – Artists’ Studio Performance
Maida Withers, performs with Hilda Thorpe's hand made paper objects December 4, 1999 - Site Work: Birthday tribute to Hilda Thorpe at her Artists' Studio in downtown Alexandria, Virginia Maida collaborated with Thorpe, a brilliant American painter and sculptor - part of ...
Spirit Figures
[embed]https://vimeocom/100934861[/embed] (1992) February 7 and 8 Spirit Figures premiered in an evening of concert dances titled Dance for the Earth, Arlington, Virginia Dances in the evening-length program of five works, were created in commemoration and honored awareness of planet earth (1992) May ...
Messenger Eagle (See Dance for the Earth)
(1992 ) Messenger Eagle is a male solo in Dance for the Earth, an evening of dances celebrating the Earth, that pays homage to the important American symbol, the eagle In America, and especially with Native Americans, and other cultures ...
Still Rush – MWDCCo Dance for the Earth
https://vimeocom/100908352 Still Rush: Open 41:51 - 52:47 End 1992 - Still Rush was performed in Washington, DC, February 7 and 8, 1992 by Maida Withers Dance Construction Company in the Dance for the Earth concert 1992 -Still Rush was performed in Brasilia, Brazil, May ...
Fascination – Improvisation in Concert
[embed]https://vimeocom/99629619[/embed] (1994) Jey Young Kim and Maida Withers improvise in concert in Washington, DC to a poem Fascination, by Young Tai Kim, Korea poet, that "expresses our inner feelings-sometimes kin and on other occasions, cruel As in life we go through ...
Dance Works by International Women (Venezuela/DC)
[embed]https://vimeocom/101624575[/embed] October 31 to November 2, 1997 Tour / Residency: Universidad Central de Venezuela, Caracas, Venezuela Sponsored by Taller Experimental de Danza Pisorrojo Maida Withers Dance Construction Company toured to Venezuela to perform with Taller Experimental de Danza Pisorrojo The Dance Construction Company invited Phffft ...
Stone Garden – UN Earth Summit
[embed]https://vimeocom/102323665[/embed] (1992) June 5 MWDCCo was honored to receive an invitation and support from the famous Museu de Arte Moderna do Rio de Janeiro in Placo Aberto - Open Stage in the rock garden in conjunction with the United Nation's Earth ...
Dances on Men and Women (Repertory)
(1984) - Retrospective - selection of short duets and quartets created by Maida Withers for the Dance Construction Company, 1974-1984, overtones of feminist notions about WOMAN and MEN Presented by the Smithsonian Institution, Natural History Museum Program in file Excerpts from dances included: Yesterday's ...
Path
[embed]https://vimeocom/106386860[/embed] (1989) - Maida Withers and the Dance Construction Company were selected for a two-week creative residency, May 9 to 21,1989, at the prestigious Yellow Springs Institute located outside Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - an international center for art and ideas Other artist ...
Utah Project
[embed]https://vimeocom/31371574[/embed] Maida Withers @ Bears Ears Bruce Hucko, Photograph “In 1988, I returned to the land of my birth in Utah with a group of artists for a five-week experiment of living and dancing on selected land ...
Damned River
(1993) "Wind is power, the grass, people When winds blow the grass bends" Damned River is dedicated to Mariko, dance colleague in Kyoto, Japan A multimedia stage work for fourteen dancers that explores the dynamics of fascism in its subtle and ...
Dance for the Earth Concert
[embed]https://vimeocom/100908352[/embed] (1992) Dance for the Earth, February 7 & 8, 1992: an evening-length program, a collection of "earth consciousness dances" premiered at Thomas Jefferson Community Theater in Arlington, Virginia, February 7 & 8, 1992: Sky Cloud: Metaphoric dance - the wind, the voice of ...
Scat
(1986) December 4 - Scat a dance that was part of the evening-length project/dance of Maida Withers Dance Construction Company titled: Obsession - America's Obsession with Sex Scat is a loose-limbed spoof reminiscent of Be-Bop that was danced to music ...
Still Rush – NYC Dancers Rehearsal
[embed]https://vimeocom/91848739[/embed] (1990 or 91 December?) Video above is a rehearsal of the NYC cast shot in NYC, NY Dancers for Still Rush were auditioned and selected by Maida Withers with Mino Nicholas Dance Company in New York City, for a work ...
