Category Archives: Installation / Visual
SandS CycleS – Meditation Video Art Installation
[embed]https://vimeocom/7692794[/embed] (1995) February 20 - March 3 University of Utah Union Gallery, Olpin Union Building: Sands Cycles Meditation Art Installation - Verabel Cluff, film, Maida Withers, dance The installation provides a meditation space with a Zen quality to feature the stunning video, SANDS ...
Early Works – 1964 to 1973
Early works -1964 to 1973 (1964 thru 1973) Dance works were created by Maida Withers in Washington, DC prior to establishing Maida Withers Dance Construction Company as a not-for-profit federally tax-exempt organization in 1974 Performers included mature dancers from the Washington, ...
Laser 1 (1971)
Laser Note: In 1917, Einstein proposed the possibility, in science, of what became lasers Forty years later (1957) Einstein proposed the process that makes lasers possible Rockne Krebs, Washington, DC visual artist, began ground breaking exploration of Laser as visual ...
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 ...
WPA – Early Works
(1975) Washington Project for the Arts (WPA) Maida and the Dance Construction Company have been involved with Washington Project for the Arts since the founding of this new multi-disciplinary organization in 1975 by Alice Denny Maida served on the Board of ...
Apocalypse Fatigue
https://vimeocom/1081479749/https://thirdspacenetworkcom/bunker-fridays-apocalypse-fatigue/(2025) May 2 Live streaming, Bunkers Friday's online broadcast (Washington, DC) Artists came together at this highly charged, chaotic political time (2025) where Maida Withers, dance artist, collaborates with Randall Packer, visual media composer, founder of Third Space Network / ...
Rainforest Awakens
(2020) Oct 21 RAINFOREST AWAKENS II Maida Withers Tania Fraga Steve Hilmy [embed]https://vimeocom/471183584[/embed] https://vimeocom/470650599 DRESS REHEARSAL LIVE ZOOM REAL-TIME INTERACTIVE BROADCAST WEBINAR interactive telematic performance with maida withers | performance telemática interactiva com maida withers October 21st | 21 de outubro, 2020, 06h30 PM (EDT) – 19h30 ...
Auroras Dance 2001
(2001) Auroras Dance 2001 February 3, at 6:00 pm Smithsonian Air and Space Einstein Planetarium / 6th Street & Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, DC FREE, Seating Limited In the immersive environment of the Smithsonian Planetarium, the dancer as shaman leads the ...
LEGACY: 50 Years Dance on the Edge
(2022) September 23 - December 10 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 ...
OPEN
Exhibition: "OPEN" by Robin Bell (2019) Corcoran School of Arts and Design Flagg Building, 500 17th Street, NW Tuesday–Friday, 10 AM–6 PM, 2019 Saturday and Sunday, 1–6 PM OPEN, an installation of lights and projections by artist Robin Bell, is a celebration of transparency, belonging, ...
Dune
(1988) DUNE: LEDGE: Moving Earth/DUNE August 30 and 31 Maida solo Dune in the production Music: Michael Willis and Bruce Robinson LEDGE https://vimeocom/100503881 (00:43 to 08:29) (1990) DUNE: Earth Spirit Rising - Maida Withers, solo March 30 Maida, solo, is shared by other dancers: Cecily ...
Rainforest Awakens
RAINFOREST AWAKENS Artists come together "live and online" to explore beauty and crisis in a visionary 3D Rainforest! Maida Withers, noted dance artist, performs in iridescent 3D virtual worlds of Tania Fraga, Brazilian computer artist, in a sonic forest of sound by Steve Hilmy This occurred during the Corona ...
Naked Truth – Tzveta Solo With Film Installation
[embed]https://vimeocom/73873364/[/embed] (2012) May 5 Tzveta Kassabova performs with Film Installation of Tzveta dancing her solo from Naked Truth as part of Involuntary Encounters Event in Dorothy Betts Marvin Center, Washington, DC: An evening of diverse dances by dance artists, friends and ...
Naked Truth – Tzveta Artisphere Solo
[embed]http://vimeocom/31281607[/embed] 2011 - Tzveta Kassabova performs an excerpt of her solo from the 20 minute trio, Naked Truth, for Maida Withers Films at Artisphere Theatre, Arlington, VA Artisphere, an unusual curved stage in a large theatre with the seats moving upward ...
Earth Spirit Rising Concert
"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 mystery ...
