For students who enjoy dance or K-Pop, look no further than C3LESTIAL COVERS, a performance group at NIU that dances to K-Pop covers.
The members of C3LESTIAL COVERS originally danced as a way to de-stress, but they decided to officially become an organization through the Student Government Association in the fall of 2025.
Their mission is to “uphold the vibrant reputation of their team both on and off campus through passion, performance and pride,” according to Huskie Hub. After speaking to the group, it is clear they prioritize bringing fun and energy to all events.
The group’s rehearsal schedule varies based on what dances they are learning.
Ebony Pickens, a senior art and design major and the president of C3LESIAL COVERS, began the group as a way to have fun.
“I actually created it because I just felt like there wasn’t a group on campus that I felt like I was having fun in. And so me and a few of my friends, we just decided to, just the three of us, we were just like, ‘OK, let’s just make a dance group,’” Pickens said. “It’s going to be us three first. And so that’s why the three in C3LESTIAL COVERS is the three. And then we started getting new people asking us how to join and so we just started growing from there.”
C3LESTIAL COVERS typically does performances for the Asian American Resource Center, but has also performed at the Center Stage at Holmes talent show which occurred on March 5 in the Holmes Student Center.
Pickens favorite part of being in C3LESTIAL COVERS is the friendships formed.
“Honestly, it’s just seeing how like during practices, like, I’ll go to some practices, even if I’m not in a dance, just seeing how goofy everyone is and seeing how much fun they’re having despite them doing dances for two hours,” Pickens said. “I like to see everybody having fun and it’s an environment where they can get stress free from school.”
Students who are interested in joining can fill out the interest form on C3LESTIAL COVERS Instagram. C3LESTIAL COVERS also sends out audition information around a month prior to the start of each semester.
C3LESTIAL COVERS will host their first ever showcase from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m. on April 10 at the Holmes Student Center.
