Dancing in Quarantine

Jay Michaels
The PassionPit
Published in
4 min readJun 29, 2021

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The human spirit can conquer most — if not all — boundaries. But it is the artist that can conquer these boundaries and make it look pretty.

Take two ambitious and talented performers — Haley Ostir and Paris Martino. Both having played leads and featured roles in musicals, both competent actors, both superior dancers. But here we examine their innovation during one of the worlds most trying times.

We have seen how stage plays take on a life even without the stage thanks to virtual platforms like zoom. We’ve seen how indie filmmakers have turned social distancing…

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Jay Michaels
The PassionPit

Prof. Jay Michaels lectures on communications & media culture nationwide. He is executive director of Channel I — an indie theater & film network of programs.