Excerpts from  DANCES – historical video footage: 1974 to 2006 (17:10)
Second edition – updated technology.
Included in this edition are excerpts of the Russian/American project, Thresholds Crossed (2006)

Below:
Excerpts of video from select dances from Maida Withers Dance Construction Company archives, 1974 to 2006.  See list of dances below.  Concept/Choreography by Maida Withers with a large array of MWDCCo dancers. Originally assembled for display:  Maida Withers: A Choreographer’s Life, Exhibition in the Dimock Gallery during the premiere of Thresholds Crossed in Lisner Auditorium (upstairs). https://vimeo.com/103766078

Below:  Early video, a manual compilation of excerpts by Maida Withers:
Dance Construction Company: 1974-2006  Video (31:23) November 9 to December 19, 2005
“This video is part of the Washington Project for the Arts (WPA) Catalyst anniversary exhibition that highlights 35 years of WPA’s history, November 9 to December 19, 2005. The WPA retrospective curated by J.W Mahoney demonstrates the continuing uniqueness, resilience, and catalytic power of WPA, one of the nation’s first alternative arts organization.” This video is located currently on the opening online page of http://maidadance.com MWDCCo: 1974-2006 (Regrettably, this video is not on the WPA archival document at this time, 2026). https://vimeo.com/16188943

50 Years of Trailblazing Art in DC: The Fourth Decade (2005-2014)

DANCE CONSTRUCTION COMPANY FOUNDERS:
Brook Andrews, John Bailey, JoAnn Sellars, Betty Tittsworth, Maida Wither

VIDEO EXCERPTS:  SELECT MWDCCo DANCES – 1974 TO 2006
Many dances are evening length performances.
Select dance excerpts on video in order of performance, 1974 to 2006:
Put on the Music Let’s Dance
Yesterday’s Garlands and Yesterday’s Kisses
Improvisation Event, WPA
White Mansions, WPA
White Mansions, Holy Rood Cemetery
Poetry and Dance
Iwo Jima Monument
Sunday Maneuvers
Time Dance
Catching Butterflies and Other Things That Move
Women See
Stall.
Families Are Forever
Obsession: America’s Obsession with Sex
Rolling Thunder
Passage
Laser Dance
State of the Art
Orbit
In Winds of Sand
Sands Cycles
Utah/Spirit Place/Spirit/Tukuhnikivatz
Dance of the Auroras-Fire in the Sky
Thresholds Crossed (latest video, only on latest video)

COLLABORATORS (select artists; dancers featured on individual web pages)
John Driscoll, Music
Steve Bloom, Music
Chasen Gaver, Poet
Steve Bates, Music
John Bailey, Costumes
Lloyd McNeil & Terry Plumeri, Music
John Driscoll & Phil Edelstein
Joe Clark, Music
Dennis Deloria, Photo Montage
Michael Willis and Nuvieux Ensemble
Hilda Thorpe, Visual Installation
Shaman, Music
Rockne Krebs, Laser Installation
Bob Boilen, Music
William Christie, Music
Paul Caffrey, Video
Alex Caldiero, Music
Verabel Call Cluff, Video
Brent Michael Davids, Blue Butterfly Group
Will Goins Moreau, Music
Oystein Sevag, Global House Band
Tania Fraga, Virtual Art
Steve Hilmy, Music
Audrey Chen, Music
Linda Lewett, Film