MindFluctuations by The Maida Withers Dance Construction Company

The Maida Withers Dance Construction Company and the Lisner Auditorium at George Washington University in Washington, DC presented the world premiere of MindFluctuations livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Thursday 19 March at 8 p.m. EDT (New York) / 7 p.m. CDT (Chicago) / 5 p.m. PDT (Los Angeles).

Maida Withers Dance Construction Company (MWDCCo) a not-for-profit, federally tax-exempt organization founded in 1974 and incorporated in 1976 in Washington, DC, mixes dance and performance with technology and media to create thought-provoking works in a collaborative process with artists, scientists, and others committed to a process of experimentation. Dances are created for stage, site, and film with emphasis on innovation and international exchange. The current focus of the Company is on technology and its interface with human emotional expression related to popular global culture. Interactive works driven by social and political consciousness have featured rotating loudspeakers, laser beams, wireless cameras, cyber worlds, video installations, video feedback, always with original music created and performed live. The Company tours internationally once or twice each year with frequent sponsorship by U.S. Embassies and the U.S. Department of State. Tours and residencies in over 18 countries have occurred since 1962 and  include Russia, Poland, France, Mexico, Guatemala, Korea, China, Hong Kong, Japan, Malaysia, Croatia, and others with performances at Lincoln Center GREAT DANCE in the Bandshell (NYC), Luna Theatre (Moscow), Teatro Cacilda Becker (Rio de Janeiro), Warner Theatre, Kennedy Center, Lisner Auditorium (Washington, DC). Site works have been created for Lenin Museum (Krasnoyarsk), Museum of Image and Sound (Sao Paulo), Theodore Roosevelt National Park, Holy Rood Cemetery, Corcoran Gallery of Art, and Smithsonian’s Renwick Gallery (Washington, DC), among others. Dance films are created for exhibition in local, national, and international film and video festivals. Maida and the Company Founded the DC International Improvisation Plus+ Festival in 1995 and continued bringing international artists to work with DC dance, visual, music, and theatre artists for 14 years. The board of directors is actively involved in all management and fundraising aspects. Support has been received from the Trust for Mutual Understanding, Dallas Morse Coors Foundation, American-Scandinavian Foundation, National Endowment for the Arts, DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities, Virginia Commission for the Arts, Dilthey Foundation, others.

About HowlRound TV

HowlRound TV is a global, commons-based peer produced, open access livestreaming and video archive project stewarded by the nonprofit HowlRound. HowlRound TV is a free and shared resource for live conversations and performances relevant to the world's performing arts and cultural fields. Its mission is to break geographic isolation, promote resource sharing, and to develop our knowledge commons collectively. Participate in a community of peer organizations revolutionizing the flow of information, knowledge, and access in our field by becoming a producer and co-producing with us. Learn more by going to our participate page. For any other queries, email [email protected], or call Vijay Mathew at +1 917.686.3185 Signal/WhatsApp. View the video archive of past events.