Offering
[embed]https://vimeocom/192285756[/embed] Offering (05:56) (2015) March 19 Solo from MindFluctuations, a work created and performed by Maida Withers, co-authored with virtual worlds created by Tania Fraga, 3D Computer Artist, Sao Paulo, Brazil Offering Choreography and performance by Maida Withers Costume by Maida Withers Music by John ...
Monster Man
[embed]https://vimeocom/128670434[/embed] Monster Man (2015) December 4 to 7 Excerpt of dance from MindFluctuations, evening-length work with choreography co-authored by Anthony Gongora, supported by Maida Withers, artistic director (MWDCCo - Washington, DC), and Tania Fraga, 3D computer artist (Sao Paulo, Brazil) Performed as a ...
Mass – A Fifth Generation Radiator Brought to us on the Sabbath
(1972) Dates ? (1971?) Mass - A Fifth Generation Radiator Brought to Us on the Sabbath: A dance opera - 25 minutes Choreography: Maida Withers with Sharron Rose Music: John Driscoll Dance Solo: Sharron Beckenheimer (Rose) BA/MA dance students (Dancers/Vocals) 3 men/21 women Premiere: Dorothy Betts ...
Psychedelic Dance
(1968-1969) Psychedelic Dance was created by Maida Withers with GW undergraduate dancers performing A new technique involved oil, cake coloring mixed in water, in a clear glass mixing bowl This projection technique was made possible with water, coloring, and oil ...
Sky Cathedrals – Experimental 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 ...
DIGG – a provocative excavation – current political landscape
"Withers has created a work that spans the human experience of witnessing modern American politics: anxiety, fear, anger, nervous laughter and resilient hope" Cassie Patterson (2018) "Withers is a dance legend" Carmel Morgan (2018) https://vimeocom/390858979 (2018) February 10 amd 11 DIGG - a fiercely intimate multimedia ...
ICEBERGS: Glacial Drift
ICEBERGS National Building Museum Washington, DC presents GLACIAL DRIFT PREMIERE / 2016, July 20 Cool Evening with ICEBERGS Dance, Music, and Poetry in the Surreal Underwater-World of ICEBERGS [gallery ids="6111,6098,6110,6109,6108,6107,6106,6105,6104,6103,6102,6101,6100,6099,6097"] [embed]https://wwwyoutubecom/embed/EDehEZkThW4[/embed] GLACIAL DRIFT was one of National Building Museum's Block Party Late Nights that is part of its big ...
MASQUERADE BALL – Blind Whino (40th Anniversary Celebration)
[embed]https://vimeocom/111740161[/embed] [embed]https://vimeocom/111806662[/embed] (2014) December 8 In celebration of Maida Withers Dance Construction Company’s 40th anniversary, Art Whino presented a Masquerade Ball at Blind Whino: SW Arts Club, full of mystery and surprise This full sensory experience combined performance art with experimental dance, ...
Thin Holes / BYU Residency
July 19 to August 13, 1976 1976 - July 19 to August 13, 1976 - Dance Construction Company in Summer Dance Residence 1976 - August 8 Thin Holes, a new work created during a three week summer dance residency: Maida Withers and ...
FareWell and Hell-O
Alissandru (Alex) Caldiero, performance poet Maida Withers, choreographer/dancer (2008) FareWell and Hell-O June 28 and 29 Alissandru (Alex) Caldiero and Maida Withers performed together at the Utah Arts Festival, Salt Lake City Library Theatre Stage, a riveting "wake up call!" Alex and Maida have ...
Hekuras (Visual Installation)
2002 - Tania Fraga, Brazilian technology (computer) artist, created original virtual worlds that became projected environments/installations on stage for the dances - Hekuras - Spirits of the Rainforest (Brazil, 2002) and Hekuras - Spirits of the Rainforest (GW, 2010) and ...
Trans Action – ART LIVES HERE OR NOT!
(2014) September 20 8:30 pm "Creative Placemaking Initiative Takes Site-Specific Dance into Hyattsville, Maryland" TRANS ACTION! "Art Lives Here OR Not" celebrates Maida Withers and the Dance Construction Company’s pivotal role in the 1970s dance revolution that became known as site-specific ...
Hilda Thorpe Tribute – Artists’ Studio Performance
Maida Withers performs with one of Hilda Thorpe's hand made paper objects, designed and painted by Thorpe (1999) December 4 - Site Work: Birthday tribute to Hilda Thorpe at her well-known Artists' Studio in downtown Alexandria, Virginia Maida collaborated with Thorpe, a ...
