Back at the barre, lessons learned
Ava May Llewellyn, of the Royal Ballet School, in London, Oct. 8, 2020. Students at the Royal Ballet School, having fled to homes around the world for months of virtual training, are reuniting for their annual showcase. Amber Hunt via The New York Times.
by Ginanne Brownell
(NYT NEWS SERVICE)
.- When students at the Royal Ballet School scattered to their homes around the globe during the first British lockdown last spring, classes went virtual and, at first, proved quite tricky.
It was not just about time differences, with Chinese, Australian and Japanese students, among others, not keen to get up in the middle of the night to meet classmates on the virtual barre during the day in Europe.