>>> WE'RE BACK ON A SATURDAY
MORNING WITH A STORY THAT WAS
PRACTICALLY PERFECT FOR OUR
METEOROLOGIST.
>> PRACTICALLY.
YOU SPENT TIME WITH A DANCE
GROUP THAT REHEARSES OUTSIDE NO
MATTER WHAT THE WEATHER.
TELL US ABOUT IT.
>> THEY ARE INCREDIBLE.
YOU GUYS KNOW, I LOVE ALL THINGS
WEATHER.
WHEN I HEARD THIS STORY, I HAD
TO GO OUT AND MEET THE WOMEN WHO
WERE NOT SHYING AWAY FROM ANY
SEASON, ESPECIALLY THE HARSH
REALITY OF WINTER.
MOTHER NATURE CAN BE SO PEACEFUL
AND IDYLLIC.
IT'S NO SURPRISE THAT DANCERS
ACROSS THE COUNTRY HAVE CHOSEN
TO MOVE OUTSIDE DURING COVID, TO
BE ONE WITH NATURE.
AND THAT'S STILL TRUE HERE IN
THE NORTHEAST WHERE EVEN WINTER
WON'T STOP THESE HARDY DANCERS.
BALLET OUTDOORS IN THE SNOW AND
ICE DOESN'T SEEM IDEAL.
WHY DO YOU DO IT?
N
>> EVERYTHING IS SO UNCERTAIN IN
THE PANDEMIC, IT'S NICE TO BE
CERTAIN YOU'RE GOING TO MEET AND
DANCE WITH OTHERS.
IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN ALL
RELY ON.
>> SHE AND HER DANCE TROOP ARE
NO STRANGERS TO PERFORMING
OUTSIDE.
WHEN GYMS AND DANCE STUDIOS
CLOSED DOWN, THEY MOVED TO ALONG
THE EAST SIDE.
>> CLOSER.
>> Reporter: THEIR CLASS GIVING
NEW MEANING TO PLAYING IN THE
SNOW.
>> REALLY KICK THE SNOW IF YOU
WANT.
>> Reporter: FOR THESE
PROFESSIONALS THE BENEFITS OF
DANCING TOGETHER OUT WEIGH ANY
DOWNSIDE TO DOING IT OUTSIDE.
>> I THINK IT KEEPS US ALL
CONNECTED, HOPEFUL, HAPPY.
IT GIVES US SOMETHING TO LOOK
FORWARD TO AND HAVE FUN DOING,
WHICH IS SO RARE NOW.
>> Reporter: HAVE YOU EVER
LOOKED AT THE FORECAST AND
THINK, OH, I DON'T WANT TO DO
THIS TODAY?
>> WHEN YOU SEE IT GO FROM 40 TO
30 TO 20, EVERY LOSS OF 10
DEGREES IS LIKE, OKAY, HOW AM I
GOING TO ADD ANOTHER LAYER AND
STILL BE ABLE TO MOVE?
>> Reporter: ON THIS DAY THE
SHOVEL AND IMPROVISED BAR ONLY
TO WARM UP.
>> TALK ABOUT MAKING IT WORK.
THE SNOW AND ICE WAS FUN FOR
SOME THINGS BUT NOW YOU NEED TO
PRACTICE ON STABLE GROUPED AND
THIS IS THE ONLY WAY TO GET
THERE.
>> WE JOKE THIS IS OUR BACKSTAGE
AND THEN WE'RE WALKING TO OUR
STAGE RIGHT NOW.
>> THE NEW BEACH FRONT SETTING
DOES HAVE ITS ADVANTAGES.
>> WHEN YOU CARE ENOUGH YOU TRY
TO GO AGAWITH THE WEATHER AND N
AGAINST IT.
>> IN THE SUMMER IT'S SO HOT AND
IN THE WINTER IT'S DIFFERENT.
>> Reporter: AS A METEOROLOGIST
I LOVE THAT.
WEATHER COULD BE MAKING ITS OWN
APPEARANCE IN YOUR ROUTINE.
THE DANCE TROOP TAKING EVERY
OPPORTUNITY TO PREPARE FOR THE
NEXT PERFORMANCE WHENEVER THAT
MIGHT BE.
THESE AREN'T IDEAL CONDITIONS TO
PERFORM YOUR KRCRAFT.
WHY DO YOU MAKE IT WORK?
>> IN SOME WAYS IT DOES FEEL
IDEAL.
WE WOULDN'T HAVE ALWAYS THOUGHT
TO COME HERE.
THIS WAS ALWAYS HERE.
BUT I'M SO GLAD THAT WE DID.
WHAT A VIEW.
>> Reporter: SO A COUPLE THINGS.
YOU MIGHT BE WONDERING WHY I
DIDN'T PUT MYSELF OUT THERE AND
DANCE.
THIS WAS A PROFESSIONAL DANCE
TROOP.
THIS WASN'T JUST A HOBBY.
I WILL SAY, I HAVEN'T SEEN A
LIVE PERFORMANCE OF ANY KIND
IN -- I MEAN, IN SO LONG SO JUST
TO SIT AND LISTEN TO THE MUSIC,
TO WATCH THEM DANCE, TO WATCH
THEM REHEARSE FOR AN UNKNOWN
PERFORMANCE, I MEAN, IT REALLY,
REALLY WAS VERY SPECIAL.
>> THOSE GUYS ARE SO IMPRESSIVE.
WHEN I'M IN MY PUFF IF I COAT I
CAN BARELY GET MY ARMS DOWN BY
MY SIDE.
THEY'RE DOING THE WHOLE DEAL.
>> I LOVE HOW SHE TALKED ABOUT
HOW MANY DIFFERENT LAYERS THEY
NEED AS THEY WATCH THE
TEMPERATURE DROP.
DYLAN, WHAT A GREAT PIECE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> THANK YOU.
>> THEY'RE SPECIAL