Category Archives: Interviews
Apocalypse Fatigue
https://vimeocom/1081479749 12-minute live performance in Bunker Fridays, Washington, DC, May 2, 2025 Artists came together at this highly charged, chaotic political time in the history of America, to speak openly about Apocalypse Fatigue! Maida Withers, legendary dancer, choreographer, activist performs “live” at Bunker ...
Performatica: Tres-Dias-en-Cholula
Performatica 2009: 3rd Foro Internacional De Danza Contemporanea Artes de Nivunuebti founded in 2006 by Ray Schwartz and Myra Morales at the Universidad de las Americas UDLAP, Puebla, Mexico residency program [embed]https://wwwyoutubecom/watch?v=pvGRXN-N8Ec[/embed] MWDCCo 2009 participation in Performatica 2009: Maida Withers created a site ...
No More Ping Pong Balls – Intervieux: Maida on Erica
[embed]http://vimeocom/226994154[/embed] No More Ping Pong Balls Performance Intervieux: Maida on Erica The life of Erica Rebollar, birthday girl and celebrant, exposed through an unclassified, no boundaries interview setup configured in a unexpected disorganization by dance artist friend and provocateur, Maida Withers Please throw your ...
ICEBERGS: Fault Line
Small Format Contemporary Dance Festival Yekaterinburg History Museum Yekaterinburg, Russia ICEBERGS: Fault Line August 26, 2016 @ 7:00 pm Panel Discussion: August 28, 2016 at noon Maida Withers premieres ICEBERGS: Fault Line a solo based on MWDCCo site work, GLACIAL DRIFT Music: electronic Composer / Musician ...
FareWell: Comments by Choreographer Maida Withers
[embed]https://vimeocom/7113850[/embed] 2009 - FareWell - To the End of the World As We Know It OR Dancing Your Way to Paradise! was presented at Performatica: Foro Internacional de Danza Contemporanea y Artes del Movimiento, San Andres Cholula, Puebla, Mexico, 2009 During ...
FareWell: Comments by Composer Steve Hilmy
[embed]https://vimeocom/7346369[/embed] 2009 FareWell - To the End of the World As We Know It OR Dancing Your Way to Paradise! was presented at Performatica: Foro Internacional de Danza Contemporanea y Artes del Movimiento, San Andres Cholula, Puebla, Mexico, 2009 During our ...
Interview – Dance and Technology
https://vimeocom/695056450 2003 - Stacy Palatt, GW Master of Arts in Dance, interviews Maida on the role technology has played in Maida's work as an artist and collaborator and Maida's views on the possibilities of dance and technology Maida was one of ...
Africa Comeback Women-Film, Meru, Kenya (Film 9:40)
[embed]https://wwwyoutubecom/watch?v=a1nwnRYuHxQ[/embed] DCC Photos (many videos and photosneed a decision????_ 2007 - During a second trip to Kenya, Africa, Maida visited Meru at the invitation of Karambu Ringera, Kenyan political and social activist who was building a school, providing space and incentives for ...
Dance, Dance, Dance TV Series, NBC
1978 Dance, Dance, Dance was a ten-part series about professions in dance, 30-minutes each program, produced by Sandra Butler and narrated by Maida Withers, consultant The series was shown in Chicago, Cleveland, Los Angeles, New York City, and Washington, DC Each ...
Put on the Music…Let’s Dance – Interview for City Dance, ABC-TV
1977 - Washington Performing Arts Society (WPAS) Chairman of the Board, Ken Crosby, was interviewed on ABC-TV about the Series, City Dance, presented at the Warner Theatre in 1977 Maida Withers and Brook Andrews performed excerpts from Put on the ...
Woman See, Maida Withers Interview, PBS WETA-TV
1981 - an interview in Washington, DC on PBS, WETA-TV, regarding the making of Woman See - a feminist multimedia work in eight parts created by Maida Withers This work followed five years involvement by Maida and other Mormon women ...
FareWell: Comments by Media Artist Ayo Okunseinde
[embed]https://vimeocom/7113378[/embed] 2009 - FareWell - Interview of Ayo Okunseinde about his work with Maida presented at Performatica: Foro Internacional de Danza Contemporanea y Artes del Movimiento, San Andres Cholula, Puebla, Mexico, 2009 During our residency Linda Lewett interviewed Maida Withers, choreography/dancer, ...
Earth Dancer, UN Earth Summit, Interview, GW Magazine
Interview - Earth Dancer - GW Magazine, page 22, Summer 1993 "This interview is dedicated to all those with whom my life has intersected" Maida Withers Maida Withers is interviewed on her views of dance, dancing, making dances, collaborating, experimenting, having ...
When Maida Moves, Interview, CBS-TV
1985 - "When Maida Moves" Television (Capital Edition) special and interview, CBS Channel 9 - Studio 11, Washington, DC Choreographer/dancer, Maida Withers, is featured with members of Maida Withers Dance Construction Company, Brook Andrews, Dale Crittenberger, Susan Short Bensinger, Susan Jamieson, ...
Obsession – Maida Withers, Interview, FCAC-TV
1987 - Maida Withers is interviewed for FCAC (Fairfax Cable Access Corporation) Fairfax, Virginia about the dance work, Obsession - America's Obsession With Sex The Interview is mixed with excerpts from the documentary video of Obsession Linda Lewett and Judy ...
A Moving Interview, Maida Withers, Argentina
Note: Maida had traveled many times to Brazil, starting with the United Nation's Earth Summit in 1992 She discovered that the price to fly to Argentina was very affordable from Brazil, so that instigated her travels there Lujan Oulton, with ...
Under the Radar: Modern Dance in Russia with Maida Withers
2003 Documentary Film - Interviews about post-modern dance in Russia in 2003 Documentary shot in St Petersburg, Russia Maida Withers was a guest artist for Summer Dance Workshop, OPEN LOOK Linda Lewett, filmmaker, shot the video and Maida Withers asked ...
Interview, Arlington Independent Media: Tell Arlington’s Story
2013 - Maida briefly tells her "story for Arlington Independent Media (AIM)" Maida lives in Arlington with her husband Lawrence Arlen Withers, where they have raised a family of four children (Kristin, Luke, Eric, and Marc) Maida talks about creating and ...
Interview – Pioneer of Modern Dance: Maida Withers
Chance C Jackson interviews "modern dance pioneer" Maida Withers on her career Interview by upcoming media specialist, Chance Cessna Jackson from Chicago, Illinois
Maida Withers, Interview, Wen Hui, China
2003 - Maida Withers is interviewed by Wen Hui, Dancer and founder of Living Dance Studio, Beijing, with translation by Feng Dehua, writer, Beijing, China, assisted by Estelle Zheng, performer, Paris, France Maida discusses making dances for site performances, ...
Last Lecture Series
1973 - The Last Lecture Series is a national program, an invitational opportunity to give a lecture on a subject of importance or interest Maida chose to dance and talk about dancing and about things in life that an artist ...
Obsession – America’s Obsession with Sex
[embed]http://vimeocom/8054192[/embed] Performance in 2 parts: Part I: Elvis Pressley / 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" ...
This Space Occupied (by Maida)
[embed]https://vimeocom/60487039[/embed] 2013 - This Space Occupied (by Maida) is a 4-hour endurance event performed by Maida Withers, dancer/performance artist, with Steve Hilmy, electronic composer-musician Maida performed in the elevated glass entrance way to the Corcoran Gallery of Art, historic Flagg Building, ...