In March 2020 Liam Scarletts production of Swan Lake opened at the Royal Opera House beginning its anticipated 3month run. That same month the UK government ordered theatres and arts centres across the country to close immediately as the COVID19 pandemic starting its fast and destructive spread around the world. At the Royal Opera House the Royal Ballet Company were furloughed and training programmes quickly set up virtually. Audiences who previously crowded into the venue were confined to the