About iDance Ministry


iDance Ministry was founded by María A. Daniel ​on the following principles:    

​Educate, Elevate and
​Impact the World. 


The iDance Experience includes instruction in:

● Ballet                       
● Hip Hop              
● Liturgical Dance   
● Jazz & Jazz Funk  
● HBCU Danceline
● Hip Hop Theater Dance 
● Drill and Step        
​● Multicultural Dance

         Youth Dance      
        Ambassadors​
Dance Ambassadors for National Dance Week 
​ 
iDance Ministry is an Official Ambassador of the National Dance Week Foundation.

​● Received Two Mayoral Proclamations for being Ambassadors of Dance and sponsoring Regional National Dance Week Events​​

●  2016 Scholarship Recipient of the National Dance Week Foundation 

Artists of the Week: iDance Ministry 

Charlottesville
Family’s
Bloom Magazine

Article (below)
Dance and Choreography Experience

Liturgical Dance, Hip Hop, Ballet, Modern, Jazz /Jazz, Funk, African, Drill and Step, Pageants, Candlelight Dancing and Ribbons/Flags

Working Day and Night Dance: 
A Choreographed Dance by the
Dance Ambassadors for
Founder María Daniel


​​​​Dance Ministry Experience

● iDance Ministry
● Daughters of Divinity
● Glorious Praise Dance
● Soldiers of Christ
​​
Interesting Facts:

Dance Background
(below)
Picture
 
Founder and Artistic Director

María A. Daniel, Esquire has 35 years of experience in choreographing dance routines. She has danced at schools, stadiums, auditoriums, college basketball games, churches and community events.  She has danced in Philadelphia, New Jersey, Washington, D.C., Atlanta, Georgia, Virginia and 
Minnesota.
​ 

María A. Daniel is

(1)  a Certified Liturgical Dance Educator;
(2)  a Certified Dance Instructor for Youth with Special Needs; 
(3)  a National Dance Educator Organization member;
​(4) an Experienced Dancer /Creative Choreographer; 
(5)  a mentor;
(6)  an educator and
(7)  a lawyer.

Our Team: Aliyah and Ana

Aliyah - Artistic Associate, Instructor and Team Lead  ​(Senior Dance Ambassadors)

Ana - Artistic Associate and Coordinator (Junior Dance Ambassadors)​


In the News

 ​ 
We were featured on NBC and CBS News for our Hip Hop Experience Dance Camp and our National Dance Week Celebration of Dance Event. Founder María Daniel and the Youth Dance Ambassadors were featured on CBS along with the Hip Hop Experience Dance Class students. 

● Greene County Record Newspaper

● C-ville Weekly

● Charlottesville Family Bloom Magazine

● Artists of the Month 
  (Make and Believe Foundation)

"You are My Worship" 
 Liturgical Dance (Video Below)


Liturgical Dance: ​My Chains are Gone
​(Video Below)

​                 Calling to Dance

After losing feeling in both legs (due to an illness), María was devastated at the thought of never dancing again.

God restored feeling in her legs. She was led by God to create iDance Ministry.

​The rest is history.
Interesting Facts - Dance Background

María received the "Most Talented Award" for her dance at the Miss Black Minnesota Pageant (photo below) where she went on to become the titleholder (queen). 

She is a founding member and co-captain of Mahogany in Motion premier Dance Squad for Morehouse College in Atlanta, GA.


 Liturgical Dance to Psalm 150 (below)
 Dramatic Reading: by Betty McDaniel​

​iDance Ministry 
                                                            •  Educate  
                                                            •  Elevate 
                                                            •  Impact the World 

           through dance.

iDance Ministry:

Our mission

●  teach others technique, dance history and movement  

●  minister through creative and edifying multicultural choreography and dance

●  become spiritual and cultural ambassadors of dance

Let everything that hath breath Praise the Lord. Psalm 150:6