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MAIDA WITHERS DANCE FILMS - INTERSECTION OF DANCE, FILM, NEW MEDIA, & PERFORMANCE at Artisphere Dome Theatre; Arlington, Virginia

October 21, 2011 from 8pm to 9:30pm

Eight engaging dance film shorts (5 premieres) by Maida Withers with international collaborators -new media artists & animators. Event also features live performances, excerpts from Collision Course - a.k.a. Pillow Talk and Naked Truth with Maida Withers Dance Construction Company. Film trailers are availale along with descriptions of the films and artists at http://www.maidadance.com/DANCEFILMS.html.See More

Event posted by Maida Withers Oct 14, 2011

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Maida Withers commented on Silvina Szperling's event 'LATIN AMERICAN VIDEODANCE FORUM IV'

The program looks excellent. I do wish I could be there. Your Festival two years ago was so impressive. Of course Puebla is such a divine location for a festival. Congratualtions. Maida Withers

Jun 1, 2011

Maida Withers left a comment for Adriana Carneiro

Wonder if you are in Brazil? Does the festival Recife continue? I will be in Brazil in April..thought I would try to make contact. Maida Withers

Feb 10, 2011

Maida Withers left a comment for Adriana Carneiro

Planning to go to Brazil. Wondering if you are in Brazil anymore?? now?? Maida Withers m.withers@verizon.net?

Feb 10, 2011

Maida Withers commented on marlon barrios solano's blog post 'dance-tech@ TEC ART ECO 10 Como Italy (interviews)'

Great program. I have sent you an email online because I cannot get my letter to paste here. I very much enjoyed the interview and the observations about embracing the new and transforming into something new without too much holding on…

Jan 5, 2011

Maida Withers - Nikolais Centennial Alumni Concert
December 4, 2010 from 8pm to 10pm
NY NY: Tipping Point Dance/Music/Media Performance
December 4, 2010 from 8pm to 9:30pm

Events posted by Maida Withers Nov 26, 2010

Maida Withers replied to Jaki Levy's discussion 'Looking for great Dance for Web videos' in the group Dance on Camera

If you plan to do something on the web dance, consider the following 1:38 minute item on youtube. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKlR5x0f8EA Maida Withers

Oct 11, 2010

Zagrebi! Festival, September 10-11, 2010

MAIDA WITHERS DANCE CONSTRUCTION COMPANY performs the multimedia work, Fare Well - The End of the World As We Know It OR Dancing Your Way to Paradise! with Maida Withers, dancer/choreographer; Steve Hilmy, Electronic Music Composer/Musician; Ayo Okunseinde, New Media Artist at the ZAGREBI! FESTIVAL - ZAGREB, CROATIA September 10, 2010. http://zagrebi.com/hr/program/ Fare Well brings insight and vibrant critique to the contemporary issue of end time.…See More

Blog post by Maida Withers Sep 1, 2010

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marlon barrios solano left a comment for Maida Withers

Hello Maida, I think just keep us posted with your work, create a connection of friends and use it for announcements.. comment back... upload videos... ask questions... the usual! Thank you again.. marlon

Jun 20, 2010

Maida Withers left a comment for marlon barrios solano

Would like to connect more to Dance Tech Net..been active with technology since 1960s. Check out my web page. Maybe you will have some ideas about how I can be more engaged with DAnce Tech Net. http://www.maidadance.com. Best.

Jun 19, 2010

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Maida Withers Day 1 and Day 2 Blog - Dance USA Conference "Crossing Borders"

Dance USA “Crossing Borders” Conference was held in Washington, DC at the Ritz Carlton Hotel in Arlington,Virginia (suburb of Washington, DC) June 16-19, 2010. The following comments are written by Maida Withers and submitted to Dance Tech-net blog, June 18, 2010Day One (Wednesday): The opening night.Maida Withers Dance Construction Company performed a site specific work, Collision Course, for the opening gala for the Dance USA Conference, Crossing Borders, at the House of Sweden on the…See More

