DO YOU FEEL THAT YOU HAVE A DESIRE TO OFFER A DANCE OF PRAISE AND THANKSGIVING TO SENYOR SANTO NIÑO?
JOIN THE SINULOG NZ DANCE TROUPE. Please read on.
Background:
For the past 17 years, the Liturgical Dance on the first day of the 9-days Novena to Senyor Sto Nino and the Grand Liturgical Dance on the Fiesta Day has always been an integral part of the celebrations. It is the devotees’ way of expressing thanks and gratitude to our Beloved Santo Nino for all the minute by minute miracles that He is performing in our life, thanksgiving for all blessings received and for answered prayers as well those that still remain unanswered.
It is likewise a way of presenting our Prayers and Intentions during these very special days of devotions set aside for Him.
If you have the desire to continue to offer to Senyor Sto Nino your thanksgiving and petitions, join the
SINULOG NZ DANCE TROUPE.
Our Goals & Projects:
1st: To Organise the Liturgical Dance for the 1st Day of the 9-days novena (yearly)
2nd: To Organise the Grand Liturgical Dance for the Fiesta Day (yearly)
3rd: Learn some dances (cultural & classic) in preparation for special events
4th: Encourage and engage the participation of our Youth
5th: To initiate a Sinulog NZ Health and Fitness program
Requirements:
Ø Ages between 10 years old and onwards
Ø Committed to scheduled practices
Ø Passion to offer dance prayer of praise & thanksgiving
If interested please contact Belinda Flores who is the Coordinator for our Sinulog NZ Dance Troupe thru Ado’s email: adolitoflores@yahoo.com or Miriam on 0274 875 428, Home PH 570 1139.
We hope to have the first practice in early November.
God bless us all
Tita Miriam
P.s. Please invite your friends or forward this to your friends.
Some thoughts on Liturgical Dance:
Liturgical Dance is a Christian expression of prayer or worship, through body movement which can be accompanied by many different types of music with the dancers responding with an appropriate dance which flows out of the music and enhances the prayer or worship experience. The dance may be spontaneous, or have been choreographed. (Excerpts from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia).
Dance as a Language of Faith, wrote:
“Dancing before God was an experience of both revelation and response; an intense and vital expression of love, praise, thanksgiving, mystery, fear and even anger. Scripture records Miriam’s dance of thanksgiving before the Israelites as they were delivered at the Sea of Reeds (Exod. 15:20-21) and David’s dance of ecstasy before the ark (II Sam. 6:14) The Psalms, written to accompany acts of worship in the temple, offer many examples of dance and liturgical movement. To dance was to praise God with the fullest expression of joy. To kneel and bow down was to show reverence and obedience. In The Liturgy as Dance Carolyn Deitering writes, “Processions, prostrations, encircling of the altar or Torah, bowing, lifting the hands in prayer, swaying and dancing were all embraced as human actions which assisted the community’s prayer to Yahweh.”
