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DC 12th Int’l Improvisation Plus+ Festival
2006 (October 19 to 22) "Extraordinary Sightings" - events in the Penn Quarter, Washington, DC Lotta Lundgren and Amanda Abrams performed a duet for the festival at 1700 K Street, Washington, DC
DC Mayor’s Arts Award – Distinction in a Discipline (Dance)
2006 - Maida Withers received the prestigious DC Mayor's Arts Award - Distinction in a Discipline (Dance) in 2006 The Award Ceremony was held at the John F Kennedy Center for the Arts, Washington, DC This award was given for lifetime ...
DC 10th Int’l Improvisation Plus+ Festival
2004 The Festival is sponsored by Maida Withers Dance Construction Company, George Washington University Department of Theatre and Dance, Josephine Butler Parks Center; Joy of Motion, The Netherlands Embassy; Ford Foundation in Russia This popular festival brings together groups and ...
DC 11th Int’l Improvisation Plus+ Festival
2005 ( October 13-18, 2005) The Festival is sponsored by Maida Withers Dance Construction Company, George Washington University Department of Theatre and Dance and Department of Music; Joy of Motion Dance Centers; Improv Arts, Inc; The John F Kennedy Center ...
Russia – TsEKh Int’l Summer School (Moscow)
2005 Moscow, Russia (July 2005) TsEKh (International Center for Choreography and Performance) • National audition followed by rehearsals for 3 weeks creating Thresholds Crossed Part I during TsEKh International Summer School (est July 3-23, 2005) • Informal performance of Thresholds Crossed Part I (est ...
Festival of Dance “Isadora” (Krasnoyarsk, Russia)
2005 International Festival of Dance "Isadora," Krasnoyarsk, Siberia, Russia (April 10-17, 2005) • DCCo perform Shocked and Odd – Live Art II with Nikolai Shchetnev, Russia, Jack Gallagher, (American living in The Netherlands; Megan Thompson, Maida Withers (April 16) • Create LENIN, site-specific ...
Russia – Touch 3 Int’l Dance Festival (Arkhangelsk)
2004 Arkhangelsk, Russia (July 2004) TOUCH 3 International Dance Festival, Arkhangelsk, Russia • Performed Thresholds Crossed (GULAG/Abu Ghraib) Maida, Anthony, Audrey • Created site specific work with Russian, American and Finnish dancers (downtown street in the location of Café Merci) (July 11-16)
DC 9th Int’l Improvisation Plus+ Festival
2003 (December 5 to 14) - Maida Withers Dance Construction Company, George Washington University Department of Theatre and Dance and Department of Music , and Joy of Motion, Borders Books at Friendship Heights present this popular festival which brings together ...
Russia – Open Look and Touch Festivals (St. Petersburg & Arkhangelsk)
2003 St Petersburg, Russia (July 2003) 5th OPEN LOOK International Dance Festival in St Petersburg, Russia (July 1-10, 2003) • Perform Dance of the Auroras – Fire in the Sky Performance included collaborators, Tania Fraga, cyber world artists from Brazil; original music by ...
DC 8th Int’l Improvisation Plus+ Festival
2002 (December 6 to 15)- Maida Withers Dance Construction Company, George Washington University Department of Theatre and Dance, and Joy of Motion present this popular festival which brings together groups and dancers, performance artists and musicians from around the world ...
Five Views_Five Companies
Maida Withers Dance Construction Company, through support of George Washington University's Department of Theatre and Dance presented the following five companies at Dorothy Betts Marvin Theatre, Washington, DC, Friday May 3 and Saturday, May 4, 2002 Companies presented: Dana Tai Soon Burgess ...
DC 7th Int’l Improvisation Plus+ Festival
2001 - (November 29 to December 9) International multi-disciplinary annual festival in Washington, DC that is curated by Washington, DC artists - dancers and musicians The festival brings together groups and individual dance artists, performance artists, musicians locally and internationally ...
Art and Technology Conference (Brasilia, Brazil)
2001 Brasilia, Brazil (May 2001) Maida Withers and Joseph Mills, dancer, were invited to participate in the 2nd International Conference on Art and Technology in Brasilia, Brazil The opening section of Aurora/2001 - Dance of the Auroras - Fire in the Sky ...
Russia – Open Look Festival (St. Petersburg)
2001 St Petersburg, Russia (May 2001) Open Look Festival Kannon Dance Company and School • MWDCCo in residence teaching for the festival and reconstructing Part II of Aurora/2001: Dance of the Auroras – Fire in the Sky for Kannon Dance Company dancers • MWDCCo ...
Pola Nirenska Annual Prize
Press - Dance Magazine 2001 Pola Nirenska Award for Outstanding Contribution to Dance ($5000) The Award is chosen by a committee of non-affiliated dance professionals The awards, established in 1993 after Pola Nirenska's death, are presented by Washington Performing Arts Society ...