(2013) November 14, 15, 16  An eighteen-minute segment of Yesterday’s Garlands and Yesterday’s Kisses reconstructed on George Washington University dancers and performed on GW’s DanceWorks concert, 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. See original, 1974  Yesterday’s Garlands and Yesterday’s Kisses on maidadance for more information.

GW’s 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-Baward
Music: 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)

GW students performed a version of Yesterday’s Garlands and Yesterday’s Kisses for the Dance Construction Company 40th Anniversary celebration at Blind Whino MASQUERAD BALL, Washington, DC.

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