Amazing Earthfest: https://www.amazingearthfest.org/
“A unique Learning Festival in Sunny Southern Utah – celebrating our 20th Consecutive Year! 2026 Festival Dates: Thursday, May 7th through Suday, May 10th.
Arts & Culture, Outdoor Adventure, Science, Film, and Dark Night Skies!
2009 – Maida has served on the Board of Directors of the Amazing EarthFEST since 2009 . The Festival was founded by Rich Csenge who moved to Kanab from Maine. The Dance Construction Company has performed on two occasions at the EarthFEST in the historic Crescent Moon Theatre in Kanab, Utah. October 4, 2020 Maida presents: Dance for the Earth – Spirit and Spectacle on Zoom for the VIRTUAL EarthFest – 2020. In 2009 Maida, Steven Hilmy, composer/musician, and Ayo Okunseinde, performed FareWell to the end of the World OR Dancing Your Way to Paradise in the historic Crescent Moon, Kanab Movie Theatre.
EarthFEST is a unique festival for its celebration of the magnificent Earth sites within day travel from Kanab. EarthFEST is in partnership with the City of Kanab, Maida’s birthplace, the Bureau of Land Management and other organizations and corporations in the region.
http://amazingearthfest.org/
William and Woodruff, Maida’s father and grandfather, were instrumental in establishing early tourism in Kanab through the building and management of the Kaibab Lodge built 18 miles from the North Rim of the Grand Canyon in 1925. The Kiabab Lodge continues to attract tourists on their way to the North Rim of the Grand Canyon. Early Kaibab Lodge Motto: “where the deer come to see the people.”
Sample Amazing Earthfest announcements:
Live performance – Maida Withers and the Dance Construction Company
Crescent Moon Theater – 150 South 100 East – Kanab, Utah
Friday, May 22, 2009 @ 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm $5.00
Fare Well: The End of the world As We Know It OR Dancing Your Way to Paradise: Maida Withers, dancer, Steve Hilmy, composers/musician; Ayo Okunseinde, mulstimedia artist.
“Live, on-stage multimedia/modern dance performance featuring Maida Rust Withers and member of the award-winning Maida Withers Dance Construction Company from Washington, DC. Opening with live acts by local dancers. A presentation of extraordinary choreography, talent and grace, by Maida Rust Withers, a native of Kanab that you will not want to miss. Emotionally powerful, and beautiful!”
Maida Withers Online Presentation with original dance footage on earth sites in southern Utah:
Sunday January 16, 2020 @ 4 pm
Amazing EarthFEST – Kanab, Utah
Dance With the Earth – Spirit and Spectacle!
Sunday September 13, 2020 5 pm Mountain Time (online)
“Opportunity to experience the earth and the art of dance in new and challenging environments on film, and engage in conversation about making dance works that reveal an ancient and contemporary knowledge through the arts.” (Maida Withers)
Maida and other Festival hikers…..
Maida in Kanab, Utah – attending EarthFest