PRAISE DANCE

PERFORMING ART INSTITUTE 

Praise Dance Performing Art Institute is a praise and worship dance school where you learn how to praise and worship GOD in dance. The institute has taught praise for over 15 years and instructs over Ten (10) styles of praise dance: Liturgical praise dance (ballet/modern/jazz),Worship praise dance, Sacred praise dance, Praise Dance, Gospel praise dance, Creative praise dance ( dramatic praise dance, sign language praise dance, Miming, and flag/banner). The institute present an integrated teaching of worship to God from the biblical and traditional roots.

Praise dance is standard in the order of many church services. The argument as to whether or not praise dance is appropriate ignites theological discussions worldwide. Nevertheless, praise dance continues to grow in popularity and to develop into different styles:

Liturgical Dance

• Liturgical dance is a kind of lyrical dance; it is composed of ballet, jazz, and modern dance elements. The choreography, performed during a mass or church service, includes movements that convey specific symbols of worship such as a cross, and specific acts of worship such as kneeling. Liturgical dances also are used primarily in the Christian religion to help act out or accentuate words. Liturgical comes from the word "liturgy," which means a rite or body of rites prescribed for public worship. Liturgical dances are an accompaniment to a minister's sermon, but it should not take away from the sermon itself. The dance should enhance the words of the priest or minister.

Worship Dance

• Worship dance is also a kind of lyrical dance. A worship dance presentation aims at evoking an adoration of God within the hearts of an audience. This style of dance is introspective and solemn.

Sacred Dance

• Sacred dance is a term that means the dance practiced by any religion; whereas, liturgical, worship, praise and gospel dance are specific to Christianity.

Praise Dance

• Praise dance grew out of the African-American church. The tempo of praise dance is upbeat and faster than the tempos of liturgical and worship dance. Clapping, rocking of the body, and waving of the hands are typical praise dance movements.

Gospel Dance

• Gospel dance, as praise dance, grew out of the African-American church. Gospel dance is dramatic and theatrical; it uses elements of the theater such as miming.

Creative Praise Dance

Sun Dance

• The Native American Plains Sun Dance is a pinnacle of the tribe's religious ceremonies. The dance conveys rebirth and renewal. It is typically performed for four to eight days for the summer solstice. The dance is intended to ensure harmony to all living things and, likewise, to convey praise and worship to the gods. This dance was the communal religious ceremony for the bison-hunting Plains' tribes.