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Media and Technology

Maida Withers and The Dance Construction Company have worked extensively with technologyLaser Dance and art for over 40 years.  Maida and the company are leaders in experimentation with performance and laser beams, "real-time" interaction with cyber worlds, video and animation, interactive sounds environments, others. Maida has been an interview guest for programs in Russia, Korea, Brazil, and other international programs.

Dance Technology and Media in Performance

Aurora/2001: Dance of the Auroras-Fire in the Sky (2001)  Aurora/2001: Part I - Virtual Sun
Part I: The Sun / Virtual Sun; Part II: Solar Wind towards Magnetosphere: Part III: Magnetic Storm Seen from Above; Part IV: View from the Earth .
Real time interactive poetic journey through space where dancers manipulate and alter cyber world environments by using the wireless mouse. Maida Withers, concept/choreographer/director; DCCompany (dancers - USA, Russia, Poland); Øystein Sevåg Global House Band, composer/musicians (Norway); Tania Fraga, cyber world artist (Brazil); David Liban, filmmaker. Installation includes motion pictures from NASA, European Space Agency, Lockheed Martin, Trond Trondson, Auroral Imager, Robert Eather and SolarMAX IMAX, photographs of  aurora artists including Jan Curtis and Dick Hutchinson. Premiere: The Northern Lights Festival, Tromsö, Norway.  Linda Lewett, video artist (see video above).

Utah * Spirit Place * Spirit Planet * Tukuhnikivatz (1996) 
Evening-length multimedia installation and performance based on ancient and contemporary earth consciousness and Native American mythology commissioned by Lincoln Center. Maida Withers, concept/choreography/video; Brent Michael Davids, Native American/Mohican composer and music ensemble; Bruce Hucko, earth photography; Adam Peiperl, kaleidoscope photography; Verabel Cluff, Stefanie Altomare-Sese, video; Jennifer Kinloch, visual installation; Thomas Fiocci, set; Turker Ozdogan, masks; Kellie Owens, costume design; Spencer Brown, light design. Premiere:  Lincoln Center Out-of-Doors GREAT DANCE in the BANDSHELL Series, Damrosch Park, NYC.

Utah * Spirit Place * Spirit Planet * Tukuhnikivatz from Maida Withers on Vimeo.

2:00 min Excerpt: Utah * Spirit Place * Spirit Planet * Tukhnikivatz from Maida Withers on Vimeo.

30:00 min Excerpts: Utah * Spirit Place * Spirit Planet * Tukuhnikivatz from Maida Withers on Vimeo.

  • Stirrings (1994) 
    Multimedia solo created by Maida Withers for Kim Je Young (Korea); Adam Peiperl, installation - polarized light sculpture video;  Kang Tae Hwan (Korea), saxophone; Premiere: Munye Theatre, Seoul, Korea. 

    In Winds of Sand (1993) 
    Solo dance performance, video, and slide installation based on the Hero's Journey by Joseph Campbell. Maida Withers, concept and performance; Verabel Cluff, video, SandsS CycleS, and earth slides; A.F. Caldeiro, music for drum and voice.  Premiere: Marvin Theatre, Washington, DC. 

    Laser Dance: Departure, Quest, Domain, Rites, Skylight, Departure(1985) Evening-length performance inside installation of argon laser beams on stage and in the theatre with sound installation - microphones responsive to heat of laser beams. Maida Withers, concept/choreography; Rockne Krebs, laser sculptor; Bob Boilen, Synclavier II composer. Premiere:  Lisner Auditorium, Washington, DC. 

    Laser Dance from Maida Withers on Vimeo.

    Stall. (1981) 
    Evening-length performance, a dialogue with the rotating loudspeaker installation. Maida Withers, choreography; John Driscoll & Phil Edelstein, music and loudspeaker animation. Premiere:  Akadamie de Kunst Festival, West Berlin, Germany. 

    Phase Tracing I (1978) and Phase Tracing II (1979) 
    Performance where dancers create audio with movements of the body dropping the projected ultra sound an octave into a level of audability.  Maida Withers, choreography; Ron Kuivila, ultra sound music and sculpture.  Premiere: Dance Project and Marvin Theatre Washington, DC. 

    Time Dance (1976) 
    Group performance based on structure of pulse and accumulation. Maida Withers and DCCompany, choreography; John Driscoll, music for miniature objects; John Bailey, costumes,  Premiere: Hand Chapel, Washington, DC. 

    Bog Works (1975) 
    Site-specific performance in an environment of homemade loudspeakers. Maida Withers and DCCompany, choreography; John Driscoll, construction and performance with loudspeakers and battery-operated light/set. Premiere:  Washington Project for the Arts, Washington, DC.