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Is Dance Ministry Biblical?

Psalm 149:3 "Let them praise his name with dancing; let them sing praises to him with tambourine and harp."
Here, dance ministry is understood as a group of people who perform choreography during worship with the intention of praising God. There is also prophetic dance, but that topic is for another article. It's something different. Remember that dancing is not a sin. David danced in the presence of God (2 Samuel 6:14). In theory, it wouldn't be a sin, but something still needs to be analyzed.
Everything will depend on which normative interpretive principle you follow. If you follow the Calvinist principle, which states that only what is expressly provided for in the Bible can be done, you will be against it, because dance is not among the traditional elements of worship: prayer, word, praise, apostolic blessing, testimony, and offering. However, if you follow the Lutheran/Methodist principle, which states that anything not expressly prohibited can be done, you would be in favor of dancing because it is not a sin.
I follow the normative Methodist/Lutheran interpretative principle. I believe that if we strictly followed the Calvinist principle, many elements of church services and churches would have to be removed, such as modern instruments, youth and children's departments, canteens, church statutes and regulations, study Bibles, etc. None of these things are foreseen in the Bible, yet they do not contradict any biblical principle. Therefore, I believe that the dance ministry is biblical because it does not contradict any biblical principle.
Remember that this article is not intended to criticize Calvinism. It is to discuss dance and biblical interpretation. May God bless your life.