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Maida Withers Day 1 and Day 2 Blog - Dance USA Conference "Crossing Borders"

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About Me (human/individual)/interests, work..short bio/ THis is the most important. It is the only way to know that you are not a SPAMBOT!Be generous!: Maida Withers is the founder and artistic director of Maida Withers Dance Construction Company and a Professor in the Department of Theatre and Dance at The George Washington University, Washington, DC. Maida, a powerful and commanding performer, has created a significant and distinctive body of original choreography for her company, over 100 dances of breadth and vision involving a process of experimentation, innovation and collaboration. Her works reveal an ongoing interest in social and political issues and in juxtaposing dance and technology. She has created works with rotating loudspeakers, laser beams, wireless cameras, and video installations - always with “live” music. Withers has initiated and directed several large-scale new media projects, collaborating with visual and performing artists, scientists, anthropologists, and others. She has received commissions and sponsorship from Washington Performing Arts Society, the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Dance Place, District Curators, Smithsonian, Corcoran Gallery of Art, and in New York from Lincoln Center for Lincoln Center Out-of-Doors, the Conference and Festival in Bytom, Poland, and many others. She has toured extensively internationally engaging in various projects in such diverse places as Guatemala, France, The Netherlands, Japan, China, Hong Kong, Korea, Brazil, Finland, Venezuela, Mexico, Poland, Germany, and others. Maida is the founder and co-curator of the D.C. International Improvisation Festival now in its 14th successful season.
Maida created her first dance film in 1967, an educational program shot in 16mm. She began working with a Sony video camera and Ampex one-inch recorder in 1969. Since that time, she has created many multimedia stage works featuring projected images/films and real-time interactive projects with cyber worlds. Dance video works involving Maida Withers and The Dance Construction Company have been shown at the IMZ in Austria; at the American Film Institute at the Kennedy Center, Women in Film, the DC Independent Film Festival, and the DC Environment Film Festival, and others. Many of her video works have been shown on Arlington Cable, arts programming by Linda Lewett. Maida interviewed dance artists and manager for Dance, Dance, Dance, a ten-part series on dance for NBC-TV that was broadcast in five major U.S. cities, Washington, DC, Los Angeles, Chicago, New York City, and St. Louis. Maida recently completed a documentary film (28:30 min) for cable television, Dance of the Auroras – Fire in the Sky.
Maida has received various honors and awards. In 2006, Withers received the Washington, DC Mayor’s Arts Award - Excellence in an Artistic Discipline. In September 2006, the world premiere of Thresholds Crossed received the 2006 Washington, DC Metro Dance Award - Outstanding Overall Production in a Large Venue. In 2001 Maida received the prestigious Pola Nirenska Life-Time Artistic Achievement Award presented by The Washington Performing Arts Society and as part of the 2001 DC Metro Dance Awards. Maida was selected as the 1999 distinguished professor, Columbian Professorship Award, by The George Washington University. Her other awards have included the National Endowment for the Arts Choreographers Fellowship; NEA Inter Arts; NEA Visual Arts in Performing Arts; DC and Virginia Commissions for the Arts; Dilthey Fellowship for Creative Collaboration; Washington Area Studies Grant for Cultural Preservation and Archiving; Fulbright Travel Award to Taiwan; Kansai University Exchange to Japan; Washingtonian Magazine Award to Outstanding Women; and others. Many of Withers international workshops and performances are supported by the United States Information Services (US Embassy). Maida directed the MFA program in choreography and performance at The George Washington University for over twenty years. Currently teaches Choreography, Dance Improvisation, Trends in Performance Art, and Advanced Modern Dance Technique.

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Maida Withers Day 1 and Day 2 Blog - Dance USA Conference "Crossing Borders"

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Day One (Wednesday): The opening night.

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At 11:27am on June 20, 2010, marlon barrios solano said…: Hello Maida,
I think just keep us posted with your work, create a connection of friends and use it for announcements.. comment back...
upload videos... ask questions... the usual!
Thank you again..
marlon