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  Architectural and environmental site events have been created annually since the 1960s, concepts by Maida Withers, with the recent adaptation of site specific video art documentation of inaccessible sites that becomes part of stage performances.

LENIN (2005)
Performance created in the historic Lenin Museum for the "Isadora" International Dance Festival; Maida Withers, Director; 15 Russian and four American dancers; Krasnoyarsk, Siberia, Russia.

Faces of the Fallen (2004)
Tribute to victims of war. Performed at the World War II Memorial, at the Lincoln Memorial, and in the Great Hall in Marvin Center, Washington, DC; Director, Maida Withers.

On Site - Solovki Island (2004)
Five site specific events created for the "Solosphere" Project on Solovki Island in the abandoned "Industrial Zone," in or near houses built by the Gulag, force labor camp, and other historic buildings associated with the 15th Century Solovetsky Monastery; collaboration with the Dance Construction Company and Russian and Finnish dance companies; sponsored by the ArtAngar Center.

Dance In - Art Museum of the Americas and the OAS Garden (2001)
Dancers and musicians from Brazil, DC, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, Vermont, and Minnesota. Event curated by Maida Withers, founder/director, Jim Levy, musician, Daniel Burkholder, Sharon Mansur and Cyrus Khambatta; sponsored by the DC 7th International Improvisation Plus+ Festival.

THIS SPACE OCCUPIED! (1998)
Corcoran Gallery of Art - throughout the premises.  Dancers and musicians from DC, NYC, England, Germany, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Tibet, and South Africa. Event curated by Maida Withers, director, and Jim Levy, musician; sponsored by the DC 4th International Improvisation Plus+ Festival.

Seeing JAZZ MOVE (1997)
Music and dance event in conjunction with the Seeing JAZZ exhibition at the Smithsonian Institution's International Gallery of Art. Dancers and musicians from DC, NYC, Netherlands, China.  Event curated by Maida Withers and Jim Levy, Musician; sponsored by DC 3rd International Dance Improvisation Plus+ Festival.

Halda (a mound made of waste) (1997) 
Outdoor performance inspired by the environment (pollution/mining) of the Silesian region in Poland. Commissioned by Slaski Teatre Tanca for the 1997 International Dance Conference and Festival in Poland.  Performances in the Plaza, Bytom; Placu Sejmu Slaskiego, Katowice; Kazimierz ul Szeroka, Krakow, Poland.

Sunday Maneuvers (1977)
Performance created for Theodore Roosevelt Island National Park, Washington, DC. Choreography, Maida Withers and company; stilt construction, Brook Andrews; musicians performing in the mote, John Bailey, director.

White Mansions (1975)
Performance constructed for Holy Rood Cemetery in Georgetown at dusk. Choreography and design, Maida Withers and DCCompany.

Bog Works (1975)
Performance in an environment of homemade loudspeakers and battery-operated lights/set. Maida Withers and DCCompany; John Driscoll, composer and set. Premiere: Washington Project for the Arts, Washington, DC.