Religious Education Congress 2006

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Notitiae (Instructions for Sacraments and Divine Worship) Vol. XI, (1975) pp. 202-205 states:

“Dance has never constituted an essential part in the

official liturgy of the Latin Church. If local Churches

have introduced the dance, at times even in the temples,

this was on occasion of feasts in order to follow feelings

of jubiliation and devotion. But the dance always took

place outside the liturgical actions. Conciliar decisions

have often condemned the religious dance, as not

befitting worship, and also because it could degenerate

into disorders…hence, it is not possible to introduce

something of that sort in the liturgical celebration; it

would mean bringing into the liturgy one of the most

desacralized and desacralizing elements; and this would

mean the same as introducing an atmosphere of profanity,

which would easily suggest to those present worldly places

and profane stituations.”