Category Archives: Work
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, ...
This Space Occupied (by Maida)
[embed]https://vimeocom/60487039[/embed] 2013 - This Space Occupied (by Maida) is a 4-hour endurance event performed by Maida Withers, dancer/performance artist, with Steve Hilmy, electronic composer-musician Maida performed in the elevated glass entrance way to the Corcoran Gallery of Art, historic Flagg Building, ...
Vessel (PILLOWS)
2012 - Commission to perform for the opening Gala of the new Joan Hisaoka Healing Arts Gallery, 1632 U Street NW, Washington, DC, September 9, 2012 Live electronic music was created and performed by Steve Hilmy with dancers Nate ...
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 ...
Families Are Forever Part III: Veiled Threat
[embed]http://vimeocom/43991482[/embed] [embed]https://vimeocom/35583218[/embed] 2012 - Veiled Threat is the name given to Part III of Families are Forever Veiled threat reveals the delicacy of the relationships in families The familiarity of family members gives the members power based on the intimate knowledge they ...
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 ...
Maida I – Portraits on Screen (Film) (2:54)
[embed]http://vimeocom/32236928[/embed] Maida Withers; Ayo Okunseinde, Photographer; Anthony Gongora, Video Maida Withers; Ayo Okunseinde, Photographer 2011 - The camera is turned on Maida Withers in this study of motion and the force of nature by Ayodamola (Ayo) Okunseinde Maida I and Maida II are part ...
Collision Course – a.k.a. Pillow Talk (Film Short 7:24)
2011 - Film Short This intriguing film features three estranged characters, Nate Bond, Anthony Gongora, Giselle Ruzany, body parts wrapped in large white bed pillows secured to body parts with packaging tape These became body appendages - an armor of ...
Dance Portraits on Screen (Dance Films)
2011 - Concept for creating dance film shorts begun by MWDCCo in 2010 where the film making team collaborates with a selected artist (dancer/performance artist/others) to create a personal portrait (movement, language, life view, other) The initial goal was to ...
TUK (Tukuhnikivatz) (18:04)
This fusion of dance and the environment is an extraordinary journey of eight souls across the majestic breathtaking landscapes of Utah and the Four Corners Area of the Southwest United States - five dancers, two filmmakers, and one photographer reveal ...
Tzveta I Portraits on Screen (Film 7:42)
Tzveta Kassabova; Adam Peiperl, Photographer 2011 - In TZVETA I, Anthony Gongora creates a portrait of Tzveta Kassabova employing intense imagery to reveal the flow of a beautiful life, layered and complex and driven by movement through imagined spaces, saturated with ...
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 ...
Tzveta II Portraits on Screen (Film 4:37)
https://vimeocom/32234616 2011 In TZVETA II, Ayo Okunseinde combines graphic design and 3D effects in the exploration of the subtlety and action of Tzveta Kassabova's movement in a dynamic pop art short For TZVETA II the filmmaker ventures to the edge of ...
Naked Truth
[embed]https://vimeocom/16730232[/embed] 2010 - Naked Truth, an exquisite, meticulously designed trio choreographed by Maida Withers with dancers Anthony Gongora, Tzveta Kassaabova, and Giselle Ruzany - three seasoned and deeply dedicated international dance artists Original music is composed and performed live by Steve ...
Invocation to Sustainability
2010 - Under the direction of Maida Withers, dancers from the Utah Repertory Dance Theatre (2010) performed the opening ceremony at "The Friends" Angels Landing, dancing with hand-held chimes at the kick-off event for the 4th Amazing EarthFEST in Kanab, ...