About iDance Ministry

Educate, Elevate and ​Impact the World through dance. 
​iDance Ministry is a trailblazer in dynamic and creative dance instruction, choreography and performance. It is home to the award winning Youth Dance Ambassadors who are personally mentored and trained by our Founder. We provide a positive environment for youth to learn dance, perform, compete and grow.
 
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​Accomplishments
•Hip Hop Dance Ministry of the Year Award
•Outstanding Director of the Year Award
•Director's Award: Dance the World Disney
•Received 2 Mayoral Proclamations
•Artists of the Week
•National Dance Foundation Spotlight 

Notable Performances
•Disney World (Hip Hop)
•Magic Kingdom Parade
•Circle of Sisters(New York WBLS event)
•McDonald's Gospelfest Finalists
•Hershey Park
 
Competitions 
•First Place Awards (local and State)
•Best of Show Award (District)
•High Gold and other Top Honors
•Finalists (International Competition)

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Media
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•NBC news features
•CBS news features
•Front Page Newspaper features 
•Magazine features
•Electronic news highlights and features

In the News

McDonald's Gospelfest Finalists

Charlottesville
Family Bloom 
Magazine Article

Interesting Facts about Founder
María Daniel

• She received the "Most Talented Award" for her dance at the Miss Black Minnesota Pageant
 
• She won Miss Black Minnesota 

•  She was a finalist in the Miss Black USA pageant

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

Hip Hop Ministry and Outstanding Director of
​the Year 

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

Founder and Artistic Director

María A. Daniel, Esquire has 35 years of experience in choreographing dance routines. She has performed at schools, stadiums, auditoriums, college basketball games, churches and community events 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)  a Dance New Jersey member (for Dance Educators);
​(5)  a National Dance Foundation Ambassador;
(6) an Experienced Dancer /Creative Choreographer; 
(7)  a Mentor;
(8)  an Educator;
(9)  a Lawyer and
(10) an Author.

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Part of our Team: Niara

Niara is a member of the National Honor Society for Dance Arts.

Choreography credits
 
• Finale Dance in, Sympathy, a Hip Hop Opera

• Choreographed award winning competition routines

•Contributed choreography for the Hip Hop Experience Signature Dance class (featured on NBC and CBS).

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Niara is an
Artistic Associate,
Instructor and ​Team Lead for the Youth Dance Ambassadors

Dance Performances

Disney World 

McDonald's Gospelfest
 
Hershey Park 

​NY (Circle of Sisters)

NCAA Basketball Halftime Dance

National Dance Week events
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Teen Talent (1st Place)

Dancehall - Song "Jesus" 
African-American Cultural
​Arts Festival

Features and Articles appears in the following:

● Greene County Record Newspaper

● Daily Progress

● Scotch Plains Monthly

● Tap into Scotch PlainsNews

● C-ville Weekly

● Charlottesville Bloom Magazine

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.

​Click Below to read
the Article on the
Dance of Healing
written by Founder
María A. Daniel

Dance of Healing Article

i​​Dance Ministry Experience

● iDance Ministry

● Daughters of Divinity

● Glorious Praise Dance

● Soldiers of Christ​​

Dance and Choreography Experience

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

Liturgical Dance to Psalm 150 
Dramatic Reading:Betty McDaniel​

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​iDance Ministry
                                 •  Educate  
                                 •  Elevate 
                                 •  Impact the World through dance.

iDance Ministry:

Our mission explained.

●  teach others about dance 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