1990 – Orbit (3:30 min) intriguing, sensual, duet danced by Greg Simione and Eddie Taketa, filmed during the early period framed by the HIV and AIDS crisis.  The film is an excerpt, conceptually and in form, from the evening-length stage work, Obsession, America’s Obsession With Sex (1987).  Love of men for each other is the opening segment in the dance.  Original music created and performed for Orbit by William Christie.  This  film duet is a very short version of a longer dance in the stage work, Obsession – America’s Obsession With Sex, that continues the powerful ending of sorrow for death related to the Aids crisis:
ORBIT:  http://vimeo.com/8054192/

Note:  George Washington University awarded $4500 to support the creation of the video.

Orbit Film showings:
1990 Rosebud Film Festival, Arlington, Virginia
1991 Women in Film Festival, Kennedy Center, Washington, DC
1992  IMZ Dance Screen, Frankfurt, Germany
1993  Women Make Movies, Kennedy Center, Washington, DC
2011 Artisphere as part of DANCE: FILMS program by Maida Withers (October 21, 2011)
2012 DanzLenz, Habitat Center, New Delhi, India program of Maida Withers dance films (February 2, 2012)

What the press is saying

"The dynamic between two dancers is beautifully captured by a camera that weaves around their bodies. A brief and sensuous video about movement and imagery." Washington Showcase