Teaching Ballet from Home

When COVID-19 sent Princeton students, faculty, and staff packing, dance instructors opened up their homes and kitchens (virtually).

Working from home means different things to different people. For Kathleen Moore Tovar, Instructor in Ballet at Princeton University, it means how to use her home to teach co-curricular dance courses remotely. Tovar found her kitchen offered the best space for an impromptu studio and her countertop provided an excellent substitute for a barre.  
A dancer has her hand on a kitchen counter top as she stretches arm out and a leg back.

Tovar's dogs are frequent visitors to her dance class which she conducts live over Zoom utilizing her laptop.

Tovar gives her studio mate a little attention prior to class.
Tovar gives her studio mate a little attention prior to class.
Stretching at the barre.
Stretching at the barre.
Tovar catches up with students prior to a class.
Tovar catches up with students prior to a class.
A ballet dancer kicks up a leg in a kitchen

Tovar's kitchen becomes an impromptu studio to teach a virtual ballet class.

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