Category Archives: Technology and Dance
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 ...
SandS CycleS – Meditation Video Art Installation
Sands Cycles - FILM / Installation [embed]https://vimeocom/7692794[/embed] (1995) February 20 - March 3 University of Utah Union Gallery, Olpin Union Building: Sands Cycles Meditation Art Installation by Verabel Cluff The SandS CycleS installation is an invitation to meditate through art The space is designed ...
Light Suite
(1987) (18:30 min) Light Suite: Rings, Dunes, Wall Floating polarized light sculptures video by Adam Peiperl combining choreography in works by Maida Withers (Mentioned in Dance Construction Company Spring 1989 Newsletter) Currently researching to locate "Wall Floating" Maida Withers thinks ...
Performatica, Mexico – 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 ...
MindFluctuations – Rehearsal
(2014-2015) Mind Fluctuations - Rehearsals (Videos) Rehearsals in the early stages of the development of MindFluctuations were very exploratory because there was no helmet to explore the reality of the interactrive aspects (1) brainwaves/emotions originating from the dancer/helment; (2) brainwaves into ...
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 ...
Pnumbral Raincoast
(1975) Pnumbral Raincoast, February 27 and 28; Washington Project for the Arts, 1227 G Street NW, Washington, DC Program information provided by John Driscoll, 7/6/2025 (physical program, difficult to read so information typed below) Music: ...
Apocalypse Fatigue
https://vimeocom/1081479749 (Zakros Interarts) https://thirdspacenetworkcom/bunker-fridays-apocalypse-fatigue/ "We rise NOt because it is easy We rise because it is the ONLY thing left worth doing" Bunker Friday(2025) May 2 Live streaming, Bunkers Friday's online broadcast (Washington, DC) Artists came together at this highly charged, chaotic ...
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 ...
Rainforest Awakens
(2020) Oct 21 RAINFOREST AWAKENS II - Broadcast 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) ...
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 ...
Naked Truth – Tzveta Solo & 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 ...
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 ...
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
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 ...
Anonyty / Parts Unknown
Dance Photos by: Shaun Schroth 2015 November 13 or 14 - Anonyty explores the intimate boundary between our physical and digital identities, by bringing to life digital people that interact in our real world through movement and dance - a collaboration of ...
Chain of Events – Kennedy Center
Maida Withers and the Dance Construction Company / Chain of Events (2014) December 8 @ 6:00 pm Chain of Events Concertsheer imaginative fallout of movementpresented by the Kennedy Center Millennium Stage, Washington, DC, in the newly renovated theater The one hour ...
FareWell: Comments by Composer Steve Hilmy
[embed]https://vimeocom/7346369[/embed] 2009 FareWell - To the End of the World As We Know It OR Dancing Your Way to Paradise! - a shortened version of the evenng-length work was performed by Maida Withers for Performatica: Foro Internacional de Danza Contemporanea y ...
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 ...
Interview: Dance and Technology
https://vimeocom/695056450 2003 - Stacy Palatt, GW Master of Arts in Dance, interviews Maida on the role technology has played in Maida's work as an artist and collaborator and Maida's views on the possibilities of dance and technology Maida was one of ...
3D Dance (Film) Future View
[embed]https://vimeocom/93154449[/embed] 2002/2003 - Maida Withers collaborates with Dan Sternklar, 3D filmmaker and inventor, to create 3D Dance / Future View, a 3D film of an improvised site performance that resulted in the film short (4:04 time) Dan Sternklar, 3D camera specialist ...
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 ...
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 ...
Ascenso: Moving Interview, Maida Withers, Argentina
(2014) Date TBD (check videos/film) Buenos Aires, Argentina: Maida had traveled many times to Brazil, starting with the United Nation's Earth Summit in 1992 In 2014 Maida realized the price to fly to Argentina was very affordable from Brazilso that inspired ...
MindFluctuations – Research Residency, Brazil
[embed]https://vimeocom/81430645[/embed] [embed]http://vimeocom/121074310[/embed] Videos Above: Numeric Variations - Tania Fraga details the process of the dance and technical considerations exploring neural connections - Video: 01:50 min (top) and 08:10 min (bottom) (2014) - February (6 to 14 ?) MindFluctuations Research Residency: Instituto de Matematica ...
Dance/Sound Events: Tin Tabernacle Series
(1974) September 27 & 29; October 11, 12, and 19 Dance/Sound Events: Tin Tabernacle Series Maida Withers Dance Construction Company presents five evenings, Dance/Sound Events - Tin Tabernacle Series, a project with sculptor/musician, John Driscoll presented in a large dome-shaped ...
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 Winds of Sand
[embed]https://vimeocom/101621322[/embed] In Winds of Sand - Maida Withers, solo (1992) - Premiere: talk with audience at conclusion "the act of being, creating with the earth!" [embed]https://vimeocom/7692794[/embed] Sands Cycles - FILM - Verabel Cluff - Filmmaker A large-scale projected installation of "dunes" slides and the exotic ...
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/129893299[/embed] (2015) March 19 MindFluctuations, Lisner Auditorium, Washington, DC, a groundbreaking collaboration between dance, neuroscience, 3D projected computer art, ...
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 ...
Families Are Forever Part III: Veiled Threat GW
https://vimeocom/35583218?fl=pl&fe=cm Video above: Rehearsal Building K for reconstructionLights low on stage for performance (1982) July Veiled Threat GW is the name for Part III of Families are Forever, a four part work in MWDCCo archive collection Veiled Threat reveals the delicacy of ...
Electronic Bodies
2013 - November 11 or 13 Maida Withers Dance Construction Company, Anthony Gongora, Giselle Ruzany, Maida Withers and guest, Felipe Oyarzun (Chile) were joined by experimental composers/musicians, John Driscoll, New York, and Steve Hilmy, Washington, DC, to present Electronic Bodies, ...
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 ...
Utah * Spirit Place * Spirit Planet * Tukuhnikivatz
[embed]https://vimeocom/7983497[/embed] (1996) August 20 UtahSpirit PlaceSpirit PlanetTukuhnikivatz, evening-length multimedia performance by Maida Withers with the Dance Construction Company, commissioned by Lincoln Center for Great Dance in the Bandshell, New York City, NY, attended by 2500 patrons Video above: Adam Peiperl (filming ...
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 ...
Laser Dance: World Premiere (FILM)
(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 ...
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 ...
Thresholds Crossed (Stage Performance)
[embed]https://vimeocom/6880178/43052b7309/[/embed] 2006 -Thresholds Crossed 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 ...
Collision Course a.k.a. Pillow Talk (Stage Performance)
[embed]https://vimeocom/58111383[/embed] Collision Course - aka Pillow Talk Stage Performance [embed]https://vimeocom/69312510[/embed] Collision Course - aka Pillow Talk Projected Installation Film: Alex Caldiero, poet Anthony Gongora, film Note: https://vimeocom/53869645 - Collision Course - aka Pillow Talk final rehearsal in Marvin Center (available on Vimeo) Note: Collision Course: ...
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 ...