Category Archives: Work
Under the Radar: Modern Dance in Russia with Maida Withers
2003 Documentary Film - Interviews about post-modern dance in Russia in 2003 Documentary shot in St Petersburg, Russia Maida Withers was a guest artist for Summer Dance Workshop, OPEN LOOK Linda Lewett, filmmaker, shot the video and Maida Withers asked ...
Maida on Maida in the Universe
2003 - One-woman show created and performed by Maida Withers, february 14/15, 2003 in Dorothy Betts Marvin Theatre, Washington, DC For this work, Withers life and artistic work parallel current scientific ideas and theories of the origin and fate/demise of ...
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 ...
3D Dance / Future View (Film 4:04)
2002 - Maida Withers collaborates with Dan Sternklar, 3D filmmaker, to create 3D Dance / Future View, a 3D film of an improvised site performance (Film Short 4:04) Maida Withers, Nicholette Routhier, and Tommy Parlon dance on a stage set ...
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 (Visual Installation)
2002 - Tania Fraga, Brazilian Computer artist, created original virtual art 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) The virtual ...
Investigation of Late
2002 - Maida created and performed a duet with Lotta Lundgren, dancer from Sweden, for the concert Five Views - 5 Companies that was produced in the Dorothy Betts Marvin Theatre, May 3 and 4, 2002 in Washington, DC Investigation of Late ...
Going Beyond…an Odyssey (Corcoran Gala)
2002 - Maida Withers was commissioned to create an event for the Corcoran Gallery of Art Gala Benefit, Going Beyond, an Odyssey, Friday, February 22, 2002 for over 900 guests Eighteen dancers, men and women, were dressed in turtle-neck long ...
Surveillance
2001 and 2002 - Dance was an early commentary on surveillance technques coming into lives of everyday people Women's trio with projected real-time interactive images originating from the wireless video camera worn on the chest of dancer, Kerry Joyce First performed ...
Dance of the Auroras – Fire in the Sky, DC
[embed]https://vimeocom/102399026[/embed] [embed]https://vimeocom/102248165[/embed] 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 interaction with cyber worlds and movies and images of the sun and the ...
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 ...
One Minute Wander (Film Short: 00:60)
[embed]http://vimeocom/78919495[/embed] 2000 - Following an interview regarding a dance work-in-progress, Utah Spirit Place Spirit Planet Tukuhnikivatz, Maida Withers was asked by filmmaker Linda Lewett to extend the interview into a "nature" performance by the creek near Maida's home ...
Dance of the Auroras – Part III – Magnetic Storm Seen From Above
2000 St Petersburg, Russia (April 2000) Residency with Kannon Dance School and Company, St Petersburg, Russia • Maida Withers created Part III Magnetic Storm of Dance of the Auroras – Fire in the Sky with Iwona Olszowska, dancer from Poland, and ...
Hilda Thorpe Tribute – Artists’ Studio Performance
December 4, 1999 - Birthday tribute to Hilda Thorpe at her Artists' Studio in downtown Alexandria, Virginia Maida collaborated with Thorpe, a brilliant American painter and sculptor - part of the illustrious Washington Color School - on several projects engaging the ...
K.A.C. Int’l Exchange: Dance Concert Improvisation (50 anniversary Taejon. Korea)
[embed]https://vimeocom/102128125[/embed] 1999 - Jey Young Kim, Korea, Mandy Yim, China, Sarah Slifer and Maida Withers, USA improvised in a concert performance November 15, 1999, for the KAC International Exchange Modern Dance Festival in Taejon, Korea Classical Korean musicians played for the ...