We recently asked the below questions to our DGC community and here are some of the answers. Enjoy reading and thank you to those who took part! 😀
Q: How have you been spending your time during the lockdown?
“Animal crossing, skipping and running.” – SN
“Mon-thurs get up-eat-write-eat-sleep Fri: get up-dance-danced too much and couldn’t sleep” – Camdensonghyekyo
“Trying to learn Boy Meets Evil. Eating lots of food. Learning Mandarin” – Jen
“Learning choreo, playing Animal Crossing, learning Korean from TTMIK, and video calling with friends” – L.Grace
“Watching loads of korean dramas and learning Japanese.” – Marta A.
“Painting garden gnomes” – Rachel J
“Teaching myself K-Pop choreographies like Chung Ha Stay Tonight 🙂 and studying hard at Korean in preparation for uni!” – Em Braddock
“Working/reading/cooking” – Anonymous
“Looking for a job after I lost mine… extra sigh” – MS
“I have been working from home and, on the weekends, working on fixes around the house/garden” – Christa
“Working” – AJ
“Lots of reading and painting 🙂 I’d like to do more dance, but it’s hard to find motivation” – Sara I
“Painting, listening to music, playing games and exercising” – Sarah
“Binging shows on Netflix and exercising” – Mariana Bessa
“Study and play games :(” – JW
“Learned K-pop choreographies (Jumper by Cravity!) and buying/selling turnips in Animal Crossing” – Saskiana
“I work in retail so I have been working, but besides that I have been watching a lot of anime and then of course danced with DGC!” – Matilda Bjorklund
“Writing, reading, working and a ton of online courses haha” – Kerry Baptiste
“Work, online dance classes, walks, watch TV and I watch a lot of YouTube videos mainly dance related.” – Anonymous
“Not very productive, just studying” – Kara
“Practicing and improving my dancing, going through old routines, working out, having bbqs in the garden with my parents :)” – Alicia
“Animal Crossing, looking forward to the next DGC class” – Bad Dancer Anon 😂
“Still working (thankfully!), dancing, working out, watching kpop content. Not really too different from normal, only instead of screaming with my friends in person we’re screaming over Zoom/Whatsapp” – KCON
“Still unemployed so cooking, baking, paint by numbers, tidying the flat :P” – Anonymous
“Working from home, snacking too much and playing animal crossing” – Alex H
“Shopping, gaming and eating!” – Sarah Y
“Playing a lot of Animal Crossing and Just Dance on my Switch, cooking a lot of new and elaborate meals … that’s about it!” – Becca
“Dancing, crocheting, drawing, learning Korean and working” – Sam A
“Working + doing online dance classes + studying Korean.” – Jessy
“Learning some dances on my own, doing auditions, learning Korean and trying to achieve a full leg split.” – Larissa
“Gardening, music theory, dancing, schoolwork” – Georgia
“Walking in the park, sleep, Netflix, lots of BTS content :)” – Chloe
“Taking dance classes, learning KPOP choreo on my own, having Zoom dance practices to go over the things we learn in class (as most people I know can’t remember the choreo we learn in class so we have to go over it!), working!” – Emma Boynton
“Dancing, Studying and Eating aha” – ED
Q: If you could get a new skill during the lockdown, what would it be?
“I’m learning to read and write Korean” – SN
“Freestyle dancing skill maybe- but I can’t” – Camdensonghyekyo
“Fluency in Mandarin!” – Jen
“To re-learn how to figure skate” – L.Grace
“Being a bit better at Japanese.” – Marta A.
