The Founding of Praise Dance
Founded in 2003, each Praise Exercise hymn lasts three to five minutes, with twelve hymns per series. To date, ten series have been completed. The routine is actively promoted in parks, community squares, hospitals, schools, churches, and various workplaces, reaching from Taiwan to all corners of the world, including the United States, China, Hong Kong, Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and Europe.
Praise Exercise aims to proclaim the Christian Gospel, cultivate personal spiritual growth, enhance physical fitness, improve holistic health, and care for community members. Formulated by Teacher Wu Mei-yun, a veteran musician who traveled to the US, she composed the music and choreographed the dances. Using scriptures from the Bible, she created numerous beautifully melodic and catchy scriptural hymns for gymnastics, blending dance into exercise and exercise into dance. This “Thanksgiving and Joyful Praise Exercise” is suitable for all ages.
The design of Praise Exercise combines elegant dance with rhythmic breathing and various fitness movements to stretch the entire body. Through daily devotions, worship, praise, and prayer, it uses God’s word to cleanse the mind, beautiful melodies to elevate refinement, and graceful bodily movements to maintain health. Sharing Praise Exercise also enhances positive social interactions and improves the quality of life for the elderly.
Our Vision
- Cleanse and touch our minds with God’s word.
- Elevate our refinement with beautiful musical melodies.
- Maintain our health with graceful bodily movements.
- Praise God with singing in unity.
- Look up to God with spirit and truth.
- Worship God with dance and movement.
It expands our horizons, allowing our body, mind, and spirit to grow.