Dancing is not just for fun, sometimes it can be to celebrate something divine.

1. Religious Dance
Dancing has long been considered an art form. People express their feelings and thoughts
through intricate physical movement and well-choreographed steps. Many modern forms
require a partner or a group of artists to beautifully execute and clearly express body
movements. And most of the time they need to perform steps which look aesthetically
pleasing but indecent to the religious (or to the conservative). Moreover, these dances require
costumes that are alluring and sexy to conservative and modest tastes.
All types of dance are taught at Dance of Life Studio.
Generally, religious dancing is not that distinct in terms of modesty. There are many
pantheistic religions that allow costumes and the moves to be bold and daring (it is because a
religion is heavily influenced by culture). But people with different cultural backgrounds may
respect a specific daring dance, even though they have a solid understanding of indecency.
Judeo-Christian dancing is a different matter. Their monotheistic Creator has passed down
precepts to avoid evil, so any indecent dance manoeuvre is prohibited. Moreover, Judeo-
Christian dancing exclusively focuses on praising their monotheistic god. Christians also
wear modest and unique costumes because of this exclusivity.
Judeo-Christian historical records of dancing dates back to their pilgrimage to the holy land
(i.e. Israel). Miriam -- the sister of the person who was given the God's commandments --
danced with her fellow ladies to celebrate their freedom from Egyptians. This historical
record in Judeo-Christianity is the basis as to why the dance of their religion requires no men
and women to be partnered (or even touch each other). Moreover, both religions do not allow
men and women to dance in a single group. When they dance, men and women have separate
circles. Their dance is credited to praising their Lord and not merely to express their feelings
and emotions.
Though they have a historical basis for their purpose of dancing, the specific moves are not
exactly mentioned. This is where Judeo-Christianity is split. Jewish dances changed over time
because they adapted the dance motions of other neighbouring cultures. Although strict jews
still practice the earlier rules.
As for Christians, many of them also adopted other types of dances, such as ballet and
breakdancing. But because they do not allow alluring dance manoeuvres, they developed and
restricted dance movements from the discipline ballet and breakdancing (for example). They
would learn about the fundamentals of certain dance disciplines, and pick and develop from
them modest dance movements that follows the traditional laws of Jewish dancing.