As important as it is to express your appreciation for your loved ones, we often neglect one person that deserves the same amount of love — ourselves! To celebrate Valentine’s Day this year, here are some ways to incorporate dance into your self-care routine in 6 different wellness categories.

Let’s face it; we thought COVID-19 was only going to be a two-week long dance hiatus in March, but here we are with our favourite studios shut down again after eight months.

But wait! What about.. online dance classes?

“Even as a to-be co-captain of DHCollective last year, I found this description to be so intimidating. What does “audition-based performance team” imply? Extreme pressure? Judgemental members? However, I was quickly reassured that DHCollective is definitely neither of those.”

“The first time I stepped into a UBC Dance Horizons Crew (DHC) team practice, it was immediate intrigue. With heavy laughter filling the room, chitter-chatter flitting about in the air, and dancers bending this way and that, stretching to prepare for the class ahead, it seemed like time was at a standstill. There was something magical about this moment. How could I not be intrigued?”