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.](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/daec92348a79bde0b5e58ab4317acca2/c63efdec-606c-4206-aa77-ec424ebb1920_rw_3840.jpg?h=99a06ba3284d237e4afbab8fbf98731c)
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.](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/daec92348a79bde0b5e58ab4317acca2/494b0554-2292-4e59-a671-9805dfbd89db_rw_3840.jpg?h=e5363b14c026876388335828fa34f875)
Tovar gives her studio mate a little attention prior to class.
![Stretching at the barre.](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/daec92348a79bde0b5e58ab4317acca2/becf5a02-e725-4a62-9ba6-7aad190ff893_rw_1920.jpg?h=14813dfa834c81d81a7f972628e08683)
Stretching at the barre.
![Tovar catches up with students prior to a class.](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/daec92348a79bde0b5e58ab4317acca2/c972cc6a-55aa-485d-ba07-9ad8c6e164ac_rw_1920.jpg?h=6d1fc6b26513b407800fd80b23e4ec7a)
Tovar catches up with students prior to a class.
![A ballet dancer kicks up a leg in a kitchen](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/daec92348a79bde0b5e58ab4317acca2/c7a3bb46-28a5-4789-8f7c-53abf6711310_rw_3840.jpg?h=8c441d0deda417085c812abeaebdffb1)
Tovar's kitchen becomes an impromptu studio to teach a virtual ballet class.