Columbus Gallery of Art: Dance & Music Events
(1974) February 3, 1974: 2:00 to 3:30 pm Maida Withers and the Dance Construction Company, John Driscoll, sound composer, and four dancers and four musicians from Ohio State University performed the following works in the Columbus Gallery of Art: Adaptation of ...
Earth Meets Sky
1980 - January 1 Improvisation Event Studio K Theater 60 minutes Director / Performance Script: Maida Withers Music: Steve Bloom, Mike Manring, Chris Beaven Dancers: 6 MWDCCO dancers and 11 Washington, DC Dancers Maida Withers and the Dance Construction Company collaborate with eleven Washington, DC dancers performing ...
Path – Yellow Springs Residency
[embed]https://vimeocom/106386860[/embed] (1989) Path May 9 to 21 Creative Residency, Yellow Springs Institute, Philadelphia, PA Maida Withers and the Dance Construction Company were selected for a two-week creative residency at the prestigious Yellow Springs Institute located outside Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - an international ...
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 university dancers that explores the dynamics of fascism in its subtle ...
Dance for the Earth Concert
[embed]https://vimeocom/100908352[/embed] (1992) DANCE FOR THE EARTH (February 7 and 8): an evening-length program, a collection of "earth consciousness dances," premiered at Thomas Jefferson Community Theater in Arlington, Virginia, USA The earth is the source, subject and process for Withers' current projects Each ...
Maida on Maida in the Universe – Visual Installation
2003 - Video history, selection of segments of choreography by Maida Withers that were projected on stage as a visual installation during the live performance of Maida on Maida in the Universe In essence Maida compares her creative process with ...
Collision Course a.k.a. Episodes 1-2-3 (Artisphere)
(2011) October 21 Excerpts - work-in-progress presentation to a sold out crowd in the Dome building in Rosslyn, Virginia Three sections from Collision Course - aka Pillow Talk (Episode 1, Episode 2, Episode 3) performed October 21, 2011 at Artisphere, a ...
Tukuhnikivatz: Film Installation (60:00)
Tukuhnikivatz Film Installation: 01:03:45 Editor - Stefani Altomare-Sese 1996 and 1997 - Tukuhnikivatz: Film Installation (60:00) created for projection on the 60' x 60' Band Shell as part of the evening-length multimedia production Utah Spirit Place Spirit Planet Tukuhnikivatz ...
InVoluntary Encounters
[embed]https://vimeocom/43986299[/embed] (2012) May 5 Involuntary Encounters - Dorothy Betts Marvin Theatre, Washington, DC features Maida Withers Dance Construction Company and guest artist choreographers and dancers from NYC, Boston and Japan This interactive event of dance, live video feed, film, and electronic music ...
MindFluctuations Numeric Variations Residency Brazil
[embed]https://vimeocom/81430645[/embed] [embed]http://vimeocom/121074310[/embed] 2014 - February ? Maida Withers participated in a residency at the Institute of Mathematics and Art (Instituto de Matematica e Arte) in São Paulo, Brazil in February 2014 As a passionate advocate for the collaboration of art and technology, ...
Spirit Path / Migration
[embed]https://vimeocom/101653079[/embed] Video: Spirit Path/Migration @ Dance Place 1990 (Date TBD) Dance Place 19?? (Date TBD) Dorothy Betts Marvin Theater (photos below) Performance at Dance Place, Washington, DC Kaleidoscope by Adam Peiperl - Mark Thompson, dance figure (1990) Spirit Path / Migration (date TBD) Duet by Maida ...
For Verabelle
(1976) Date TBD "For Verabelle" - First performance: Dorothy Betts Marvin Theatre, Washington, DC (video shot in 1976 rehearsal (1/2 reel to reel transferred to 3/4 Umatic video tape) "A dance choreographed as a gift to my friend Belle Cluff related ...
Sky Cloud
[embed]https://vimeocom/100908352[/embed] (1992) Dance for the Earth February 7 & 8 - Six dances created by Maida Withers with the Dance Construction Company in the USA in preparation for the Company's participation in the United Nation's Earth Summit (Eco '92) in Brasilia, Brazil ...
Phase Tracing II
Phase Tracing II and The WALL do not need to even EXIST as pages on maidadance web page Catching Butterflies was the outcome for MWDCCo We can mention our first Catching Butterflies (Bldg K date with students in Building K ...
Turf
[embed]https://vimeocom/89532130[/embed] (1983) March 24, 25, 26 Turf Premiere (Dancer as Olympian) (40 minutes) Dorothy Betts Marvin Theater, Washington, DC An evening length performance on Olympians (including women) created in honor of the 1984 Olympics to be held in Los Angeles, ...
