Category Archives: Documentary

Data to Dance: (Film) Dance of the Auroras

  https://vimeocom/5611892 Web Page: maidadancecom/works/data-to-dance-dance-of-the-auroras/ (2009) Data to Dance: (Film) Dance of the Auroras - Fire in the Sky (28:30) A magical documentary film eloquently reveals the relationship of science and the wonder of Earth's Auroras  through the arts of dance and music   Data to ...

Performatica – Film & Interviews

Performática is an international contemporary dance and movement arts forum based in Cholula, Puebla, Mexico, primarily associated with the Universidad de Amercas Puebla & UDLAP  It acts as a hub for international exchange, featuring workshops, performances, and roundtable discussions focused ...

Dance Film – ITVS Sampler

(2001 - 2012) Film Sampler - (Independent Television Service)  GRANT - Not selected  Sample for proposed film by MWDCCo for documentary film  ITVS  (Independent Television Service)  is a service in the United States which funds and presents documentaries on public ...

Performatica: (FareWell) Tres-Dias-en-Cholula

[embed]https://wwwyoutubecom/watch?v=pvGRXN-N8Ec[/embed] (the above film will be replaced by a 2025 update by Linda Lewett ON MRW Z DRIVE LINDA TRANSFER2025 (2009) "Documentary Film (29:20) Cholula, Mexico during Performátic, an International Forum of Contemporary Dance and the Art of Movement in 2009 in ...

DANCE VIDEO EXCERPTS – 1974 to 2006

Excerpts from  DANCES - historical video footage: 1974 to 2006 (17:10) Second edition - updated technology Included in this edition are excerpts of the Russian/American project, Thresholds Crossed (2006) Below: Excerpts of video from select dances from Maida Withers Dance Construction Company archives, 1974 ...

Perfect Moment @ WPA – (Film 9:48) Mapplethorpe Exhibit

[embed]http://wwwyoutubecom/watch?v=EjAyDfRVYTc[/embed] Documentary Film:  Linda Lewett, Producer, Editor; Matt Dibble, Camera; Maida Withers, solicit interviews (1989)  August 2  Documentary - WPA Mapplethorpe Exhibition  video taped at the height of the NEA censorship controversy Footage appeared on Oprah! and on newscasts across the country, ...

Solovky Island, Gulag Residency, Russia

  [embed]https://vimeocom/429686550[/embed] Maida Withers and Anthony Gongora dance in the  14th Century Monestery (dungeon) - Linda Lewett, film 2004 - (July 7 - Summer - 3 weeks)  Solovky is known for the astonishing 14th Century monastery and man-made rivers  There islands housed one ...

Cuba – Santiago de Cuba: In the Eye of the Beholder (Short Film 10:00)

[embed]https://vimeocom/473593674[/embed] 2007 - February 5 to 10  Maida Wither was in Cuba for five days when Fidel Castro was in power  During that time she captured life and culture in Cuba on her video camera  This informal film short reveals Maida's ...

Cuba Today – Havana – 2007 (Documentary Short 8:39)

2007 - February 11 Havana, Cuba - Video by Maida Withers, visitor from USA [embed]https://vimeocom/473593772[/embed] Documentary Short (8:39)   Maida visited Havana during her stay in Santiago de Cuba studying the culture, especially the dance and music  While there, she made this simple ...

Obsession & Interview FCAC-TV

1987 - Obsession: Interview and extensive footage/film of live performance about the stage work and sex as subject  Maida Withers, on camera, intimately and deeply describes her dance work, Obsession - America's Obsession with Sex, FCAC (Fairfax Cable Access Corporation, ...

Under the Radar: (Film) Russia Interviews

https://vimeocom/1122261556/ (change - allow download at MRW vimeo) (2003)  Under the Radar (Film) Interviews (5:30)  Notes say it was published in 2006  Perspectives on modern and post-modern dance in Russia since perestroika  Linda Lewett, on camera with Maida Withers, guest artist/teacher ...

FareWell: Parched Earth – Remembrances from Tomorrow (Kenya, Africa)

2008 -  A dance project that took place in Nairobi, Kenya at the GoDown Center for the Arts  The dance work, Parched Earth, was created in collaboration with nine Kenyan dancers (six men and three women) during a three-week residency ...

State of the Art

"Withers' inspired  'State' "  /  THIS WEEK, The Washington Post (1986) May 15, 16, 17 @ 8 pm - State of the Art (premiere) - Dorothy Betts Marvin Theatre, Washington, DC  "Dance and business: first the embrace then the death?"  State ...

Obsession – America’s Obsession with Sex

[embed]http://vimeocom/8054192[/embed] OBSESSION:  AMERICA'S OBSESSION WITH SEX Early Work-in-Progress - First Performance: Publick Playhouse - Maryland National Capital Park (1986) December 4, 5, 6   Obsession - A "made in USA" look at sex (locate video of Maida Withers dancing the Elvis "solo" - Blue ...

Data to Dance

2009 - A fascinating documentary on the creation of Dance of the Auroras - Fire in the Sky - a poetic odyssey through space from the Sun to Earth Showcasing an evening-length performance of dance, music and virtual art, this international project ...

Maida on Maida in the Universe

[embed]https://vimeocom/89233884[/embed] (2003) February 14, 15  One-woman show created and performed by Maida Withers in Dorothy Betts Marvin Theatre, Washington, DC  For this work, Withers' life and artistic work parallel current scientific ideas and theories of the origin and fate/demise of the ...