October 31 to November 2, 1997
Tour & Residency – Caracas, Venezula
Universidad Central de Venezuela
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 the tour.

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

PROGRAM – Caracas, Venezuela
October 31, 1997
Compania T.E.D. (Taller Experimental de Danza Pisorrojo) performed:
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 performed:
Undisclosed
Choreography/Dancers: Cyrus Khambatta, Rob Kitsos, Carla Stamgenbery
Music: Clementine Tangelo

Maida Withers Dance Construction Company performed:
In Winds of Sand
Choreography/Dancer: Maida Withers
Musica:  Alex Caldiero, Bendir Drum and vocals
Video: Verabel Call Cluff

November 2, 1997
Phffft Dance Theatre Company performed:
Undisclosed
Choreography/Dancers: Cyrus Khambatta, Rob Kitsos, Carla Stamgenbery
Musica: Clementine Tangelo

Sarah Sliffer and Maida Withers –  Dance Construction Company performed:
Nevertheless…Tenderness
Choreography:  Maida Withers
Dancers: Maida Withers and Sarah Slifer

Compania T.E.D. (Taller Experimental de Danza Pisorrojo) performed:
Despues de la premeras Iluvias
Choreography:  Carmen Ortiz
Dancers:  Betsabe Correa, Nacari Gomez, Moravi Naranjo, Maria Eugenia Rivas
Musica Tradiconal de Ghana

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October 31 to November 2, 1997
Tour & Residency – Caracas, Venezula
Universidad Central de Venezuela
Taller Experimental de Danza Pisorrojo

Taller Experimental de Danza Pisorrojo  toured to Washington, DC to perform with Dance Construction Company in Dorothy Betts Marvin Theatre.

May 1 and 2, 1998
Tour & Residency – Washington, DC
George Washington University
Dance Works by International Women / Performance in Washington, DC
Dorothy Betts Marvin Theatre / Washington, DC
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

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

Taller Experimental de Danza Pisorrojo, Caracas, Venezuela – performed:
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, Washington, DC – performed:
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, Caracas, Venezuela – performed:
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, Washington, DC – performed:Nevertheless…Tenderness
(Washington, DC Premiere)
Concept:  Maida Withers
Music:  Nicola Bastian
Dancers:  Maida Withers and Sarah Slifer

Nevertheless / Tenderness
Sarah Slifer / Maida Withers

Nevertheless … Tenderness:  The dance is 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