{"id":25852,"date":"2020-10-11T14:56:52","date_gmt":"2020-10-11T19:56:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.nwhillsumc.org\/?page_id=25852"},"modified":"2025-05-25T11:39:33","modified_gmt":"2025-05-25T16:39:33","slug":"adoration-dance-group","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/nw.vidconf.net\/?page_id=25852","title":{"rendered":"Adoration Dance Group"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Adoration Liturgical Dance Ensemble
& Rejoice Dance Ministry<\/h1>
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History<\/h3>
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The Adoration Liturgical Dance Ensemble<\/em> was formed in 2008 by Heather Taylor, Jenny Roberts, and Beth Judd at Northwest Hills United Methodist Church to provide a visual and creative enhancement for worship.  Adoration<\/em> has presented over 60 original works choreographed by Heather Taylor.<\/p><\/div>\n\n\n\n


Diversity<\/h3>
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The Adoration Dance Ministry<\/em> has welcomed visiting international children whose parents come to study in the U.S. One young visiting dancer was baptized during her time here at NWHUMC. Adoration welcomes all people to participate regardless of age, gender identity, race, nationality, or ability.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Age Groups<\/h3>
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Adoration Dance Ministry<\/em> is the dance group for dancers ages 4th<\/sup> grade and up.

Rejoice Dance Ministry<\/em> is a group of kindergarten through third graders who dance periodically in worship.<\/p><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Leadership<\/h3><\/div>
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Heather Taylor was a professional ballet dancer for 17 years and danced with Ballet Austin, Ballet El Paso, and the Louisville Ballet. She earned a B.S. degree in Ballet Performance from Indiana University and a Texas teaching certificate in Life\/Earth science. She taught eighth-grade science for three years while balancing dancing and teaching. She danced many soloist roles when she danced professionally. She was promoted to the principal teacher at Ballet Austin when her first child was born and continued to teach for Ballet Austin until her second child was born in 2008.<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/section>\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n\n\n

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