Category Archives: Stage Works
Prologue – Cowboys and Indians Play by Maida Withers
[embed]http://vimeocom/100928731[/embed] 1992 - Short solo dance and written text spoken by Maida Withers - a view of the west as a cowgirl and the great granddaughter of pioneering settlers in Utah Presents that wit that underlies many of Withers' works - ...
Still Rush (Original Cast – NYC, NY)
[embed]https://vimeocom/91848739[/embed] Video above is a rehearsal of the NYC cast shot in NYC, NY View performances of Still Rush by MWDCCo: https://vimeocom/100908352 and https://vimeocom/101001560 Premiere performance was January 12 and 13, 1991 at Dance Place, Washington, DC, as part of an evening titled ...
In Earth’s Belly Deep – an emergence myth
"In Earth's Belly Deep" - Aerial Dance, Emergency Myth, 1990 Mark Thompson, Cecily Carsky-Miller & John Lancaster 1990 - "It is my desire to bring to life, through dance, music, and visual imagery, the extraordinary physical and spiritual powers experienced when visiting ...
Path
[embed]https://vimeocom/106386860[/embed] 1989 - The Company was selected for a two-week residency, May 9 to 21,1989, at the prestigious Yellow Springs Institute located outside Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - an international center for art and ideas The Institute supported the Company with living quarters, ...
Ledge
[embed]https://vimeocom/100503881[/embed] Video produced by Linda Lewett at Fairfax TV (FCAC) A mythical journey performed by Maida Withers and John Lancaster to an original new music score by composer Michael Willis in a sparse stage set of hanging ropes This is a full ...
Utah Project
[embed]https://vimeocom/31371574[/embed] Maida Withers @ Bears Ears Bruce Hucko, Photograph “In 1988, I returned to the land of my birth in Utah with a group of artists for a five-week experiment of living and dancing on selected land ...
Obsession – America’s Obsession with Sex
[embed]http://vimeocom/8054192[/embed] Performance in 2 parts: Part I: Elvis Pressley / religion impact - Gender transformation; Part II - AIDS (See ORBIT film: https://vimeocom/7691282 1987 - This evening-length performance is a commentary on the sexual revolution starting with Elvis Presley "Made in the USA" ...
Obsession – Suite Elvis Solo by Maida Withers
1986 - Solo by Maida Withers was featured, in Obsession - America's Obsession With Sex, as the dancer performing the"Elvis" figure at the Publick Playhouse, Prince George's Playhouse in Prince George's County, Maryland, December 4, 5, 6, 1986 In all ...
Scat
1986 - Scat is an excerpt of Maida Withers Dance Construction Company work, Obsession - America's Obsession with Sex Scat is a loose-limbed spoof reminiscent of Be-Bop Scat was performed as a trio with Melody Joy Ruffin, Taffy Schaeffer-Merkert and Annetta ...
Laser Dance – Quest / Domain / Dialogue (leotards)
[embed]https://vimeocom/92363777[/embed] 1985 - Quest / Domain: sections of choreography by Maida Withers created for Laser Dance The choreography remains relatively the same but does not take place in a laser environment Dancers perform the intricate and spatial movements without hesitation without ...
State of the Art
1986 - State of the Art examines the conflict of art and the artist in American society The rapid development of arts management looms as a potential to independence and innovation by the artist Press Release: State of the Art ...
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 ...
Laser Dance – Suites of Light, Public Presentation
1985 - Laser Dance [embed]https://vimeocom/102179302[/embed] Laser Dance "Suites of Light" - Artists' public presentation of the creation of a multidisciplinary performance project The artists, with an audience of 300 people, explored how the multiple art forms (laser light beams, dance, and synvlavier ...
Time Dance (1984)
1984 - Restaging choreography of 1976 version of Time Dance for performance in Dorothy Betts Marvin Theatre The square was adapted to a diamond and many other changes occurred John Driscoll created and performed Music for Miniature Objects and spoken ...
Dances on Men and Women (Repertory)
1984 - Retrospective - selection of short duets and quartets created by Maida Withers for the Dance Construction Company, 1974-1984, presented by the Smithsonian Institution, Natural History Museum - overtones of feminist notions about WOMAN Program in file Excerpts from dances ...