Laser Dance – Suites of Light, Public Presentation
(1985) January 9 "Suites of Light" Laser / Dance / Music (work in progress Alumni Relations Office Event Sponsor Lisner Auditorium, 730 21st Street NW, Washington, DC [embed]https://vimeocom/102179302[/embed] Laser Dance "Suites of Light," Public Presentation of work-in-progress Maida Withers, Choreographer; Rockne Krebs, Laser Sculptor; Bob ...
In Earth’s Belly Deep – an emergence myth
EARTH SPIRIT RISING (Program Title) (1990) In Earth's Belly Deep an Emergency Myth (March 30 & 31) Thomas Jefferson Community Theatre, Arlington, Virginia "It is my desire to bring to life, through dance, music, and visual imagery, the extraordinary physical and spiritual powers ...
Rolling Thunder / Transformation (Dance for the Earth)
[embed]https://vimeocom/101003244[/embed] (1992) Rolling Thunder/Transformation, February 7 and 8, concludes the evening-length program, Dance for the Earth, Thomas Jefferson Community Center Theater, Arlington, VA "Rolling Thunder/Transformation intricately weaves rich and layered movement materials in a ritualistic contemporary dance narrative, a new world myth "The gift, the ...
Ancient Lands – Ancient Peoples
[embed]https://vimeocom/101619257[/embed] Ancient Lands - Ancient Peoples (1992) May 12 Duet adaptation performed by Maida Withers and Dana Tai Soon Burgess as part of Dance Construction Company concert, Dance for the Earth, GALA Opening, OMAMA Projeto, National Theater, Brasilia, Brazil (See United Nation's ...
In Winds of Sand
[embed]https://vimeocom/101630192[/embed] (1993) January 29 & 30 - In Winds of Sand - the earth and the art of being - an installation performance, Washington, DC - Dorothy Betts Marvin Theater - USA Premiere [embed]https://vimeocom/101624575[/embed] (1997) November 1 - In Winds of Sand, Aula Magna ...
Halda – a mound of waste (Bytom, Poland)
1977 (dates) HALDA: A Mound of Waste An evening-length site performance commissioned by Slaski Teatre Tanca for the 1997 International Dance Conference and Festival in Bytom, Poland "It was an honor to be invited by Jacek Luminski, dancer, choreographer and ...
FareWell – Rising Tide
[embed]https://vimeocom/6834436[/embed] 2009 - a dance work that is part of the FareWell project, a series of several dances, examines the rising of our oceans and the pollution of the seas and waterways with plastic water bottles and other debris and chemicals ...
Dance of the Auroras – Fire in the Sky
[embed]https://vimeocom/102399026[/embed] [embed]https://vimeocom/102248165[/embed] Trailer, Dance of the Auroras - Fire in the Sky, TRAILER, Tania Fraga (05:00) 2001 A Four Part performance: I: "The Sun/Virtual Sun" II: "Solar Wind Towards Magnetosphere" III: "Magnetic Storm Seen from Above" IV: "View from the Earth" "A poetic journey through space using real-time ...
MindFluctuations
MINDFLUCTUATIONS DANCE, NEUROSCIENCE, VIRTUAL ART, LIVE MUSIC A Java 3D application drives the participants within a metaphorical virtual reality journey World Premiere / Lisner Auditorium March 19, 2015 Washington, DC [embed]https://vimeocom/126002412[/embed] Trailer: MindFluctuations (6:29) Click to view Full-length Performance (1:22:33) Below: Select MindFluctuations Sections performed independently [embed]https://vimeocom/192285756[/embed] Offering: Maida Withers (above) Monster Man ...
Hekuras – Spirits of the Rainforest (Brazil)
[embed]https://vimeocom/77462030[/embed] (2002) July 2 Hekuras: Spirits of the Rainforest, São Paulo, Brazil (Anhembi Morumbi University) (Original title: A River Runs Deep, São Paulo, Brazil) Project conceived by Maida Withers, USA, and Tania Fraga, Brazil Maida's motivation came from MWDCCo involvement in Brazil ...
Investigation of Late
2002 - May 3 & 4 Investigation of Late, duet by Maida Withers and Lotta Lundgren with trombone music created and performed live by Cam Miller The female duet was presented at Marvin Betts Theatre on the program, Five Views ...
