Liturgical Dance History

Did you know that Liturgical Dance has changed over the years? What is Liturgical Dance? Liturgical Dance is a form of dancing that expresses worship and praise to God. A synonym for liturgical dance is praise dancing. Praise dancing is done with upbeat music with verses that depicts gratefulness or thankfulness of bliss and recognition. Dancers of acclaim ooze the same feelings of the move of cheering. The demonstration of moving is more than a carved development, it is worked inside of the body of Christ. Liturgical Dance has changed drastically from being under restriction in the middle ages, fading in significance during the Renaissance, to present day aiding the flow of God moves smoothly in most churches. Liturgical Dancing began during slavery from the tradition of West Indian dances called ring shouts. Most participants would gather in a circle during worship services to sing praises, dance and pray ("Dancing in the Spirit, Foundation of Liturgical Dance." : The History of Liturgical Dance”). Ring shouts would be performed with drums, bugles, flags and banners. Dancing has a lot of biblical history. There were two major historical events in the bible, where dancing was necessary. The
Both of the events, show the significance of praise dancing in rejoicing and thankfulness for what the Lord has done. The word “dancing” is mentioned in 26 verses in the KJV (King James Version Bible). The Hebrew tradition was full of dancing ("The History of Dance in the Church”). In the Old Testament, dance was an expression towards God. Dancing sometimes was misconstrued, because throughout the New Testament it was not mentioned as often. Thus, it is only seen a few times, the people were encouraged to still praise his name with dancing, making melody to him with tambourine and lyre (Psalms 149 & 150). Dancing was such a common way of life in that time period. It became a “norm” throughout of