(1966)  Two-part work:  Essay I and Essay II, choreography by Maida Withers with select GW dancers, explores the balance and conflict between the impulses “of the mind” and the contrasting interests “of the heart.”  Essay reveals Withers interest in the emerging Post-Modern conversation about dance as pure movement invention and dance as an expressive medium. Withers had studied with both the early expressive artists (Wigman and Graham, example) and those exploring focus on movement invention (Hawkins and Halprin, examples).  Withers was always independent with her background in tap dance and daring of dance improvisation.

Essay I: Of the Mind

Essay Il: Of the Heart

Essay II: Of the Mind