In a normal year, the dozens of teenaged ballet dancers eyeing the prestigious Prix de Lausanne award would leap in from all across the world to the Swiss city of Lausanne to compete beneath the bright lights of the theatre. With COVID-19 restrictions, dancers are showing pre-recorded routines on a flat screen instead, before socially distanced judges in a hotel ballroom, with no live audience.

"Dance will prevail" as top ballet competition goes virtual

A 21-year-old son of a richshaw driver, Kamal Singh, has made it to one of the most prestigious ballet schools of the United Kingdom. Singh is one of the first Indian students to have gotten admitted to the English National Ballet School, located in London and hailed all over the world.

Rickshaw driver's son gets admission in London's ballet school through crowdfunding

Georgia's National Ballet, the former Soviet country's famous folk dance ensemble, started giving lessons online after the group's popular dance schools closed their doors due to the coronavirus.

Dance at home: Georgian national ballet moves lessons online

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