Prologue – Cowboys & Indians Play by Maida Withers
[embed]http://vimeocom/100928731[/embed] Prologue: Cowboys and Indians Play, solo by Maida Withers: (1991) December 1, Dance Place, Washington, DC (1992) February 7 & 8 - Dance for the Earth concert, Arlington, Virginia, USA (1992) May 20 to June 1 - specific date TBD - National Theatre, ...
Catching Butterflies and Other Things That Move
https://vimeocom/90693028 Rehearsal Marvin Center Theatre for performance at Warner Theatre May 9, 1980 [embed]https://vimeocom/91520288[/embed] Rehearsal - Building K Studio Theatre for performance in 4/27/1979; https://vimeocom/90679290/ (1979)Catching Butterflies and Other Things That Move Don Zuckerman Photos for Catching Butterflies by Dennis DeLoria, Washington, DC "Fast paced dance of a ...
Woman See, Maida Withers Interview, PBS WETA-TV
http://maidadancecom/works/woman-see-maida-withers-weta-pbs-interview/ 1981 - an interview with Maida in Washington, DC on PBS, WETA-TV, regarding the making of Woman See - a feminist multimedia work in eight parts created by Maida Withers Dancers participated live at PBS This work followed five years ...
Obsession – Suite Elvis Solo by Maida Withers
https://vimeocom/90645088 Excerpt from evening-length video - performance when Maida Withers did the Elvis Presley solo!(1986) December 4, 5, 6 - Solo by Maida Withers was featured, in Obsession - America's Obsession With Sex, as the dancer performing the"Elvis" figure at the ...
Time Dance (1984)
https://vimeocom/106383942 https://vimeocom/92363361 (1984) June 14 Restaging choreography of 1976 version of Time Dance for performance in Dorothy Betts Marvin Theatre The square was adapted to a very large diamond rather than the original square space at Mt Vernon Hand Chapeland many other ...
Crossing the Edge
[embed]https://vimeocom/91535011[/embed] 1988 - A physically aggressive duet danced to a saxophone score The dancers establish a rapport on the ledge between Earth and Sky - dancers John Lancaster and Leah Kline Tabassi (find where this is performed - what other dances) Information ...
Pitfalls – nose to cement and other falling tales told on the way down
[embed]https://vimeocom/92275174[/embed] View: Pitfalls, MWDCC 1999 - Three dancers with MWDCCo perform choreography involving falling and not falling while stories about falling were told by audience members invited to come to the microphone and tell the story during the performance The trio had ...
Sky Cloud
[embed]https://vimeocom/100908352[/embed] Dance for the Earth Concert - 1992: Six Dances created by Maida Withers with the Dance Construction Company First performance with six dances was in Arlington, Virginia in February 1992 Subsequently, four of these dances were performed at the Gala Opening ...
Laser Dance – Suites of Light, Public Presentation
(1985) Laser Dance "Suites of Light" [embed]https://vimeocom/102179302[/embed] Laser Dance "Suites of Light," Public Presentation: Maida Withers, Rockne Krebs, Bob Boilen, and dancers engaged in a public presentation, on stage at Lisner Auditorium, discussing the creation process of the multidisciplinary Laser Dance project The ...
Ledge
[embed]https://vimeocom/100503881[/embed] Video produced by Linda Lewett at Fairfax TV (FCAC) A mythical journey performed by Maida Withers and John Lancaster to an original new music score by composer Michael Willis in a sparse stage set of hanging ropes This is a full ...
In Earth’s Belly Deep – an emergence myth
"In Earth's Belly Deep" - Aerial Dance, Emergency Myth, 1990 Mark Thompson, Cecily Carsky-Miller & John Lancaster 1990 - "It is my desire to bring to life, through dance, music, and visual imagery, the extraordinary physical and spiritual powers experienced when visiting ...
Rolling Thunder / “Transformation”
[embed]https://vimeocom/101003244[/embed] USA: February 7 and 8, 1992, Arlington, VA Brazil 1992: Projeto OMAME cooperated with 100 international artists to participate in education, presentations, and performances in Brasilia and Rio de Janeiro over a six-week period May & June, 1992 in conjunction with ...
Ancient Lands – Ancient Peoples
[embed]https://vimeocom/101619257[/embed] Maida performed Ancient Lands and Ancient Peoples in 1984 in Guangzhou, China (In Winds of Sand at the Hong Kong Academy on that tour) and then performed Ancient Lands - Ancient Peoples in Seoul, Korea In 1995 on another Asian ...