“Would like to learn a new language” – Rachel J
“I wish I could play the piano :(” – Em Braddock
“Being able to speak Korean” – Anonymous
“Drawing, and I’m getting pretty good” – MS
“Know how to diy furniture and builds in your home” – Christa
“Rapping!” – AJ
“Move my Japanese to fluent, maybe. Or, does getting a six pack count as a skill?” – Sara I
“Get more flexible” – Saskiana
“Be better at picking up choreo – to become a lot quicker at it!” – Matilda Bjorklund
“To be able to communicate in Korean at least vaguely” – Kerry Baptiste
“Learn Korean” – Anonymous
“Drawing” – Kara
“Dancing better” – Alicia
“Download a second language into my brain” – Bad Dancer Anon 😂
“I’d love to be able to learn dances by watching videos but it’s no use :D” – KCON
“Being better at cooking” – Anonymous
“Maybe pottery” – Alex H
“Teleportation, so I can teleport to all the now empty tourist sights and teleport out before the securities kick me out” – Sarah Y
“Well I really should be using the time to study Korean because my class has been cancelled until at least October so … if I could magically become fluent in Korean that would be great haha” – Becca
“Drawing webtoons” – Sam A
“Flexibility/strength. I’d like a class that gets dance basics/stretching so I can prep for kpop class if y’all ever think of offering something like that.” – Jessy
“To speak Korean fluently” – Larissa
“Kpop dancing” – Georgia
“Calligraphy” – Chloe
“Just improving on dancing” – Emma Boynton
“Doing Martial Arts” – ED
Q: If you were in an idol group, what role(s) would you (like to) have and why? 🙂
“Lead dancer because that’s what I enjoy the most when it comes to Kpop, destroying the stage ;)” – SN
“Lead rapper lol” – Camdensonghyekyo
“Noona 😂” – Jen
“Lead rapper, dad jokes and full of puns :)” – L.Grace
“Lead dancer as I love dancing very much!” – Marta A.
“Lead dancer” – Rachel J
“Leader and main vocal :)” – Em Braddock
“Main rapper because rapping is fun and I’m actually pretty good at it! Then I could compete on Good Girl ;)” – Anonymous
“Lead vocal” – MS
“Lead vocal because I feel like I sing better than I dance lol” – Christa
“Lead vocals!” – AJ
“Oh, tough question… I’m not sure. I think I’d love to have the swag and ability to be a rapper, with some decent dance skills,like Taeyong or Mark(NCT). Would be cool to play a big composing role, like Yoongi (BTS). Hard to picture!” – Sara I
“Dancer and vocal (which is impossible, I cant sing)” – JW
“The cute (but possibly secretly evil) maknae (🌼❛ ֊ ❛„) (which I already am ^ω^)” – Saskiana
“Hahaha, perhaps Leader and then lead rapper. Majority of my biases falls within these positions – don’t know why, it just happens! ^^” – Matilda Bjorklund
“Lead rapper would be fun” – Kerry Baptiste
“Lead dancer and vocalist, but pretty sure I don’t have the talent for that 🙂 Maybe leader as that is related to my day job.” – Anonymous
“Main/lead dancer because I love dancing! Being a rapper would be fun too” – Kara
“Lead dancer if i had jimins skills haha” – Alicia
“Lead rapper 😌” – Bad Dancer Anon 😂
“Main vocal / mood maker” – KCON
“Main vocal cos I think my singing is semi decent and without them the group would be in trouble” – Anonymous
“I’d probably be the short goofy one” – Alex H
“Face of the Group/Visual (why not XD, just dreaming). Main dancer.” – Sarah Y
“Lead rapper – I can’t sing but I can rap (sort of … not in Korean though…) and I don’t want the pressure of being main rapper haha. also almost all my biases are rappers so it seems like the obvious choice :)” – Becca
“Dancer and fake maknae” – Sam A
“Leader” – Jessy
“Main dancer lead vocal because I love to sing and dance so that way I can do both and contribute well to the group.” – Larissa
“Sub vocal – not centre of attention” – Georgia
“Oldest!” – Chloe
“Leader because I’m usually the one teaching people choreo and leading dance practices/rehearsals and making sure everyone has a balance of messing around and practicing and maknae because I’m usually the youngest and if I’m not then I’m always the smallest 😂” – Emma Boynton
“Lead dancer/singer because those are my passion. Or the maknae :’)” – ED
Thank you for reading!
That’s it for this edition of our community Q&A! If you have any suggestions for questions we should ask, please send them in using our contact page.