Category Archives: Work

TUK I (FILM)

[embed]https://wwwyoutubecom/watch?v=HKlR5x0f8EA&t=23s[/embed] [embed]https://vimeocom/99726485[/embed] [embed]https://wwwyoutubecom/watch?v=HKlR5x0f8EA[/embed] TUK I (1:37) TUK (1:37) (2011) FILM - WEAK FORMATTING TUK (2:29) (2007) FILM Maida Withers and her art partner, Verabel Call Cluff, with the assistance of Joe Pachak, selected four locations (sites) in the Southeastern part of the State of Utah to ...

Re-Re Voltaire – WPA 35th Anniversary – H Street Revitalization

2010 - May 10, 17, & 24, 2010:   Re-Re Voltaire (Cabaret Voltaire) WPA sponsored a site event on H Street in celebration of their 35th Anniversary that  take place  in a vacant lot next to Gallery O/H at 1354 H ...

IMPOSTERS

   IMPOSTERS PROPOSED PROJECT   Maida Withers / Dance Construction Company, USA, and Konstantin Grouss / Art-Residence, Russia, propose the creation of the performance project, Imposters, that explores the intimate boundary between our physical and digital identities, by bringing to life digital people, dance ...

Dune

1992 Dune or Moving Earth Dune is created and performed by Maida that takes place with the full body mostly on the floor  This solo originated out of her experiences as a child in Kanab, Utah, Withers place of birth, where ...

Thresholds Crossed_TsEKh Residence, Part I

Thresholds Crossed - Part I, Moscow - work in progress (2005) TsEKh International Summer School Residency to create and present Part I with 5 Russian and 6 American dancers, Moscow, Russia (July 4-24, 2005)  Elena Tupsevya was instrumental in our holding ...

Performatica: Tres-Dias-en-Cholula

  2009 Performatica - Tres Dias en Cholula  Film  (30:00) by Linda Lewett, completed in 2021 [embed]https://wwwyoutubecom/watch?v=pvGRXN-N8Ec[/embed] Film by Linda Lewett; Producer Maida Withers and Maida Withers Dance Construction Company Performatica occurred in 2009; video was completed in 2021 by Linda Lewett Artists Maida Withers, ...

Thresholds Crossed – Norilsk Performance

Luba Kusovnikova, producer and intellect, in Russia invited Maida Withers to attend an indigenous peoples conference in Norilsk, Russia and present a section of Thresholds Crossed as part of the conference  Russian Dancers, Konstantin Grouss and Anastasia Oleynik perform a ...

Art Soiree – Club Dancing

[embed]http://vimeocom/83694925[/embed] 2012- Maida Withers Dance Construction Company was invited to perform at a rock party at an extreme and very large dance club on the DC/Maryland border - Nate Bond, Giselle Ruzany, Maida Withers  The sponsors presented very curious events to ...

Sky Cathedrals – Media Project (Film 15:00)

1987 - Video project, "Obelisks,"  by Adam Peiperl, visual artist combined with dance on video  The sculptural objects created by Adam have  kaleidoscopic effect of based on the materials used to create the sculptures moving on a rotating plate as ...

Brazil_Eco ’92_Sugarloaf Mountain Site Work

1992_Maida Withers was invited by Marilyn Wood, international Celebration organization, to participate with "100  International Artists for Ecology" at the United Nation's first global Earth Summit, Eco '92 in Rio de Janeiro A partnering group was the leadership of the ...

OPEN

Exhibition: "OPEN" by Robin Bell 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, and ...

Malaise

1969 – Malaise A pervasive vulgarity; 2 men 4 women; Premiere – Music: Dixon; Lisner Auditorium, Washington, DC   Brilliant undergraduate GW dancers including  Julia Hart, Jim Bunting, Jeanne Jones (See http://maidadancecom/works/early-works-by-maida-withers-1966-to-1971/) Standing figure: Ulysses Dove (became Cunningham and Ailey dancer)  ...