Saturday 11th July 2020

Hey Team,

We just wanted to give you all a huge shout out and say well done for surviving this term!

We know how difficult it has been dancing at home and we are so proud of all of you. Zoom can be challenging and somewhat draining and we are so impressed with those of you who persisted- it’s not gone un-noticed and gives us a huge boost whenever we see you.

And for those of you who started the zoom classes and dropped off, or decided it’s not your thing- don’t worry about it, we get it! 

A massive part of dance is the social aspect, the interaction with your classmates and that feeling you get when you all dance together. And it’s just not the same at home. We feel it too and we cannot tell you how much we miss seeing you all together. 

If we are being honest, we have found teaching online increasingly harder and we are looking forward to a break this summer. We have done a few sums and have worked out that we have delivered around 280 online classes since lockdown! Understandably, we are feeling a little burnt out right now but we return in September, we will all return refreshed and ready to dance again- hopefully in a studio.

On Thursday the Government finally issued some guidance with regards to Performing Arts and the leisure centre so we are more hopeful for a September return. Gyms are allowed to open on my birthday so I am taking that as a good sign! Unsurprisingly the guidance is very complicated and doesn’t make much sense, but we are looking into things and will hopefully find a way of returning in some capacity next term. It is likely to be much smaller classes with social distancing in place, but we will figure it out and get in touch with parents later in August when we hopefully have a much clearer idea of how things will work.

However this term has been for you, we want to let you know that we are always thinking of our bedancers and we are so amazed by your resilience and how you have adapted during these strange times. 

Stay positive, cross your fingers for September and have a brilliant summer!

Becca x