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Tour (Mexico, Guatemala, Costa Rica)
1987 - Mexico City, Mexico (November 19 – 26, 1987 Instituto Nacionale de Bellas Artes International Office of Public Relations MWDCCo toured three cities in Mexico ▪ Perform: Obsession: A “Made in the USA” look at sex; Mexico City (November 21 and 22) ▪ ...
Sam Gilliam’s Studio – Laser Fundraiser
November 10, 1984 - Support for the development of "Suites of Light" which became Laser Dance - a party, installation, performance at Sam Gilliam's Studio at 1428 U Street NW, Washington, DC Fundraising for the Laser Dance premiere, June 1985 See ...
Akademie der Künste Festival (Berlin, Germany)
1981 - West Berlin, Germany (May 1981) Akademie der Künste International Festival (Academy of Arts) established in 1696, invited John Driscoll and MWDCCo to participate in the Festival in 1981 Our involvement included: ▪ 3-week Creative Residency: John Driscoll, electronic composer/musician, and ...
Metropolitan Dance Association – Honors
1981 - "Washingtonians partake of "high-caliber danceher contribution to the artistic community of this city is unrivaled" Brook Andrews, founding member of the Dance Construction Company, describes Maida's unusual accomplishments in a speech at the Renwick Gallery where Maida was being ...
Mormon’s For Equal Rights Amendment
1979 - Maida was a founding member of the national organization, Mormon's for ERA (MERA), established in Northern Virgina that worked with other national feminist and religious organizations for more than five years for the passage of the Equal Rights ...
Invitation to the Dance – Smithsonian
1977 - Smithsonian Resident Associate Program and the Modern Dance Council of Washington and the Washington Performing Arts Society sponsor invitation to the Dance, an adult lecture series incorporates performances, lecture/demonstration, and lectures by George Gelles, dance critic, Washington Star ...
Washington Project for the Arts Established
1975 - Washington Project for the Arts (WPA) was established in 1975 by pioneer Alice Denney as an artist service center WPA was part of the grassroots movement of "alternative artist spaces" MWDCCo was involved with WPA prior to the ...
MWDCCo Established
1974 - Maida Withers and board member associates apply for 501-C-3 not-for-profit, federally tax-exempt status as a cultural performing arts organization in Washington, DC, USA, July 16, 1974 501-C-3 status was approved in 1976 Maida Withers invited five former Master of ...
Dance Improvisation Performance Events (1972-81)
1972 - Starting in 1972, every six to 10 weeks, Maida Withers, Brook Andrews, John Bailey, and GW MA graduate students created dance and movement improvisation events in GW's Building K gymnasium and Building J dance studio spaces and in ...
Summer Dance Workshops with innovators
1968 - Maida Withers with Elizabeth Burtner in 1968 established the annual 3-week Summer Dance Workshop offering at George Washington University in Washington, DC that featured classes and creation of new stage and site works by Maida Withers and out-of-town ...
NEA Established
1965 - The National Endowment for the Arts was established by Congress in 1965 as an independent agency of the federal government This act was the beginning of a national consciousness about the place of art in the American society Funding ...
Germany – Maida Withers Study (Berlin and Essen)
1962 - Berlin, Germany (Summer 1962; exact dates est) Mary Wigman School, West Berlin, Germany ▪ Study: Daily for 3 weeks with Mary Wigman at the state sponsored home/studio in West Berlin The Berlin Wall (first a temporary barbed wire fence and ...
Maida Withers Study w Hanya Holm & Anna Halprin
Maida Withers studies with Hanya Holm, German Modern Dancer, during Summer School at Colorado College, Colorado Springs, Colorado Maida studies with Ann Halprin at the DECK, San Marin County, CA, created by Lawrence Halprin