In the past few weeks, online dance classes have become the new normal, as dancers and dance instructors keep themselves and others active at home. But long before gathering in studios was off limits, the New York choreographer Katy Pyle was teaching ballet remotely — or more specifically, Ballez, Pyle’s inclusive and imaginative style of ballet training.

Pyle (who uses the pronoun “they”) created the YouTube series Ballez Class Everywhere last year, as a way to bring their method to more people, especially outside of major metropolitan areas. Like Pyle’s dance company (also called Ballez), a Ballez class embraces all body types and forms of gender identity and expression. If you’ve ever felt curious about ballet but are turned off by its narrow definition of “perfect,” Ballez Class Everywhere is for you.

Joined by members of their company, who stand at barres arranged in a circle (a Ballez class hallmark), Pyle leads viewers through 12 short exercises (about an hour total), offering colorful prompts and historical context, as well as compassionate directives: “If anything hurts, don’t do it.” As someone who has always felt out of place in ballet class, I had more fun doing the series in my bedroom, holding on to the back of a kitchen chair, than I’ve ever had at a more conventional barre.