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1974 – The performance at the Columbus Museum of Art was during the public celebration of the change of the name from Gallery of Fine Arts to Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, Ohio.  General access information in 2025.  https://www.columbusmuseum.org/

John Driscoll and Maida Withers Dance Construction Company performance featured music by John Driscoll based on the original score, Changing the System (1973) by Christian Wolff, famous inventive musician/composer.  The Dance Construction Company also performed What Chester Makes the World Takes. (John has a program which states the Christian Wolff work is “Score for Resonating Instruments and Voices,” but John D thinks that is an error.

(John has a program which states the Christian Wolff work is “Score for Resonating Instruments and Voices,” but John D thinks that is an error.

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The event was part of the Gala Celebration of the opening of the contemporary wing of the Columbus Museum of Art (changed name).  In addition to performing Changing the System, John Driscoll performed his work “Under the Putting Green – Version 4“.   What Chester Makes the World Takes was also performed at the Gallery.
“I used an oriental temple gong that they had been using as a wastebasket, and before we left they almost gave it to me.  Then someone realized what it was. ” John Driscoll (letter to MRW 2021 – A musical instrument for John’s work)

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Improvisation
Fragments
Maneuvers
Etc…    around, through
filling the space and time
of gallery spaces and art objects
Watertower

The afternoon will involve dance throughout the Gallery as well as performances of specific events at specified times in specified spaces.

The event was part of the Gala Celebration of the opening of the contemporary wing of the Columbus Museum of Art (changed name).  John Driscoll and Maida Withers Dance Construction Company performance featured music by John Driscoll based on his original score, Under the Putting Green – Version 4  along with What Chester Makes the World Takes.   Included in the performance was Score for Resonating Instruments and Voices  by Christian Wolf, famous inventive musician/composer.

John, do you want to comment on your work in museusms?  

MWDCCo as one of the earliest dance groups to perform consistently in museums.
That may have been due to the large number of federal and local museums in Washington, DC.  The Dance Construction Company considers our museum work one of our leading initiatives….not performing stage works in a museum but the museum as an architectural and content location for creating new and specific work.

Dancers from Ohio State University dance program (group picture below) participated in the program as guest performers.  Ohio State has one of the oldest and finest dance degree programs.

The museum performance occurred during Maida Withers’ Artist in the School two-week national residency in Columbus, Ohio. Maida was part of the original team for the newly designed National Endowment for the Humanities and the National Endowment for the Arts Artist in the School program.  This was an important national movement to get all the arts in all the schools.  Maida did two-week residencies in Connecticut, Illinois, Ohio, Tennessee, others.

University of Ohio dancers.

John Driscoll Program