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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 ...

Put on the Music…Let’s Dance (1975)

1975 or 1976 - This performance took place at the Washington Project for the Arts on 1227 G Street NW, Washington, DC  The space was a very large space (third floor) with high ceiling and a red brick wall for ...

Collision Course – a.k.a. Pillow Talk-Artisphere-

2011 - Three sections of Collision Course - aka Pillow Talk  (Episode 1, Episode 2, Episode 3) were performed at Artisphere, a museum and performance center in Arlington, Virginia, October 21, 2011 The Dome Theatre features a full size film ...

Tukuhnikivatz: Film Installation (60:00)

1996 and 1997 - Tukuhnikivatz (film) - created for projection  on the 60' x 60' Band Shell as part of the evening-length multimedia production Utah Spirit Place Spirit Planet Tukuhnikivatz at Lincoln Center Out-of-Doors GREAT DANCE in ...

InVoluntary Encounters

2012 - Maida Withers Dance Construction Company and guest artist choreographers and dancers from NYC, Boston and Japan create an interactive event of dance, live video feed, film, and electronic music that features improvisations by choreographers who perform and a ...

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, ...

Dance of the Auroras – Virtual Virgins, Le Sol, Shaman

2000 - Maida Withers Dance Construction Company was honored to be invited to perform as part of the Dance Place 20/20 Visions Anniversary Concert celebrating 20 years of sponsoring and presenting dance  In the year 2000, Dance of the Auroras ...

A Moving Interview, Maida Withers, Argentina

MOVING INTERVIEW Web page in Argentina with video and descriptions:  https://productoraobjetoawordpresscom/2014/02/26/entrevista-performatica-a-maida-withers/ Moving Interview Original unedited footage - Maida improvised talking and dancing  as Arceli Marquez, asked questions [embed]https://vimeocom/554723257[/embed] The footage here is unedited  It contains the total interview (55:00 minutes):| Three minute version of the moving ...

MindFluctuations Numeric Variations Residency Brazil

[embed]https://vimeocom/81430645[/embed] [embed]http://vimeocom/121074310[/embed] 2014 - 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, she and ...

Crossing the Edge

[embed]https://vimeocom/91535011[/embed] 1991 - A physically aggressive duet danced to a saxophone score The dancers establish a rapport on the ledge between Earth and Sky - dancers John Lancaster and Leah Kline Tabassi at Dance Place January 12 and 13, 1991 Crossing the ...