Category Archives: Technology and Dance
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 ...
Laser Dance I (Duet)
Michael Kilgore and Lynda Gatozzi, Original Cast 1971 - Maida Withers met Rockne Krebs, laser sculptor, in Washington, DC where they eventually served together on the Board of Directors for Washington Project for the Arts For the first collaboration, Laser Dance I, ...
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] MindFluctuations: Sections performed independently [embed]https://vimeocom/192285756[/embed] Monster Man: https://vimeocom/128670434 [embed]https://vimeocom/128670434[/embed] Woman: https://vimeocom/129210568 [embed]https://vimeocom/129210568[/embed] MindFluctuations, a groundbreaking collaboration between dance, neuroscience, 3D projected computer art, and live electronic ...
Maida II – Portraits on Screen (Film 2:54)
2011 - Film short featuring Maida Withers in a whimsical struggle for artistic enlightenment and risk taking with animation by Callison Slater Shot in the Bella Faccia, Inc television studio as part of Withers' Dance Portraits on Screen Series The concept ...
Hekuras – Spirits of the Rainforest (Brazil)
2002 - Original title: A River Runs Deep; São Paulo, Brazil) Multidimensional dance, computer art, new music based on the mythology and power of the Amazon Rainforest - Spirits of the Rainforest Created in São Paulo, Brazil during a three-week residency ...
Hekuras – Spirits of the Rainforest (USA)
[caption id="attachment_4670" align="alignnone" width="4600"] 2010 - Hekuras - Spirits of the Rainforest was first created in São Paulo, Brazil (2002) with Brazilian dancers during a three-week residency The version presented in Washington, DC maintained some of the thematic movement materials, ...
Utah * Spirit Place * Spirit Planet * Tukuhnikivatz
1996 - an evening length multimedia installation and performance based on ancient and contemporary earth consciousness commissioned by Lincoln Center for Lincoln Center Out of Doors, GREAT DANCE in the Band Shell Series, Damrosch Park, New York City, NY ...
Laser Dance (Stage Performance Excerpts / Fairfax Cable, FCAC-TV)
1985 - Four-part evening-length space odyssey (Part I: Departure; Part II: Quest; Part III, Domain; Part IV, Rites/Skylight/and Departure) of choreography that takes place inside a large-scale installation of argon laser beams created by Rockne Krebs and Synclavier II music ...
Collision Course – a.k.a. Pillow Talk (Installation FILM)
2012 - The video is compiled from projected images, a visual installation created for and projected during the evening-length multimedia performance, Collision Course - aka Pillow Talk, choreographed by Maida Withers in collaboration with the Dance Construction Company (Nate Bond, ...
Stall. (Stage Performance)
[embed]https://vimeocom/64802075[/embed] Audio sample: https://wwwdropboxcom/s/t3sv1een2crmtfr/Stall%20excerpt%209minwav?dl=0 1981 - Stall an evening length collaborative performance of dance, sound sculpture, and music choreographed by Maida Withers, a rotating loudspeaker installation by John Driscoll, composer/sculptor, Phil Edelstein, rotating loudspeaker animation, with dancers from Maida Withers Dance Construction ...