When COVID-19 first struck, our everyday life and surroundings underwent considerable changes. My school closed the campus and shifted completely to distance learning. Dance studios shut down all in-person classes as well. Because dance is an activity that requires constant practice and several of the younger students at my Chinese dance studio had been preparing to start learning Ballet, the initial idea of teaching virtual Ballet foundation sessions came to me at that time. I decided to introduce the basics of Ballet by posting videos online weekly while the dance studio is closed. In addition, Ballet bar does not require a large space, which makes it something easy to follow along while at home.

Even when my dance studio opened for in-person classes again, practicing dance at home had become more popular than prior to the pandemic. I also received some responses from students as well as adults that my dance teaching sessions have been helpful. Since these sessions were a great way for me to help others with what I learned, I continued posting teaching videos and later started teaching solo dances on my YouTube channel. 

As the dance studio gradually reopened, I continued teaching some of the younger students in person through group Ballet foundation classes. Although virtual dance practice is a helpful way to train and learn dance, in person classes allow me to be even more effective by personally making corrections to the students as they dance.