Alissandru (Alex) Caldiero

Maida Withers

2008 Alissandru (Alex) Caldiero and Maida Withers performed together at the Utah Arts Festival.   Alex performed live on the stage with Maida on the  Salt Lake City Library  Theatre Stage  spontaneously reciting and creating text and projecting the writing onto the background of the performance space.  Maida and Alex were interacting “live” with known material.  The performance was passionate and intense due to the small theater space and proximity to the audience.

Maida adapted Fare Well – To The End of the World As We Know It OR Dancing Your Way to Paradise! while keeping interaction between herself and Alex  as he improvised on his writings.

Alex and Maida have collaborated for many years on several projects.  Maida has deep respect for Alex as a philosophy professor but even more for his love of words and his ability to twist and destroy expectations with his poetic manipulations.
“Performing with Alex has an unexpected ecstasy,” Maida Withres

Maida has included her comments about Fare Well here since there is no video record available from the show – Fare Well and Hell-O.