LONDON — 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. Technical issues also arose as the recorded music that teachers played was out of sync. “And the teachers would always say: ‘Yeah, really good work. However, musicality wise, I don’t really know who is right.’”

Source: International New York Times July 03, 2021 09:00 UTC