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International Touring and Performances (select events)
The Company initiates collaborations internationally and has toured
and created works in Russia, Japan, Korea, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Brazil,
Mexico, Guatemala, Venezuela, France, Norway, and other locations:
- Norilsk, Russia, International Russian Congress, Nov 2-6, 2006. Present
excerpts of Thresholds Crossed with Russian dancers and Maida
Withers
- Washington, DC, Thresholds Crossed, world premiere at Lisner
Auditorium, April 21, 2006
- Moscow, Russia, TSEH International Summer School, July 4-Aug 8, 2005.
Create and perform Part I of Thresholds Crossed in ZIL with
Russian and American dancers. Perform improvisation at Klub
- Krasnoyarsk, Siberia, Russia, "Isadora" International Festival
of Dance, April 10-17, 2005. Create and perform "LENIN" for
the Lenin Museum. Perform Shocked and Odd in the Ballet and
Opera House
- Solovki, Russia, Arkhangelsk Region, White Sea. ArtAngar Festival,
July 15-25, 2004. Create site-specific work, teach and perform. Soloviki
is known for its ancient monestary, neolithic sites, and as a gulag
- Washington, DC - DC 10th International Improvisation Plus+ Festival,
Shocked and Odd, Dec 4,2004, Betts Theatre; DC 9th International
Improvisation Plus+ Festival, December 5 & 6, 2003. Betts Theatre.
8 pm.(http://www.improvfestival.com)
- Washington, DC - "Solo / TC," Nov 2003, Betts Marvin Theatre,
Washington, DC.
- Arkhangelsk, Russia, TOUCH3 International Festival, July 12-16, 2004;
Create and perform site specific event with international dancers for
Cafe Merci area
- St. Petersburg, Russia - 5th OPEN LOOK Festival, Dance of the
Auroras – Fire in the Sky; residency, July 1-10; performance,
July 9, 2003; Arkhangelsk, Russia - TOUCH2, Dance of the Auroras;
residency, July 11 - 14; performance, July 14, 2003. Visit
http://www.kannondance.narod.ru
and aurora_2001/index.html
or click Aurora/2001 index on the left. (see below)
Dance of the Auroras - Fire in the Sky, an
evening-length multimedia performance, was the centerpiece for the
5th OPEN LOOK Festival, during the 300th anniversary of the founding
of St. Petersburg, and for the TOUCH2 Project in Arkhangelsk, Russia
in summer 2003. Dance of the Auroras is a moving performance
of inventive and captivating choreography by Maida Withers, music
ranging from didgeridoo to haunting vocals andviolin composed for
Dance of the Auroras by Øystein Sevåg and performed
"live" by his Global House Band, (Norway), and brilliantly colored
virtual animations by Tania Fraga, interactive cyber worldartist (Brazil).
Dance of the Auroras features astellar international cast of
artists including dancers Sasha Kukin, artistic director for the first
modern dance company in post-Soviet Russia, Iwona Olszowska, choreographer
and soloist, Krakow, Poland, Joseph Mills, Adrienne Clancy, and Lyndsey
Karr, USA and musician s,
Ole Marius Melhuus, bass guitar, Zotora Nygård, didgeridoo,
Elin Ødegard, vocals/keyboards, Maria Sevåg, violin/viola,
and Øystein Sevåg, composer, piano, keyboard. In
addition to the performances, dancers, musicians, and the cyber artist
will offer specialty workshops in dance technique, partnering, dance
for the camera, improvisation, dance and technology, and other public
forums to examine the relationship of art and science. Dance
of the Auroras - Fire in the Sky performances in Russia will include
ten Russian dancers performing Part II: Solar Wind. Withers
will conduct a residency and auditions in Russia, March 9 - 23, to
cast and rehearse dancers for their participation in the performance
in July in St. Petersburg and Arkhangelsk.
