Category Archives: Event
BUTOH: Kazuo Ohno Workshop, Japan
1995 - Maida was invited to observe Kazuo Ohno teach his regular evening class in his home studio, Kamihoshikawa, built in 1961 in Hodogaye, Yokohama, Japan Maida was introduced to Kazuo Ohno by Gozo Yoshimasu, poet and filmmaker, and Marilia, ...
Solovky Island, Gulag Residency, Russia
[embed]https://vimeocom/429686550[/embed] 2004 - Solosphere Project took place on Solovky Island, White Sea of Russia - Art Angar Contemporary Center for Art (Hanger for the blimp that transported food and materials to the Gulag: Maida Withers and Anthony Gongora, dancers, Linda Lewett, ...
Africa Comeback Women-Film, Meru, Kenya (Film 9:40)
[embed]https://wwwyoutubecom/watch?v=a1nwnRYuHxQ[/embed] 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 small cottage industries with the women of ...
Amazing EarthFEST (Kanab, Utah)
2007 to present - Maida has served on the Board of Directors of the Amazing EarthFEST since 2007 The Festival was founded by Rich Csenge who moved to Kanab from Maine The Dance Construction Company has performed on two occasions ...
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 ...
Changing the System
1974 - The performance at the Columbus Museum of Art featured music by John Driscoll based on the original score, Changing the System (1973), by Christian Wolff Maida Withers Dance Construction Company was joined by dancers from Ohio State University ...
Path
[embed]https://vimeocom/106386860[/embed] 1989 - The Company was selected for a two-week residency, May 9 to 21,1989, at the prestigious Yellow Springs Institute located outside Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - an international center for art and ideas The Institute supported the Company with living quarters, ...
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 ...
3D Dance / Future View (Film 4:04)
2002 - Maida Withers collaborates with Dan Sternklar, 3D filmmaker, to create 3D Dance / Future View, a 3D film of an improvised site performance (Film Short 4:04) Maida Withers, Nicholette Routhier, and Tommy Parlon dance on a stage set ...
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 ...