Dance studio goes live on Zoom
EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – Like many other small businesses in the area, Shapes Dance and Acro Studio’s doors closed to observe social distancing due to the COVID-19 outbreak.
To continue to serve the dance families and offer consistency in the lives of the children who take lessons at Shapes Dance and Acro, the studio quickly transitioned into a virtual distant learning center, made possible by the persistence of the teachers and customer service employees of the studio. They wanted to keep normalcy in the lives of their students and keep them consistent in training that they have worked all season to gain.
The regular weekly schedule that runs in four studio locations – Carrollton, Richmond, Marshall and Concordia – with over 200 classes a week, was brought to students through the Zoom virtual platform that allows multiple people to hop into an online “classroom,” where they can view their teacher, take their classes and, most importantly, see their friends.
“At first, it was challenging…