Where Where IS! Media Production

2011 – MWDCCo established Where Where IS! – a production company for creating dance films. The founding members included  Ludovic Jolivet, Anthony Gongora, Steve Hilmy,  Ayo Okunseinde, Giselle Ruzany,  and Maida Withers.   Filmmakers, composer, dancers joined together to create dance video shorts for the DANCE:FILMS event at Artisphere in 2011.  

Woman_Her

Woman_Her is a 7:00 minute duet by Giselle Ruzany and Samantha Rosenfeld, Dance Construction Company dancers, that is based on virtual world #03 created by Tania Fraga, Sao Paulo, Brazil, that features a woman standing with her back to the audience surrounded by pink musical notes.  For Woman_Her, the 3d animation is not present but … Continue reading Woman_Her

Trans Action – ART LIVES HERE. OR NOT!

2014 – Creative Placemaking Initiative Takes Site-Specific Dance into Hyattsville, MD “Art Lives Here celebrates Maida Withers and the Dance Construction Company’s pivotal role in the 1970s dance revolution that became known as site-specific work.” Mount Rainier, MD: On September 20th at 8:30 pm Maida Withers Dance Construction Company will be joined by electronic musician/composer … Continue reading Trans Action – ART LIVES HERE. OR NOT!

France – Theatro Dunois (Paris)

1997 Paris. France (July 1997) Theatre Dunois, Paris, France   https://www.theatredunois.org/ ▪   Performance: Maida Withers, In Winds of Sand; Sarah Slifer/Giselle Ruzany Stirrings (July 9 and 10) Maida Withers Dance Construction Company was invited by Cyrus Khambatta to tour and perform in a beautiful theatre in Paris, France.  Maida and Cyrus have cooperated on other international … Continue reading France – Theatro Dunois (Paris)

International Tours and Projects

Cambridge, UK (June 26-28, 2019) Maida Withers presented MindFluctuations, a performance/talk, for the artificial intelligence joint conference, Tacit Engagement in the Digital Age,  by the ‘Re-‘Interdisciplinary Network CRASSH (Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities) and the Centre for Music & Science (Faculty of Music) and AI & Society at the University of Cambridge, … Continue reading International Tours and Projects

Hilda Thorpe Tribute – Artists’ Studio Performance

December 4, 1999 – Birthday tribute to Hilda Thorpe at her Artists’ Studio in downtown Alexandria, Virginia. Maida collaborated with Thorpe, a brilliant American painter and sculptor – part of the illustrious Washington Color School – on several projects engaging the works and materials of Hilda Thorpe (Sky Cloud (1992), celebration (1996). Thorpe was a … Continue reading Hilda Thorpe Tribute – Artists’ Studio Performance

What’s Happening

LEGACY: 50 YEARS  Dance on the Edge LEGACY, a moving exhibition and immersive installation, is a celebration of the remarkable five-decade career of Maida Withers, ground-breaking choreographer, dancer/performer and interactive media artist. Recognizing 50 years of radical collaborations, LEGACY presents a visual exploration of the history and philosophy of Wither’s experimental dance company—Maida Withers Dance … Continue reading What’s Happening

Vessel (PILLOWS)

2012 – Commission to perform for the opening Gala of  the new Joan Hisaoka Healing Arts Gallery, 1632 U Street NW, Washington, DC, September 9, 2012.   Live electronic music was created and performed by Steve Hilmy with dancers Nate Bond, Anthony Gongora, Tzveta Kassabova, and Giselle Ruzany – Maida Withers Dance Construction Company. Vessel … Continue reading Vessel (PILLOWS)

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 to perform and teach workshops related to the art of improvisation. The DC 7th Festival … Continue reading DC 7th Int’l Improvisation Plus+ Festival