Still Rush – a migration story
An impassioned group work with a strong sense of urgency.
“Pioneer ancestors,  men, women, and children departed from Illinois, Missouri and other locations, travelling by handcart, wagon, and on foot during all seasons of the year.  Many died, some were killed.  Ultimately they settled in the Great Salt Lake Basin.  That area became a territory of the United States in 1848 and Utah became a state in 1896.” Maida Withers

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(1991) January 12 and 13:  Still Rush – New York City dancers premiere, Dance Construction Company Concert, Dance Place, Washington. DC,
See – end of document:  Still Rush rehearsal, New York City

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(1992)  February 7 and 8:  Still Rush, Dance Construction Company – Dance for the Earth  Concert, Arlington Community Center Theater, Arlington, Virginia.
Dance for the Earth evening length concert includes Still Rush: https://vimeo.com/100908352

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National Theater / Brasilia, Brazil
GALA OPENING – Projeto OMAME
Dance for the Earth – Dance Construction Company includes Still Rush

(1992) May 12:  Still Rush 
American and Brazilian dancers perform Still Rush, a migration story, as part of the Dance Construction Company evening-length concert for Projeto OMAME Opening Gala, National Theater, Brasilia, Brazil.

Projeto OMAME –  historic gathering of international artists, performers, others invited by Brazilians to convene in Brasilia and Rio de Janeiro to participate in the landmark United Nations Earth Summit (Eco ’92). In Brasilia, Dance Construction Company conducted workshops for school children to participate in public activities related to the environment.

Maida Withers and the Dance Construction Company  were participants in Rio de Janeiro with Projeto OMAME through association with International Center for Celebration (Celebration da Terre) Marilyn Wood, USA.  For Eco ’92, artists from around the world joined together to raise environmental consciousness through arts education, performance, and cross-cultural environmental activism while celebrating the EARTH.

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Maida Withers creates Still Rush with New York City dancers:
Maida Withers was invited to create a new work for Mino Nicholas Dance Company, New York City, NY. Maida commuted to NYC to audition and rehearse to create Still Rush. The performance was scheduled to premiere in the theater associated with the Maison de Francois, NYC, NY. Sadly, without our involvement, the concert was cancelled without opening in New York City due to problems with the New York Company sponsor. The premiere, subsequently, took place at Dance Place, Washington, DC on a concert of works with Maida Withers and the Dance Construction Company.

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Celebration da Terra documentary film featuring Marilyn Wood, narration of select arts events, including Dance Construction Company,  Rio de Janeiro, during Eco ’92, international summit on the global environment.