#maidawithers

[pilgrimartfoundation]

Maida Withers Dance Construction Company LEGACY: 50 Years Dance on the Edge On View / Corcoran: September 23 to December 10, 2022 @maidawithers #legacy @corcoran_gw see schedule at http://maidadance.com/works/legacy/ “Life is best lived through dance” #maidawithers #artistlegacy #FiftyYears (at Corcoran School of the Arts and Design at the George Washington University) https://www.instagram.com/p/Ci45ohWrQm8/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[joesmovement]

FEAST YOUR EYES. #moderndance #contemporarydance ##maidawithers #rebollardance #dancers #dance #beautifulmovement #40andup (at Joe's Movement Emporium)

[dcperformanceart]

Tomorrow night at the Corcoran, PRESENT: A discussion on live performance and contemporary art

Public Event · By Washington Project for the Arts

Co-presented by Washington Project for the Arts and The Corcoran Gallery of Art and College of Art + Design

Thursday, October 11, 2012 7pm Admission is free but registration is encouraged. Register Online: https://getinvolved.corcoran.org/PRESENT Participating Artists: Kathryn Cornelius, Chajana denHarder, Sarah Levitt, Carolina Mayorga, and Maida Withers. Moderated by Sarah Newman, Curator of Contemporary Art, Corcoran Gallery of Art Five artists who executed performances as part of Take It to the Bridge discuss the development and execution of their Bridge performances, in addition to the challenges and rewards of working in live performance. Featuring artists with backgrounds in visual art, performance, and dance discussing widely varied projects, PRESENT will contribute to the groundswell of dialogue about and presentation of live performance in the DC area.

[dcperformanceart]

...According to WPA program director Blair Murphy, “Lisa Gold knows Esa from New York and Performa is such an important platform for contemporary performance….. There has been a lot of activity in DC's performance art scene in the last couple of years….. So we think that having Esa speak and meet with artists is a great way to add to that conversation. For WPA, we also saw it as an opportunity to forge connections between artists here and the larger performance art world.”

 “Take it to the Bridge” has the potential to leaving a lasting impact on the D.C. artists and art audiences well beyond the brief duration of the works. Bass applauds the Corcoran for make performance art so visible and arranging the series during Free Summer Saturdays. The new venue "bridges inside and outside...public and private... in this very cool way." It transforms the Corcoran from an “amazing institution” that is often still seen as “imposing” and “stately” into a  “more welcoming and intriguing" place. In a similar vein, Mayorga thinks the series will“ bring the museum closer to people [and] make the Corcoran a more dynamic place.”

Cornelius is “hoping it sends a message to the [Cororcan] board for the potential for the architecture and the space as key to them formulating their identity.” She underscored the series’ potential to influence the future of performance art as a medium, adding that it is “probably one of the most interesting and significant [initiatives] the Corcoran has put together.…It’s great to have an actual museum giving its mark on [the] medium itself by arranging the series and allowing public to attend the series for free.”

Withers said she is “grateful” to be participating in the series during  “such an important time for the Corcoran Gallery of Art.  The thought of D.C. losing that building, that location, and that energy is quite shocking and hurtful…..D..C has the money and the audience for a private ... [institution] the magnitude of the Corcoran.  My hope is that the [series] can be a part of the renewed support of the Corcoran and Washington, D.C. artists”...