- São Paulo, Brazil - A River Runs Deep, residency and
work-in-progress performance for Hekuras; Anhembi Morumbi University,
July 2002
- Washington, DC - Marvin Betts Theatre, Investigation of Late
- Premiere: May 3 and 4, 2002
- Brasilia Brazil - 2nd International Conference on Art and Technology
- Aurora/2001 – Part I: Virtual Sun, May 8 and May 15,
2001
- Tromso, Norway - Aurora/2001: Dance of the Auroras - Fire in the
Sky,The Northern Lights Festival Performance, January 27, 2001
- Washington, DC - Lisner Auditorium, USA Premiere - Aurora/2001:
Dance of the Auroras - Fire in the Sky, Performance, February 15/16/2001
- Washington, DC - Smithsonian Air and Space Museum, Einstein Planetarium,
Aurora/2001 Installation and Performance, a collaboration with NASA
and European Space Agency, adaptation of Aurora/2001, February
3, 2001
- St. Petersburg, Russia - Tansia Theatre, Aurora/2001, Part III, May
20, 2001
- Seoul and Taejon City, Korea (Hoam Theatre and Taejon Cultural Center)
- Korean Arts Council International Modern Dance Festival, November
15 & 16, 1999
- Beijing China - City Contemporary Dance Company, November 10/11,
1999, Workshops
- Ouro Preto, Brazil - 31st Festival de Inverno UFMG - Teatre Nacional,
July 17, 1999 Dance Workshops: July 12-16, 1999. Sponsored, in part,
by United States Information Service
- Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - Casa de Cultura Universidad Estacio de Sa,
July 20, 1999 Workshops: Renato Vieira Danca e Cena, Rio de Janeiro,
Brazil, July 21-24, 1999
- Brasilia, Brazil - Dance Brazil ’99, National Theatre, July
29, 1999. Sponsored, in part, by United States Information Service
- Washington, DC -DC 5th International Improvisation Plus+ Festival
(music and dance) Marvin Theatre - Performances and workshops by artists
from Russia, the Netherlands, Germany, Korea, DC, and NYC, December
3-5, 1999
- Finland and Norway - American-Scandinavian Research - Aurora/2001
May 20-June 14, 1999
- Helsinki, Finland - Side Step Festival / International Dance Improvisation
Festival Zodiak Center for Dance, January 23-25, 1998
- Washington, DC - Washington / Venezuela, Dance Works by International
Women - Dance Construction Company, DC and Taller Experimental de Danza
Pisorrojo, Caracas, Venezuela, Marvin Theatre, May 1 and 2, 1998
- Washington, DC - DC 4th International Improvisation Plus+ Festival
(music and dance) THIS SPACE OCCUPIED! Corcoran Gallery of Art and Marvin
Theatre, December 3-5, 1998 with artists from DC, NYC, England, Germany,
Poland, Portugal, Spain, Tibet, and South Africa
- Washington, DC - DC International Environment Film Festival Gala
- Utah * Tukuhnikivatz, visual Installation, April 30, 1997
- Moscow and Volgograd, Russia - Workshops: Kinetics Theatre, May 29,
1997; Chamber Ballet Ensemble, Moscow, Russia, May 30, 1997; Presentation:
Volgograd International Dance Festival, June 4-8, 1997
- Helsinki, Finland - Theatre Academy - Workshop, Department of Dance,
June 18, 1997
- Bytom, Poland - Silesian Dance Theatre - IV International Dance Festival
and Conference Commission, Halda, an environmental site work created
with Polish dancers, musician, and installation sculptors. Halda performed
in Katowice, Krakow, and Bytom, Poland; Workshops: dance improvisation,
June 27-July 7, 1997
- Paris, France - Theatre Dunois - Performances, July 9 / 10, 1997
- Caracas, Venezuela - Aula Magna Theatre, Performances: Universidad
Central de Venezuela, November 1 and 2, 1997; Workshops: Taller Experimental
de Danza Pisorrojo Company, October 25-31, 1997
- Washington, DC - DC 3rd International Improvisation Plus+ Festival
(music and dance) -Seeing JAZZ MOVE, Smithsonian International Gallery
of Art and Marvin Theatre with artists from The Netherlands, Germany,
El Salvador, DC, NYC, December 3-5, 1997
- Amsterdam, The Netherlands - Bodies of Influence - School for New
Dance Development anniversary celebration, performance and creating
site-specific work, 1996
- Amsterdam, The Netherlands - Theatreschool Festival, Workshops: summer
1996
- New York City - Lincoln Center Out of Doors, GREAT DANCE in
the BANDSHELL Commission: Utah * Spirit Place * Spirit Planet * Tukuhnikivatz,
August 1996
- Tokyo, Japan - Beam Theater - Stone Ring, Performance/Collaboration
with Marilia, 1995
- Yokohama, Japan - S.T. Spot, Performance/Collaboration, Gozo Yoshimasu,
poet, 1995
- Kyoto, Japan - Mariko Dance Theater - Workshops, 1995
- Ansong, Korea - Jooksan Festival, Performance, 1995
- Taejon, Korea - Taejon Dance Festival, Performance, 1995
- Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - National Institute for the Arts, Workshops,
1995
- Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - Kuala Lumpur Ballet Company, Performance,
Create dance for dance company 1994 and workshops, 1995
- Hong Kong – Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts, Performance/Workshops,
1994
- Seoul, Korea - 13th International Korean Dance Festival, Performance,
1994
- Guangzhou, China - Guangdong Dance Company, Performance/Workshops,
1994
- Seoul, Korea - Munye Theatre - Performance, 1993
- Osaka, Japan - Kansai University, international faculty exchange
project, June 1993
- Mexico City, Mexico - International Festival of Dance, 1998
- Mexico City, Mexico (3 cities), Guatemala City, Guatemala and Costa
Rica – Performing and teaching company tour sponsored, in part,
by United States Information Service, 1987
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