Hekuras – Spirits of the Rainforest (USA)
[embed]http://vimeocom/77638057[/embed] Hekuras - Spirits of the Rainforest (Amazonia) - USA (2010) Hekuras - Spirits of the Rainforest (USA) April 15 to 17 - George Washington University, Department of Theatre and Dance, DanceWorks, Dorothy Betts Marvin Theatre, downtown Washington, DC Hekuras - Spirits ...
Families Are Forever
" a genealogical gem" Washington Post Photo: National Theater, Washington, DC "Families, a four-part suite, is a tightly woven dance expressive of the subtle but powerful connections of families present and past Dynamic, yet softly flowing movements, combine with projected slides ...
White Mansions – Holy Rood Cemetery
John Bailey, JoAnn Sellars, Maida Withers, Brook Andrews (1975) September 13 - 14 (Sat/Sun) check dates, Washington Project for the Arts and Holly Rood Cemetery - newspaper date) WHITE MANSIONS, "The South" - a facade - eloquence lost" 60 minutes In 1975, ...
Utah * Spirit Place * Spirit Planet * Tukuhnikivatz
[embed]https://vimeocom/7983497[/embed] Above: UtahSpirit PlaceSpirit PlanetTukuhnikivatz, evening-length performance commissioned by Lincoln Center, GREAT DANCE IN THE BANDSHELL, filmed by Adam Peiperl in the audience with restriction that he could not stand continuously by the camera due to blocking 2500 patrons view who ...
Sands Cycles – Film
The film and photographs were shot on Coral Sand Dunes State Park, Kanab, Utah, birthplace of Withers, and on White Sands National Park Service of New Mexico (the worlds largest gypsum dunefield) https://vimeocom/7692794?fl=pl&fe=cm (1992) SandS CycleS (Film) (28:40)SandS CycleS is a poetic ...
Phase Tracing
Brook Andrews, Diane Floyd, Don Zuckerman, Maida Withers (1978) December 8 Phase Tracing, an evening-length work, a collaboration with Ron Kuivila, experimental sound artist and composer In the Phase Tracing performance, dancer's movements make inaudible sound audible with movements of the body ...
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 ...
Laser Dance: World Premiere
(1985) June 6 and 7 PREMIERE: LISNER Auditorium 21st and H Streets NW / Washington, DC (1500 seat theater) PRODUCER: District Curators, Inc and the Dance Construction Company "Laser Dance - a ground breaking work exploring interactive technology and performance! 'The proposal sought ...
FareWell: To The End of the World as We Know It OR Dancing Your Way to Paradise
FareWell to the End of the World As We Know It or Dancing Your Way to Paradise "FareWell is a modern Greek-style tragedy, delivered by a warrior goddess" Ballet-Dance Magazine, Carmel Morgan (2008) [embed]https://vimeocom/6643827[/embed] Above - 2009 Performatica International Festival, Puebla/Cholula, Mexico https://vimeocom/6643827 [embed]https://vimeocom/17018474[/embed] Above: Dance ...
Stall.
"Maida Withers' love of risk and the unknown has led her and us through dozens of daring choreographic expeditions over the past decadeless interested in charming spectators than in prodding them into unexpected modes of perception, she's always preferred to ...
Thresholds Crossed (Stage Performance)
[embed]https://vimeocom/6880178/43052b7309/[/embed] 2006 - Part I, II, III, IV: A fusion of East and West that explores the events, ideology and humanistic issues that link the US with the former Soviet Union and contemporary Russia over four decades of time Colored by ...
Collision Course a.k.a. Pillow Talk (Stage Performance)
[embed]https://vimeocom/58111383[/embed] Performance Documentary [embed]https://vimeocom/69312510[/embed] Projected Installation: Alex Caldiero, poet Anthony Gongora, film (2012) December 7 & 8 Dorothy Betts Marvin Theatre, Washington, DC A provocative dance theater work from associated memories, dreams, and nightmares, an off-beat yet delightful spectacle about the fiction and reality of ...
LENIN
(2005) April 14 Evening-length political work created by Maida Withers for the historic Lenin Museum in Krasnoyarsk Russia with 13 Russian dancers along with Nikolay Shchetnev and three American dance artists The work was first titled, "Memorium" The work was ...
Bog Works
BOG WORKS: John Driscoll Instruments @ Washington Project for the Arts BOG WORKS: John Driscoll Instruments @ Washington Project for the Arts 1975 - Friday, August 15 BOG WORKS Presented by Washington Project for the Arts, Washington, DC Admission $200 John Driscoll, Electronic Composer/Musician Maida Withers and the ...