One thing seems certain: It will be awhile for duets to regain their place in dance culture. (After the world rights itself again, I predict years of solo dances, just as after Sept. 11, choreography was full of dancers gazing upward.) But in real life, duets have cropped up everywhere. Your partner is a stranger; the stage is the sidewalk.

— How We Use Our Bodies to Navigate a Pandemic, Gia Kourlas in The New Yorker