ICDF DIPLOMA OF DANCE MINISTRY – INTRODUCTORY COURSE DAY

TUTOR: Liesl Townsend (South Africa)

Liesl became involved in Christian Dance when she joined the Christian Dance School with Rosemary Raw, the Founder of ICDF South Africa, in Cape Town, in 1981. She has fulfilled leadership roles in ICDF South Africa as the Provincial Coordinator for the Eastern Cape and Gauteng and the National Coordinator of South Africa from 2009. She was elected as the Joint ICDF Coordinator in 2019.

Liesl has developed a Basic Foundation Course in Christian Dance and has a passion for evangelism through dance. She runs an interdenominational dance group focusing on ministry opportunities. Liesl is married to Rory and they have two daughters, Zoë and Jesi, and as a family they have supported her in the mnistry with choreography, music and video production.

 

ICDF Diploma of Dance Ministry – introductory course booklet (supplied)

by Mary Jones and Liesl Townsend

 

The ICDF Diploma in Ministry Introductory Course is an amalgamation of a course that Liesl Townsend has taught in the Christian Dance Fellowship of South Africa and a manual that was written by Mary Jones with members of the Christian Dance Fellowship of Australia which was published in 1988. This was the year that CDF Australia organised the International Conference which resulted in the formation of the International Christian Dance Fellowship (ICDF). The material from the Manual was used in the dance degree at Wesley Institute in Sydney and in the ICDF Diploma of Dance Ministry that started as an online course in 2010. This new course, consisting of the theory in this manual plus practical work, was developed for the ICDF international gathering that is held every three years. It has been accepted as part of the ICDF Diploma as an introductory course which would be taught face to face rather than online, with attendees receiving a Certificate of Completion.  It is hoped that some of the participants would then go on to apply for the ICDF Diploma in Dance Ministry as online students where there would be more opportunity for in-depth study and practical application.