2013 – An eighteen-minute segment of Yesterday’s Garlands and Yesterday’s Kisses reconstructed on George Washington University dancers and performed on DanceWorks November 14, 15, 16, 2013 in Dorothy Betts Marvin Theatre, Washington, DC.

Originally choreographed by Maida Withers with founders of the Dance Construction Company.  Original music by John Driscoll performed for the first time in 1974, Dorothy Betts Marvin Theatre, Washington, DC.  Much of the original work was improvised around specific melodramatic gestures presented in a dadaistic manner. John Driscoll, music director for the Company from 1974 to 1981, is performing again for the first time in Dorothy Betts Marvin Theatre in 30 years when GW students performed this excerpt as part of the 2014-15 MWDCCo 40th anniversary season.

See original, 1974  Yesterday’s Garlands and Yesterday’s Kisses on maidadance for more information.

Yesterday’s Garlands and Yesterday’s Kisses (2013)
Choreographer/Director: Maida Rust Withers
Composer/Musician:  John Driscoll (original score by Driscoll)
Assistant Stage Manager: Angela Mariana Schöpke
Costume Designer: Reema Al-BawardMusic: John Driscoll; Maxwell Deem, vocals
Dancers:
Ian Ceccarelli (original solo by John Bailey)
Nicole Colameta (original solo by Maida Withers)
Cat McCormack (original solo by Liz Lerman)
Rebecca Melvin (original solo by JoAnne Sellars)
Ben Sanders (original solo by Brooke Andrews)

Choreographed by Maida Withers Dance Construction Company founding members with music by John Driscoll and performed for the first time in 1975 in Dorothy Betts Marvin Theatre. Much of the original work was improvised around specific melodramatic/choreographed gestures presented in a dadaistic manner.

John Driscoll, music director for the Company from 1974 to 1981, is performing again in the Dorothy Betts Marvin Theater for the first time in 30 years.  GW dancers will perform Yesterday’s Garlands and Yesterday’s Kisses (excerpt) in 2014 as part of MWDCCo 40th anniversary season, as well.

What the press is saying

"This piece was a marvelous start to the show, as it shook up the audience and lightened the mood in the theatre." (2013) Rick Westerkamp