(Person walks down to the altar. Places disco ball. Is spritzed with levanian water. Exits.)

We dance, clap and shout because present dance is about meta-cognition and having a knowing about knowing and dancing about dancing. It’s always about having each other’s backs and being of one spine.

We dance in every direction because we know that dance tells you about Africa and tells Africa about you.

We dance and testify publicly because dance consecrates and wherever two or more are dancing there is holiness.

We dance to allow the operation and activation of natural and supernatural gifts because House Music hath a doctrine, hath a tongue, hath a revelation, hath an interpretation.

We dance because house music is the ritual and the rite thing to do.

We dance because we must return the ground to how we found it, waiting to be disturbed.