Executives

Major/Faculty: Honors in Microbiology and Immunology
Years in DC: 3
Why did you join DC? My old RA decided that stealing my soul for this club was a good idea. After 4 years I find myself leading these rascals. 10/10 no regrets.
Advice to new members? Everyone here started from 0, don’t be afraid to try something new 😉
Latin or standard? My standard looks latin-y and my latin looks stiff… so… both?
Which superhero would you be? I want to be Ironman, but realistically I would probably be Antman – simultaneously intriguing yet still somehow a letdown.
Favourite food you can’t cook? Properly portioned pasta.
Favourite Disney song? The Imperial March – because Star Wars is technically Disney no?
Describe the perfect holiday. A comfy bed, lots of food, my laptop, and a high speed internet connection.
Describe your ideal dance partner. Someone who looks so good it makes my dancing irrelevant, because nobody looks at leads anyways 😛
Which way is the Dance Club? My way.
What is your favourite onomatopoiea? Slorp – the sound of me inhaling food.

Major/Faculty: Forestry
Years in DC: 2
Why did you join DC? Million posters on campus caught my eyes, had to give it a try because one of them said having two left feet is not an issue.
Advice to new members? Stop worrying, start dancing. And you’ll probably end up making awesome friends.
Latin or standard? I love standard, but my Latin is better.
Favourite food you can’t cook? My mom’s cookie. It doesn’t taste the same when I bake.
Favourite Disney song? You’ve Got A Friend In Me from Toy Story
Describe the perfect holiday. Wander around a foreign city for good food and beautiful scenery, and occasionally activate adventure/survival mode whenever I get lost.
Describe your ideal dance partner. Someone who can out-lead my awesome back-leading.
Which way is the Dance Club? MY way.
What is your favourite onomatopoiea? The sound seals make <3

Major/Faculty: English
Years in DC: 3
Why did you join DC? My sister forced me to. No regrets
Advice to new members? Don’t be afraid to ask for help. Our exec and teachers don’t bite!
Latin or standard? Standard
Which superhero would you be? Aquaman
Favourite food you can’t cook? The baked pork chop at Soho 🙂
Favourite Disney song? Seize the Day
Describe the perfect holiday. Sleep
Describe your ideal dance partner. Someone with long legs and lots of patience
Which way is the Dance Club? The best way
What is your favourite onomatopoiea? Boop

Major/Faculty: English Honours
Years in DC: 1
Why did you join DC? My cousin Holly told me I was going to go to UBC, and join dance club. I had no say in the matter.
Advice to new members? You don’t have to be perfect. Just try your best.
Latin or standard? Standard all the way.
Which superhero would you be? Does Kirby count?
Favourite food you can’t cook? Filet Mignon.
Favourite Disney song? “I See the Light” from Tangled.
Describe the perfect holiday. Sitting in a fancy hotel room in a foreign country, eating fancy food while watching Netflix.
Describe your ideal dance partner. Someone who doesn’t step on my toes.
Which way is the Dance Club? All the way.
What is your favourite onomatopoiea? Boop.

Major/Faculty: Computer Engineering
Years in DC: 6
Why did you join DC? My brother joined and it looked like fun. A ‘few’ years later and I’m still around
Advice to new members? Despite the scowl I’m not that hard to talk to. Otherwise what you put into a club is what you get out, have fun, show up, and you’ll make lots of amazing memories.
Latin or standard? Depends who I’m dancing with.
Which superhero would you be? Ironman
Favourite food you can’t cook? Nice looking bread.
Favourite Disney song? Zero to Hero: the chronicles of my transformation from high school to now.
Describe the perfect holiday. If i’m travelling, then somewhere I can be active and do lots of fun activities. If i’m at home, lots of sleep and spending time with the people I care about.
Describe your ideal dance partner. Hard to describe, I know it when I feel it.
Which way is the Dance Club? Whichever way involves the most flexing, pointing, and finger guns. pew pew
What is your favourite onomatopoiea? げろげろ/ribbit

Major/Faculty: Math (not even once)
Years in DC: 1
Why did you join DC? My mum told me to join a club to meet people…
Advice to new members? If you don’t know anyone, just make friends with Jake. I did that once and now I have DC friends. (Seriously though, you will meet people. Don’t worry about not knowing anyone when you join).
Latin or standard? Latin
Which superhero would you be? Adam West’s Batman
Favourite food you can’t cook? Danish Rødgrød
Favourite Disney song? I’ll Make a Man Out of You or Hawaiian Roller Coaster Ride
Describe the perfect holiday. Backpacking in Iceland
Describe your ideal dance partner. Someone who appreciates my memes
Which way is the Dance Club? If you hear the song “Vogue” by Madonna, just follow the music (and the groans)…
What is your favourite onomatopoiea? KA-CHOW!!!!!

Major/Faculty: Political Science
Years in DC: 1
Why did you join DC? Saw my grandparents ballroom dance as a kid and wanted to learn it ever since.
Advice to new members? Keep an open mind, dancing is a journey into yourself, you never know what you might discover.
Latin or standard? Standard at first, but now it’s increasingly leaning towards Latin
Which superhero would you be? Po in Kungfu Panda
Favourite food you can’t cook? Tiramisu
Favourite Disney song? Try Everything
Describe the perfect holiday. Doing chores while listening to nostalgic music.
Describe your ideal dance partner. There’s no one single version of “ideal” for me
Which way is the Dance Club? Wherever you are!!! (cause you’re all Dance Club members right?”)
What is your favourite onomatopoiea? Hmmmm

