Dance Works by International Women (Venezuela/DC)

Original Performance on May 1, 1998

October 31 to November 2, 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) to join in the tour.  MWDCCo was honored to be the first American Company to perform at the famous Universidad Central de Venezuela.

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

1998 – An intimate evening of duets and solos by women choreographers and dancers from Washington, DC and Caracas, Venezuela.
MWDCCo performed:
Pitfalls – nose to cement and other falling tales (solo by Maida Withers)
Stirrings solo performed by Sarah Slifer
Nevertheless…Tenderness performed by Maida Withers and Sarah Slifer

Taller Experimental de Danza Pisorrojo performed:
En Blanco Instante
Emergency Exit
Moravia Naranjo and Ailed Izurieta:


Artists and Collaborators
Producer, DC
MWDCCo Dancers
Venezuela Dancers
Light Design, DC
Audio, DC
Box Office, DC
Front of House, DC
Producer, Caracas, Venezuela
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