Laser Dance – Quest / Domain / Departure (tour)
[embed]https://vimeocom/92363777[/embed] (May 15, 16, 17, 1986 - Tour in Virginia, 1986) Dorothy Betts Marvin Theatre, Washington, DC Virginia sponsored tour Quest / Domain /Departure - sections of choreography by Maida Withers created for Laser Dance, Lisner Auditorium, June, 1985, were performed in Washington, DC ...
Seeing Jazz Move – Smithsonian International Gallery
https://vimeocom/519283804 1997 - Seeing Jazz Move - Dance and Music Improvisation performance inspired by the exhibition "Seeing Jazz" presented by the Smithsonian International Gallery - S Dillon Ripley Center, Washington, DC, December 5, 1997 at 6:30 pm FREE Dance and the event, ...
In Winds of Sand
[embed]https://vimeocom/101630192[/embed] [embed]https://vimeocom/101624575[/embed] [embed]https://vimeocom/7692794[/embed] 1993 - "The act of beingcreating for the Earth" Evening-length epoch performance and installation created and danced by Maida Withers The installation features visuals by Verabel Call Cluff, SandS CycleS Dancer: Maida Withers Music: Alex Caldiero (drum and vocal) Film: Verabel Call Cluff An ...
Orbit (Film Short 3:30)
[embed]http://vimeocom/7691282[/embed] 1990 - Orbit, an intriguing duet danced by Greg Simione and Eddie Taketa, filmed during the early period framed by the HIV and AIDS crisis The film is an excerpt, conceptually and in form, from the evening-length stage work, Obsession, ...
Families are Forever
1981 - Families Are Forever is a four-part multimedia narrative presented at the Renwick Gallery of Art, Division of Performing Arts, Smithsonian Institution during the Memorial Day weekend May 28 and 29, 1981 or ?3 as a tribute to families ...
Utah * Spirit Place * Spirit Planet * Tukuhnikivatz
[embed]https://vimeocom/7983497[/embed] Above: UtahSpirit PlaceSpirit PlanetTukuhnikivatz, performance at Lincoln Center, GREAT DANCE IN THE BANDSHELL, shot by Adam Peiperl in the audience with restriction that he could not stand continuously by the camera due to blocking - 2500 patrons who attended the ...
State of the Art
1986 - State of the Art examines the conflict of art and the artist in American society The rapid development of arts management looms as a potential to independence and innovation by the artist Press Release: State of the Art is ...
Sands Cycles
https://vimeocom/463079035 See the full 30:00 minute movie below This short excerpt was used by Maida Withers for a presentation at Kanab, Utah EarthFest 1991 - Dance and environment film shot on location at White Sands, New Mexico and Coral Dunes, Utah by ...
Obsession – America’s Obsession with Sex
[embed]http://vimeocom/8054192[/embed] Performance in 2 parts: Part I: Elvis Presley / religion impact - Gender transformation; Part II - AIDS (See ORBIT film: https://vimeocom/7691282) 1987 - This evening-length performance is a commentary on the sexual revolution starting with Elvis Presley "Made in the USA" ...
Laser Dance: World Premiere, FCAC-TV
(1985) June 6 and 7 LISNER Auditorium / Washington, DC Evening-length space odyssey: Quest Domain Rites Dialogue Departure [embed]https://vimeocom/7714416[/embed] Laser Dance (above) - shot on 16 mm film due to the low level light on stage required for laser beams Maida Withers ...
Woman See
[embed]https://vimeocom/101667371[/embed] Woman See - Premiere Performance [embed]https://vimeocom/88378613[/embed] Woman See - Duet Part I Commencement (rehearsal; 04:36) [embed]https://vimeocom/75605276[/embed] Interview: Woman See, PBS, WETA TV, DC (See separate page on maidadancecom) WOMAN SEE - 1980 and 1981 A politically charged feminist performance in eight distinct parts with live music, ...
Stall. (Stage Performance)
[embed]https://vimeocom/64802075[/embed] 1981 - Stall an evening length collaborative performance of dance, sound sculpture, and music choreographed by Maida Withers; a rotating loudspeaker installation by John Driscoll, composer/sculptor, Phil Edelstein, rotating loudspeaker animation, with dancers from Maida Withers Dance Construction Company Charmed ...