October 31 to November 2, 1997
Tour / Residency:
Universidad Central de Venezuela, Caracas, Venezuela
Sponsored by Taller Experimental de Danza Pisorrojo

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 in the tour.

MWDCCo performed:
In Winds of Sands, solo by Maida Withers (video, above)
Nevertheless…Tenderness, duet with Maida Withers and Sarah Slifer

May 1, 1998
Dance Works by International Women
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

Caracas, Venezuela – Taller Experimental de Danza Pisorrojo performed:
En Blanco Instante
Emergency Exit
Venezuela dancers:  Moravia Naranjo and Ailed Izurieta

Washington, DC – Maida Withers Dance Construction Company performed:
Pitfalls – nose to cement and other falling tales told on the way down
Performed by Maida Withers
&
Stirrings
Performed by Sarah Slifer (originally a duet for 2 women)
Nevertheless…Tenderness
Performed by Maida Withers and Sarah Slifer
  Nevertheless / Tenderness
Sarah Slifer / Maida Withers