Gymnasiums, indoor pools, dance studios and yoga studios can reopen on June 13 as more COVID-19 restrictions are lifted across NSW.
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And kids' sport can resume across the state from July 1 under the new easing of restrictions announced on Tuesday.
However, the one person per four square metre rule must be applied at all times.
Absolute Dance Studio's owner Gemma Young said she was "super excited to be going back to the studio".
The studio will be reopening on Monday, June 15 but due to restrictions they will only be able to take their solo and duo dance students back.
Ms Young said there would be safety measures put in place for when students returned.
"Parents will not be able to enter the studio as our waiting room will be closed due to the 10 person restriction in the building," she said.
"Students will need to sanitise before they enter, after they change their shoes and before they enter the studio area.
"The studio floor will be cleaned between lessons to maintain hygiene and we will follow all the government protocols to insure that we can keep the students safe."
After the government regulations first came in, and Ms Young was told that they couldn't go back into the studio, she said that she had to work out a plan to keep students dancing and giving them something to look forward to as it "definitely took a toll on them".
"We moved all our online lessons to Zoom and all our pre-recorded lessons went onto Band," she said.
"We needed to modify the timetable to make it work but I couldn't be prouder of all my students that continued to attend their weekly lessons.
"Our dance family is a close family, so Zoom lessons allowed us to stay connected."
While dancing at home may be okay for individual dances or learning new techniques, it is extremely hard for the group dances.
"Dance groups have definitely been affected, our internet service in the area played a part in this due to it lagging," she said.
"Unfortunately all my groups have more than 10 students in them, this means that groups can't go back to the studio because three or more students would need to be asked not to attend because the 10 people is including the teacher and that is not fair, so groups will continue to be taught by ZOOM."
One particular dance style that Ms Young is excited to be heading back in to the studio to do was tap dancing.
"We are all looking forward to being back in the studio soon, mostly because we can't wait to get tapping again, as tap was one of the hardest to teach over Zoom due to the structure and difficulty of the genre," she said.
"But most of all I can't wait to see the students dance acknowledge their commitment through this hard time because they have all still been working extremely hard."
Ms Young said she would like to thank all the parents who have supported their children's love for dance and for their ongoing commitment, with some parents even going out and buying flooring so the kids can tap and dance on it.
"Thank you for allowing and welcoming Absolute Dance Studios to be in their homes night after night so their children could keep dancing," she said.
She thanked the students for their ongoing improvements and commitment to the transition from being into the studio to being online.
"It wasn't easy," she said.
"Most of all I need to thank my teaching team, Miss Keely Millar and Miss Zoe Walsh, for their ongoing commitment and support to the students and the Dance school was just amazing."
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