Maida has created award winning video art and collaborated on documentary works for festival and television airing that also features her talking about the arts.
Under the Radar (2003) 8:05-min
Modern dance in Russia (concept, Maida Withers; shot and edited, Linda Lewett). Festivals in St. Petersburg, Arkhangelsk and Solovki Island, Russia plus visiting Russian dance presented at DTW in NYC.
Thresholds Crossed (2006) 75-min Original art video and animation - film footage from Russia and
American; propaganda poster art, historic monuments to war, political
portaits, and contemporary Russia and America life projected as a full
stage backdrop during the performance of Thresholds Crossed.
Maida Withers, concept and camera (select); Linda Lewett, editor/animator.
DVD
Thresholds Crossed(2006)75-min (Click on documentary video and photographs of Thresholds Crossed on left column of web page) Dance documentary of the world premiere performance in Lisner
Auditorum, Washington, DC. Maida Withers concept/producer/choreographer;
DCCompany and international dancers from Russia and Ukraine; Ludovic,
camera. DVD
Thresholds Crossed - GULAG / Art Angar (2004) 4-min Art video shot on location in an historic building built
in the 1920s by Solovki Island GULAG, forced labor camp, Solovki, White
Sea, Russia used as the Center for Contermporary Art for artistic residencies on the island. Choreography from Part II of Thresholds Crossed stage work. Maida Withers concept/choreographer;Maida Withers and Anthony Gongora,
dancers; Linda Lewett, camera; Megan Whittemore, editor; Dance Construction Company, producer.
Dance of Auroras - Fire in the Sky (2001) 4:50
min (Click on Aurora 2001 on left column of web page for full length documentary video)
Promotional video based on footage shot in rehearsals and performance
of Aurora/2001 at Lisner Auditorium, Washington, DC. Linda Lewett; camera;
Maida Withers Dance Construction Company, producer.
Aurora/2001Dance of Auroras - Fire in the Sky (2001) 75 min (Click on Aurora 2001 on left column of web page for full length documentary video and photographs) Dance documentary / promotional video based on Aurora/2001: Dance
of the Auroras-Fire in the Sky performance in Lisner Auditorium,
Washington, DC; Maida Withers, concept and choreography; DCCompany, dancers;
Linda Lewett, camera; Maida Withers, editor; GWTV producer.
Tukuhnikivatz (1996) 61 min
Original film for stage performance of Utah * Spirit Place * Spirit
Planet *Tukuhnikivatz, Lincoln Center, NYC, NY; Maida Withers, concept
and choreography; DCCompany; Stefani Altomare-Sese, editor; GWTV, producer.
Tukuhnikivatz (TUK I) (1996) 2:00-min FILM TRAILER
Dance documentary / promotional video based on Utah * Spirit Place * Spirit
Planet *Tukuhnikivatz, Lincoln Center, NYC, NY; Maida Withers, concept
and choreography; DCCompany; Stefani Altomare-Sese, editor; GWTV, producer.
SandS CycleS(1992) 30-min.
Dance-art video shot at White Sands, New Mexico and Coral Dunes, Utah
edited to the hero's journey described by Joseph Campbell: innocent, martyr,
orphan, caretaker, warrior, destroyer, magician, and the ruler; concept
and solo performance by Maida Withers; Verabel Cluff, camera, editor,
and producer. Rio de Janeiro and Brasilia, Brazil (1992); Women Make Movies
VIII (1993), Washington, D.C.; IMZ Dance Screen, Lyon, France (1994);
installation for performance, In Winds of Sands.
Orbit(1990) 3:30-min
Dance-art video, male duet, conceived and directed by Maida Withers; Paul
Caffrey, editor; Eddie Taketa and Greg Simeon, dancers; GWTV, producer.
Excerpt from Obsession – America’s Obsession with Sex.
Premiere: IMZ Dance Screen in Frankfurt Germany (1992); Selected for showing,
D.C. 1990 International Film Festival and l991 Women In Film Festival,
Kennedy Center, Washington, DC.
Ledge(1989) 30-min
Dance documentary video; Maida Withers, choreography; John Lancaster and
Maida Withers, dancers; Linda Lewett, videographer; Cable TV, Metro-Arts
Program, Arlington, Virginia, producer.
Perfect Moment at WPA (1989) 10-min
Taped in 1989 at the height of the NEA censorship controversy, footage appeared on Oprah! and on newscasts across the country. The exhibition of photographs by Robert Mapplethorpe was mounted at the Washington Project for the Arts after the Corcoran Gallery of Art was pressured to cancel. Interviews feature curator Philip Brookman and James Fitzpatrick, Esq. Linda Lewett, producer and editor, Matt Dibble camera, and Maida Withers interviews subjects.
One Minute Wander (2001) 00:49-min
Maida Withers performs out of door; Shot and edited by Linda Lewett.
Dance DC (2006) 3:00- min
1700 K Street, Washington, DC street dance and demonstration/strike. Participants in 12th DC Improvisation Festival. Camera and edit, Maida Withers.
Light Suite: Rings, Dunes, Wall Floating (1987) 18:30-min
Experimental video combining polarized light sculptures and dance; Maida
Withers, choreographer; DCCompany, dancers; Adam Peiperl, sculptor; Paul
Caffrey, editor; GWTV, producer.
Obsession(1987) 30-minute
Dance documentary video of Obsession - America's Obsession with Sex; Includes
interview with Maida Withers; Choreographer, Maida Withers; DCCompany,
dancers; Linda Lewett, camera; Judy Lowe and Maida Withers, editors. Cable,
Metro-Arts Program, Arlington, Virginia, producer.
State of the Art (l986) 15-min
Award winning dance documentary video; Maida Withers, choreographer; DCCompany,
dancers; Linda Lewett, editor; Metro Arts Program; Arlington, Virginia,
producer.
Laser Dance (1985) 23:30-min
Dance documentary video from 16mm film of premiere in Lisner Auditorium,
Washington, DC; Maida Withers concept and choreography; DCCompany, dancers;
Bob Boilen, interactive sound installation; Rockne Krebs, argon laser
installation; Linda Lewett, camera and editor; Dance Construction Company,
producer.
Maida Withers (1984) 7:30-min
Artist profile - Maida; ABC-TV special for Saturday Magazine,
Washington, DC.
MISCELLANEOUS VIDEOS - MAIDA WITHERS
Under the Radar (2007)
Taped during tour of modern dance festivals with Maida Withers Dance Construction Company in St. Petersburg, Arkhangelsk and Solovki, Russia. Plus visiting Russian dance company presented in New York.
Dance, Dance, Dance (1978) 30-min each
Ten-part dance series for NBC-TV, Washington, DC; Narrator and concept,
Maida Withers. National distribution: Chicago, Los Angeles, New
York City, St. Louis, and Washington, D.C.
From Movement to Dance: People, Creatures, Things(1967)
15-min
16mm black and white film; Dancer, Maida Withers; Producer: Mid-Atlantic
Educational Institute.
