INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGE/CARACUS, VENEZUELA & WASHINGTON,DC

In 1997, Maida Withers Dance Construction Company toured to Venezuela to perform with Taller Experimental de Danza Pisorrojo. The Dance Construction Company invited Phffft Dance Company (Cyrus Khambatta, Washington, DC) to join the tour.

In 1998, Venezuela Compania T.E.D. toured to Washington, DC.

Note: MWDCCo was the first American dance company to perform at the historic Universidad Central de Venezuela, known as the bastion of freedom during the Venezuelan revolution. During the revolutionary period, police were not allowed to enter the university grounds. We were honored to perform at this location and conduct workshops in 1997.

CARACUS, VENEZUELA
(1997) October 31 to November 2
Universidad Central de Venezuela (UCV)
Taller Experimental de Danza Pisorrojo
Maida Withers and the Dance Construction Company

*Refer to the program copy, in Spanish, for further information

PROGRAM – Caracas, Venezuela
October 31, 1997
Compania T.E.D. (Taller Experimental de Danza Pisorrojo)
Dance:  La Silla 14
Choreography:  Morvia Noranjo
Dancers: Eliana Aguilera, Betsabe Correa, Penelope Herrera, Ailed Izurieta, Carlos Dixon Mena, Camen Cortez,  Maria Eugenia Rivas, Daniel Wakstein

November 1, 1997
Phffft Dance Theatre Company (Washington, DC)
Dance:  Undisclosed
Music: Clementine Tangelo
Choreography & Dancers: Cyrus Khambatta, Rob Kitsos, Carla Stamgenbery

Maida Withers Dance Construction Company
Dance:  In Winds of Sand  (Video of performance, above)
Music:  Alex Caldiero, Bendir Drum and Vocals
Projected Video: Verabel Call Cluff
Choreography/Dancer: Maida Withers

November 2, 1997
Phffft Dance Theatre Company (Washington. DC)
Dance:  Undisclosed
Music: Clementine Tangelo
Choreography/Dancers: Cyrus Khambatta, Rob Kitsos, Carla Stamgenbery

Maida Withers and the Dance Construction Company
Dance:  Nevertheless…Tenderness
Choreography:  Maida Withers
Music: Cello – Ana Ruth Bermudez
Dancers: Maida Withers and Sarah Slifer

Compania T.E.D. (Taller Experimental de Danza Pisorrojo)
Dance: Despues de la premeras Iluvias
Choreography:  Carmen Ortiz
Music: Tradiconal de Ghana
Dancers:  Betsabe Correa, Nacari Gomez, Moravi Naranjo, Maria Eugenia Rivas
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WASHINGTON, DC (USA)
(1998) May 1 and 2
George Washington University – Dorothy Betts Marvin Theatre
Taller Experimental de Danza Pisorrojo (Caracus, Venezuela)
Maida Withers and the Dance Construction Company

An intimate evening of duets and solos by women choreographers and dancers from Taller Experimental de Danza Pisorrojo, Caracas, Venezuela, and Maida Withers Dance Construction Company, Washington, DC.

PROGRAM
“Intimate evening of duets and solos!”

Maida Withers Dance Construction Company
Dance:  Pitfalls – nose to cement and other falling tales told on the way down| (Solo, stories told by dancers and others on the way down)
Sound Composition: Gilbert Nash
USA dancer: Maida Withers

Taller Experimental de Danza Pisorrojo
Dance:  En Blanco Instante (Duet Adaptation)
Choreography and costume design:  Moravia Naranjo
Music: Passenger / Orlando Sound Track
Realization of Costume:  Marbelia Zolorzano
Dancers: Ailed Izurieta and Moravia Naranjo

Maida Withers Dance Construction Company
Dance:  Stirrings   (Washington DC premiere)
Choreography: Maida Withers
Music: Rob Orwin, wind synthesizer
Sculpture Projections:  Adam Peiperl
Costume:  William Pucilowsky and Peter Zakatansky
USA dancer: Sarah Slifer

Taller Experimental de Danza Pisorrojo
Dance:  Emergency Exit (Washington DC Premiere)
Choreography:  Moravia Naranjo
Music Composition:  Oswaldo Rodriguez
Light Design:  Moravia Naranjo
Venezuela dancers:  Moravia Naranjo and Ailed Izurieta

Maida Withers Dance Construction Company
Dance: Nevertheless…Tenderness (Washington, DC Premiere)
Concept/choreography:  Maida Withers
Music:  Ana Ruth Bermudez
Dancers:  Maida Withers and Sarah Slifer

Nevertheless … Tenderness:  post modern in style, but with depth of feeling as the dance is simply about a mature woman and a young woman dancing together today with all the nuances of meaning therein.  As in many of Withers works, there is a sensuality and beauty laced with many layers including her wit and humor and interest in sudden unexplainable change.  Maida Withers

Dance Construction Company photos:

            Nevertheless / Tenderness 
Sarah Slifer / Maida Withers                                  Stirrings                                             

Maida Withers – In Winds of Sand
Composite photo – Coral Sand Dunes, Kanab, Utah