Edmund “Jack” John Podeszwa Jr., 84, of Charleston, WV., formerly of Athens, GA., departed this life Sunday, August 20, 2023 at Harmony at Southridge. He was born May 30, 1939 in Wheeling, WV. A son of the late Edmund John, Sr., and Mary Ann (Heffner) Podeszwa. In addition to his parents he was also preceded […]
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