Lydia Johnson Dance in the News: Has COVID crushed the arts?

“During our outdoor performance in Maplewood Village, a downpour started, and the dancers kept dancing. It felt redemptive, hopeful and triumphant as we were performing again despite the pandemic and weathering yet another storm, albeit of a different kind!” Johnson says. “As the dancers bowed in the pouring rain, we were flooded with love and gratitude. People had stayed – drenched — to see the end, and then they cheered so joyously. I truly think all of us were celebrating human perseverance and the survival of creativity and joy that day. Audience members described choking up, and many of us had tears in our eyes as the dancers came to the final moments and the piece finished.” Lydia Johnson