Kamna Arora, 30, and Utsav Malhotra, 30

The duo cracked a successful, innovative and engaging virtual model to teach modern dance to enthusiasts during the lockdown

Founders of the YellowStripe Dance Company had noticed a predictable shift in their routine in March 2020. Amid whispers of an impending lockdown, students of the Delhi-based dance and wedding choreography company wondered how they would conduct classes, should the 21-day restriction be imposed. The gravity of the situation wasn’t lost on the founders, but, back then, the sense of gloom that was later associated with the pandemic, had not set in. “There was a weird excitement linked to it early on. It was new, and many were eager to explore how their routine would play out in this scenario,” says Kamna Prem Arora, who co-founded the company with Ustav Malhotra in 2017.