Syrian salsa teacher coaches online during lockdown

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Teaching salsa solo

Syrian dancing coach Aline Srouji

Location: Damascus

has been doing online tutorials

free of charge for her students

after her studio was forced to close down

due to social distancing measures

(SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) SALSA COACH, ALINE SROUJI, SAYING:"Unfortunately, we had to close down. But we didn't want to lose everything we had been building up for a long time. So we decided to do something from home and encourage people to dance, put efforts into improving their talents while at home."

But one of Srouji's students

finds dancing salsa alone quite challenging

(SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) DANCE STUDENT, SANDY KARWASHAN, SAYING: "Of course, you can't compare the two, dancing online and being in the studio. We would never have done this online if we had not been forced to. We always say over WhatsApp that we want to go back to the studio. Especially that you need a partner to dance the Salsa. You can't dance alone all the time, it is hard to create the energy you share with people."