The Lord your God is with you: He is mighty to save: He will take great delight in you: He will quiet you with His love: He will rejoice over you with singing.

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On this page, you will find a number of links related to Davidic Dance. Here we explain what it is, some of the biblical background and it's context.

The title Davidic Dance came from the worship dance of the Messianic movement of this century. It naturally incorporates folk style movements that represent the influences of the Jewish people living in the Diaspora, after their expulsion from Israel to the four corners of the earth.

Davidic Dance is always in a worshipful context using Messianic music and is distinct from Israeli dance which uses the roots of dance in worship, but the purpose remains social.

So it begins with God. Let's look at the scripture from Zephaniah above. The word Joy, sometimes also translated Rejoice is from the Hebrew "Yagil" literally this means "spin round in joy". God will spin round in joy over His people and we reflexively respond to His love by spinning round also. Interestingly, rejoice and dance are the same word in Aramaic, the common language spoken in the area in Yeshua's time. We know from the Tenach that whilst the Temple existed, there was always choreographed dance in worship and also at home for hospitality. We have the fine examples of Miriam and David in Exodus and 1 Samuel using choreographed worship steps. Both these leaders used dance to unite the community. We can be certain that Yeshua himself danced, in fact it was his duty as a Rabbi to lead communal dance in honour of the bride at a wedding. It was considered an act of religious duty and he was to perform it joyously. So should we do less than to praise His Name with dance? (Psalm 150).

There are many words used in the Tanach that are translated as dance in the King James version. These are (for us) a detailed description of movement, the majority of which is used in Davidic Dance today. Here are some examples:-
 

Some other Davidic Dance related sites

Praise In The Dance  - The term Davidic Dance is well known throughout the Messianic community, and much of the Christian world. In the Messianic Movement, Davidic dance is an accepted way to worship.

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