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What is Generation Dance Company all about?
- A dance school that operates under the values and principles of the Christian faith.
- Non-denominational – Students of all faiths are welcome.
- The gift of dance will be used to serve others through possible community performances as well as a year-end recital.
- Environment will be fun and spiritual, as well as a place where students can express themselves freely.
- A focus on the technical training of dance through various styles as well as the transforming of the heart and mind.
- Classes will start with a devotion and prayer.
- Otherwise operate as a dance studio.
Dance was used throughout the Bible to express joy, praise, thanksgiving, victory, and restoration.
After God saved His people by swallowing up Pharaoh’s army in the Red Sea: “Then Miriam the prophet, Aaron’s sister, took a tambourine and led all the women in rhythm and dance.”
Psalm 30: 11-12
“You turned my wailing into dancing; You removed my sackcloth and clothed me with joy, that my heart may sing to You and not be silent.”
Ecclesiastes 3: 1&4
“There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under heaven….a time to weep and a time to laugh, a time to mourn and a time to dance.”
Jeremiah 31:4
“ Again I will rebuild you and you will be rebuilt O virgin of Israel! Again you will take up your tambourines and go forth to the dances of the merrymakers.”
“David danced before the Lord with all His might.”
Psalm 150:4
“Praise His name with timbrel and dancing.”
“Let them praise His name with dancing.”
In the Bible, Jesus said:
“But what shall I compare this generation? It is like children sitting in the market places who call out to the other children, and say, ‘We played the flute for you, and you did not dance; we sang a dirge, and you did not mourn.”
Mattthew 11: 16-17 (emphasis added)
In this passage, Jesus is saying that He wants us to respond with our actions. Let us not be a silent and immobile generation. We can use our talent of dance to inspire and serve the world around us. Let US be a DANCING GENERATION!!!