How has covid changed our industry?

I’ve recently been performing one of my favourite ballets Onegin. It’s a powerful, beautiful drama ballet with a lot of dancing for the corp de ballet. It’s always very exciting and hard to be involved in this piece. The last time we performed it was in 2020, during the height of Covid. Every day during that time was uncertain, would we perform? Would someone get sick? We worked very hard as a company to make sure we were performing safely and to a level that we were proud of. Our performances in 2020 were some of the only big-scale performances that were allowed to take place in South Korea during that scary time. Revisiting this ballet now has made me wonder how the covid situation has changed our industry. Many more companies are offering live streaming of their performances either for free or at a small price. This is allowing people who might not be able to get to see a live performance easily the opportunity to watch more from the comfort of their own homes. I’ve also heard that some auditions are still taking place online. Although I’m not currently in the world of auditions, so I could be wrong. Having online auditions, especially for a first round, means that performers are not having to spend unnecessary amounts of money to be turned away after 5 minutes in some cases. Teaching is also still happening online for some people too, giving teachers and students flexibility regarding scheduling and location. Although online platforms aren’t always the easiest to navigate especially for our industry I grateful that we are using technology to bring our art form into a place where it might not have been before. Spreading our love and passion to a wider audience. I would love to hear about your experience with life after Covid. How has it affected you and your practice? Are there things that have changed? Are you glad about the changes? Or maybe not…