As you read An Introduction to Christian Dance, you will discover why and how we dance. Dance is first and foremost for praising and worshipping God; this is explained from a biblical perspective and by delving deeper into the meanings of the original Hebrew and Greek words for dance, praise and worship. I encourage you to follow the Holy Spirit as He leads you and/or your dance group in your unique expression of worship.

My prayer for each person who works through these chapters is that you will gain a deeper understanding of what it means to dance in praising and worshipping God – spirit, soul, and body!

My journey in dance began at the age of five when my mother signed me up for ballet classes to help correct my feet. For a few years, ballet was my life. My friend and I would make up games and act them out through dance. My childhood dream was to become a prima ballerina, but God had other plans ....

I stopped ballet through my teen years before I learned to dance on pointe, but I never stopped dancing at home – and always in worship.

In 1986, when I was sixteen, I experienced my first Feast of Tabernacles celebration at our church. As a group of young women came dancing in procession down the aisles, my heart leapt with joy, and I knew that this was what I wanted to do. Two years later, I was one of those dancers and the following year, I was heading up the dance group in our church, meeting with a small group each Saturday to dance and study the Word. I spent  and sourcing whatever material I could find on dance and Christian dance, which was very little at the time. I also enrolled in the School of Psalmody at our church, where I learned about worship.

In 1992, I had the opportunity to study at the Psalmody Academy in Randburg, a school for worship leaders, and was one of the first students to be trained in Christian dance. It was there that the Lord told me: “I have called you to dance for Me,” and gave me a vision strategy forteaching Christian dance (see Vision Statement). Back home in Cape Town, I was released into full-time dance ministry at my church and started my first Christian dance school.

In 2000, I launched Spirit of Life Dance Ministries and compiled my teaching material into three manuals: An Introduction to Christian Dance, Worship, and Flags and Banners.

In 2022, the Lord released me to officially publish these three manuals as books in a Christian Dance Series along with two more books: Intercession through Dance and Prophetic Dance