Returning to the dance studio safely (covid-19)

Got an email over the weekend that 11 year old's studio is open for private lessons and small groups. That studio has three ballrooms, and when we went in, there was no more than one lesson per ballroom; I don't know whether they are purposely limiting to that, or whether they just don't have that many takers yet. We went in with masks and the instructor put on a mask when he saw that. We all washed our hands before the lesson, which the instructor didn't do, but it was a contact free lesson.

I think they are classifying themselves as socially distanced personal services; possibly there will be contact in next week's lesson as contact personal services are allowed in Massachusetts next week.
 
Warren J. Dew said:
Got an email over the weekend that 11 year old's studio is open for private lessons and small groups. That studio has three ballrooms, and when we went in, there was no more than one lesson per ballroom; I don't know whether they are purposely limiting to that, or whether they just don't have that many takers yet. We went in with masks and the instructor put on a mask when he saw that. We all washed our hands before the lesson, which the instructor didn't do, but it was a contact free lesson.

I think they are classifying themselves as socially distanced personal services; possibly there will be contact in next week's lesson as contact personal services are allowed in Massachusetts next week.
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SOME counties in states have reached STAGE THREE! But others have not. Northern Virginia is ahead of the curve.


(I'd be careful about practicing "lifts" there tho'!)

Also open: Garry Gekhman's Tyson's Ballroom!

How far would you travel to get your privates?
 
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ProgressNotPerfection said:
UUUUUGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
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And this is called PUSHING MY LUCK:


Stopping now though while I am still BEHIND!

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Uhhh... Guess what is going to reopen next Friday.

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Studio Reopens​


Hello (Dr Dance),

Hope you are doing well and keeping safe.

Based on Governor Hogan's announcement on the additional relief on Phase 2 for Maryland, we are set to reopen with a limited capacity and a limited function at this time. (unless otherwise told by the Baltimore county or MD state.) We will work with all the instructors on the details of how you can start scheduling your private lessons starting on Fri 6/19/2020 5pm and onwards. At this time there will be no individual or couple practice unless you can arrange it with your instructor while they are teaching their other private lessons.

Everyone entering the facility will be required to wear a mask. Gloves are recommended and please follow your instructor's additional guidance that they may have for you. We will limit no more than 50 people into the facility at any given time, including staff and instructors. We will do thorough cleaning weekly and sanitizing daily. Signs will be displayed to remind everyone to wash their hands before and after each lesson. Sanitizers will be made available to you.

We will monitor re-opening closely and when it's determined to be safe and our dance community feels comfortable, we will move into our next step of opening up group classes, currently tentatively on Mon 7/6/2020. Weekend dances are still “To Be Determined” but we are hopeful they will begin again sometime in July.

Public health safety is our utmost priority in our re-opening process and we need everyone's help and support so that we will continue to move forward in a positive way.

We sincerely thank everyone for your patience and continue support of the Promenade!

Sincerely,

The Promenade​

(Screams of joy)
YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
 
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What an enticing photo!

Reminds me of the good times, when you arrived a few minutes earlier,
chatted with personnel, changed shoes, washed hands, picked up a berry or candy, and waited for friends to arrive. Those might have been the only quiet minutes of the day.

In the meantime they played and checked the tempo of a few songs, arranged furniture, brought in other berries, candies, and also tea, coffee, and chilled colored drinks. Then a few more chats, often in bent or twisted positions. And then it began!

(That virus must be truly deprived of joy, if he wants to take the joy of others away. Nobody took him to the Young RNA MolDance Studio, that's why.)
 
Local studios are resuming group classes in various forms this coming week. I've seen the following (not necessarily all in one place):

1. Multi-format, where you can either attend the class in person (limited to 10 ppl) or virtually (currently in place).
2. Limited or no partner rotations. Singles assigned a partner.
3. Social distancing between couples.

I plan to continue attending virtual group classes as my schedule fits, since it's not really convenient for me to drive to any of the studio locations just for a group class (pre-COVID, I only attended group class on the evenings I also had private lessons).
 
How are singles assigned a partner? I'm not sure I'd like the idea of randomly being assigned a partner.
 
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