Let's start by painting a snapshot of what a social-dancing class would look like before the pandemic. Place yourself on the rooftop of St Joseph's Convent International School in Bandra West for example, where the group Mumbai Jivesters would conduct these sessions. Imagine a batch of 15 couples dancing with gay abandon without any masks on, social distancing or sanitisation. Strangers would mingle with each other, interacting in between routines. And the entire atmosphere would be filled with a convivial sense of joy that's born out of a shared love for dancing.

All that's gone out of the window now, of course. The institutes that conducted physical dance classes were forced to re-evaluate their teaching modules after the lockdown, gradually adopting the virtual route. But this involved pros and cons. Would connectivity be a hassle? What about the logistics of conducting group classes? And most importantly, would it be possible to recreate the joie de vivre of people dancing together at a physical gathering?