Category Archives: Documentary
On Site / Insight – Ukraine Presentation
ON SITE / INSIGHT (ZOOM presentation - 1:30 minutes) ON SITE / INSIGHT (5 Dances shared) Ukranian Association, Contemporary Dance Platform with Anton Ovchinnikov, presents a lecture/discussion and video presentation of fascinating ground breaking site specific performances created by Maida Withers, choreographer, ...
LEDGE (Film)
[embed]https://vimeocom/100503881[/embed] LEDGE / Film (1989) Seven-part mythical journey - a duet, man & woman - together - on earth - in time and space, performed by Maida Withers and John Lancaster to an original new music score by composer Michael Willis ...
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, Mexico – Film & Interviews
(2009) - April 13 to 25 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 ...
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: Film – 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) April 13 - 23 Documentary Film (29:20) Cholula, Mexico shot during Performátic, an International Forum of Contemporary Dance and the Art ...
Dance Video Excerpts: 1974-2006
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, 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 The island housed one of ...
Cuba – Santiago de Cuba: Eye of Beholder (Film)
[embed]https://vimeocom/473593674[/embed] 2007 - February 5 to 10 Maida Withers was in Cuba for ten 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 (Film) Havana 2007
(2007) February 11 - Cuba Today, FILM, Havana, Cuba; 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 & Maida 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 – Cultural Envoy Program, Africa
[embed]https://vimeocom/6800840[/embed] FareWell: Parched Earth - Remembrances from Tomorrow - Nairobi, Kenya - 2008 Cultural Envoy Program / US Department of State / US Embassy Nairobi, Kenya Maida Withers and the Dance Construction Company were honored to be selected to represent the USA dance and ...
State of the Art – Cable TV
"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 and 15 Maida on Maida in the Universe - Dorothy Betts Marvin Theatre, Washington, DC Premiere: One-woman show created and performed by Maida Withers with live music for trombone by New York/West Virginia composer/musician Cam Miller In ...