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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