Human Video is Dance.

It is a popular trend in the Assemblies of God to refer to Human Video as "choreographed movement" and by labeling it that, it somehow becomes not dance.

This phrase is just one of the key exhibits the case arguing for ignorance of those people who propagate such foolishness.

The case against "dance" by those distinguished forbearers of our faith has always been one of confusion for me. Where did this idea come from that dance itself was somehow bad? What is it intrinsically about moving ones body that is so offensive? Nothing. Seductive dance is not profitable for our aims as Christians and therefore ought to be abstained from, but so should seductive talk, and we do not abstain from talking at all.

This antiquated idea ought to be done away with, but that is a subject for another post.

Today I will show you how Human Video falls into the theatrical category of Dance. In order to do that, I will need to define both Human Video and Dance.

Dance (from Old French dance, further history unknown) generally refers to human movement either used as a form of expression (see also body language) or presented in a social, spiritual or performance setting.

Definitions of what constitutes dance are dependent on social, cultural, aesthetic artistic and moral constraints and range from functional movement (such as Folk dance) to codified, virtuoso techniques such as ballet. In sports, gymnastics, figure skating and synchronized swimming there are dance disciplines while Martial arts 'Kata' are often compared to dances.

The Oxford English Dictionary says that Dance is:

1. A rhythmical skipping and stepping, with regular turnings and movements of the limbs and body, usually to the accompaniment of music; either as an expression of joy, exultation, and the like, or as an amusement or entertainment; the action or an act or round of dancing.

2. a. A definite succession or arrangement of steps and rhythmical movements constituting one particular form or method of dancing.

The only encyclopedia (to my knowledge) that contains a definition of Human Video is wikipedia, and even thought it is chiefly written by me I will use it as I believe it is a succinct but thorough definition:

A human video is a form of theatre combining music, American Sign Language, Modern Dance and drama. A human video consists of a song (usually by a popular singer or group) played over loudspeakers while actors use rhythmic physical movement (gestures and other movements of the limbs and body) to communicate joy, exultation, sadness, anger, and often the passion of Jesus of Nazareth to a given audience. Their movements should demonstrate both a story and the theme of the song being played. The story can be either implicit in the words of the song or a story written independently of the original artist's meaning.

Physical movement, rhythmical movements;Turnings of limbs, movement of body, form of expression, presented in a social, spiritual or performance setting.


I don't believe that a long explaination of my views would be nessisary or benificial. It is clear form these definistions that Human Video * I S * Dance.


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