Major/Faculty: Speech Sciences
Years in DC: 1
Why did you join DC? I did a bit of dancing in high school and wanted to pick it up again once in university.
Advice to new members? You’ll be fine.
Latin or standard? Changes as often as a traffic light.
Which superhero would you be? Raven
Favourite food you can’t cook? Pho
Favourite Disney song? This Is Halloween
Describe the perfect holiday. Friends. Food. Fun.
Describe your ideal dance partner. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Which way is the Dance Club? Just follow the purple
What is your favourite onomatopoiea? Pew pew

Major/Faculty: Biochemistry (Science)
Years in DC: 1
Why did you join DC? A little to gain more social and personal confidence, the rest is a dark and untold secret beyond anyone’s reach.
Advice to new members? Ask more experienced people for help till you are annoying; and then some more 🙂
Latin or standard? Standard. I got no hips 😐
Which superhero would you be? Ironman
Favourite food you can’t cook? Chole Bhature
Favourite Disney song? Top of the world (Big Hero 6)
Describe the perfect holiday. Snowy mountain resort with friends to snowboard/ ski with and an indoor dodgeball court. And a warm cabin!
Describe your ideal dance partner. I will refrain my answering that to avoid death by my current dance partner 😐
Which way is the Dance Club? Only the trail of a million flyers will tell. Basically everywhere…
What is your favourite onomatopoiea? Schwoooooomp!

Major/Faculty: Civil Engineering
Years in DC: 2
Why did you join DC? Douglas got me hyped up long before we came to UBC, and the hype is legit.
Advice to new members? There’s lots of people who can help you with any questions you have, from teachers, executives, classmates, to older dance club members. The only bad question is one that isn’t asked.
Latin or standard? Standard
Which superhero would you be? Spiderman (since he’s my brother, but don’t tell anyone)
Favourite food you can’t cook? Hand stretched noodles. I’d be way too impatient to pull them properly.
Favourite Disney song? Whichever I can dance to.
Describe the perfect holiday. Filled with silliness, board games, and relaxing.
Describe your ideal dance partner. Probably Asian, most likely a graduate in finance from UBC. And her name would most definitely be Alex Jia.
Which way is the Dance Club? I don’t know where it is now, but Soho Tea Room is where it will always end up.
What is your favourite onomatopoiea? Phwomp

Major/Faculty: Psychology
Years in DC: 1
Why did you join DC? Wanted to try a new style of dance and ended up staying
Advice to new members? No one is born to dance, but everyone can learn to and everyone’s too worried about how they look to worry about how you look
Latin or standard? How about both?
Which superhero would you be? Can I be Lena Luther?
Favourite food you can’t cook? Soufflé cakes… I have no patience for that so I end up with a lava cake instead
Favourite Disney song? Where you are from Moana (consider the coconuts!)
Describe the perfect holiday. Immersing myself in a new culture
Describe your ideal dance partner. Someone with a strong lead
Which way is the Dance Club? Follow the loud music and ridiculously loud people

Major/Faculty: Land and Food Systems
Years in DC: 2
Why did you join DC? Dance is my best friend. Don’t tell Music.
Advice to new members? The most important aspect of joining a club is the fun that comes along with it. Whether you find that in your peers, instructors, or us executives (We are lovely people, I assure you), is up to you. The experience is at your fingertips
Latin or standard? Standard
Which superhero would you be? White Blood Cells
Favourite food you can’t cook? Have not encountered that yet.
Favourite Disney song? I’m Still Here from Treasure Planet
Describe the perfect holiday. Halloween Horror Movie Extravaganza
Describe your ideal dance partner. Someone who likes Taco Bell as much as I do
Which way is the Dance Club? Where there is a will, there is a way

Major/Faculty: Business and Computer Science (BUCS)
Years in DC: 1
Why did you join DC? I like dancing and dancers.
Advice to new members? Give it a shot!
Latin or standard? Depends on the song
Which superhero would you be? Professor Gregor Kiczales
Favourite food you can’t cook? Most of it.
Favourite Disney song? Hakuna Matata
Describe the perfect holiday. Surrounded by beauty
Describe your ideal dance partner. Sharna Burgess or just someone who can dance
Which way is the Dance Club? That-a-way!
What is your favourite onomatopoiea? Brrrrrrap

Major/Faculty: Physiology
Years in DC: 1
Why did you join DC? I had been wanting to join a dance club. I saw DC posters on every lamp post and bulletin board I passed. Eventually I gave in.
Advice to new members? You can probably bribe any of the execs with bubble tea.
Latin or standard? Depends on the dance
Which superhero would you be? Dash from The Incredibles.
Favourite food you can’t cook? Rice. I make great porridge though.
Favourite Disney song? The Bare Necessities
Describe the perfect holiday. Exploring new places with friends. The more exotic, the better.
Describe your ideal dance partner. Has an iron foot.
Which way is the Dance Club? Just follow the purple.
What is your favourite onomatopoiea? Woot wooooooot

Major/Faculty: Engineering Physics (for now)
Years in DC: 2
Why did you join DC? Robson Square demos are very awe-inspiring
Advice to new members? Say goodbye to your comfort zone
Latin or standard? Yes.
Favourite food you can’t cook? Anything my grandmother makes basically
Favourite Disney song? ‘I see the light’ from Tangled
Describe your ideal dance partner. Likes spins
Which way is the Dance Club? Which way is not Dance Club? You can’t escape.

Major/Faculty: Chemistry
Years in DC: 1
Why did you join DC? wanted to dance coming in to university, went to a free lesson and got hooked
Advice to new members? Take every opportunity you can
Latin or standard? Latin
Which superhero would you be? Batman
Favourite food you can’t cook? ice cream
Favourite Disney song? spirit of adventure from up
Describe the perfect holiday. games friends and fun
Describe your ideal dance partner. someone my height…
Which way is the Dance Club? literally everywhere, but usually in the nest