âAnd Still We Danceâ was the 2020 special online edition of Afro Dance Xplosion, produced by dance impresario Carolyn Lilly and her organization Feel the Rhythm Productions.
THE COVID-19 pandemic did not deter Lilly from setting the stage for her organizationâs mission of promoting
ââ¦dance within the African diaspora with workshops, showcases, interviews and education throughout the United Kingdom and beyond.â The weekend-long event was presented 23-25 October with virtual classes and streaming performances. Some of the works shown were a retrospective of the past five years of Afro Dance Xplosion concerts, that were presented before a live pre-Covid audience. I had the pleasure of attending both the live 2019 and the virtual 2020 performances and thus, appreciate the energies that were able to still translate through a virtual medium. The performance programme included live interviews with an impressive lineup of artists from a range of movement disc