Elaine’s passion for sharing her gift of expression through dance has been continuously cultivated at every step.
A technically trained dancer, choreographer, and artist, Elaine’s love for dance began at the tender age of five in creative ballet class.
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Elaine holds a Master of Fine Arts in Dance degree from Texas Woman’s University and a Bachelor of Science degree from Grambling State University.
As a dancer Elaine has performed with Mahogany Dance Theatre of Texas, in the televised Annual TBAAL Black Music & Civil Rights Movement Concert, with the Northlake College Repertory Dance Company, and has been featured in several music videos for national and international gospel recording artists.
In 2006, Elaine founded the Anointed Saints of Praise Dance Ministry where she continues as Director and Choreographer today. Since the ministry's inception, Elaine has choreographed all of the ministry's works with the exception a few that included movement created in collaboration with dancers, ranging from duets to up to eight dancers, all using music and scripture as the foundation. To date Elaine has lead the ministry to host their own Annual Praise Dance Explosions for six consecutive years which included over twenty different Dance and Mine Ministries from across the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex and around the United States. At each Explosion, at least one of her works were included in the program. In 2015, Elaine expanded the ministry by creating and hosting a workshop series called the Toolbox Dance Ministry Workshop giving Dance Ministries the opportunity to focus on core dance techniques in a dance studio setting. Accolades for Anointed Saints of Praise Dance Ministry include two Liturgical Dance/Mime Team of the Year nominations for the Rhythm of Gospel Awards in 2018 and 2019, and the 4th Annual Key of Gospel Music and Ministry Awards in 2019.
Elaine has danced in music videos for gospel recording artists Jeccin Unegbu, Shad Kings Oyewusi, Minister Charles Sleyon, Joe Kulugh, and Joy Forze & Pandita Njoh. She is listed in the Who’s Who in Praise Dance/Mime Ministries list on the His Hem Ministry Praise Dance and Worship Arts blog and is known as a trail blazer in the ministry social media industry. On Christmas Eve 2016, Elaine ministered in dance as a solo dance artist on the Believers International Ministries special holiday broadcast that aired on the national UAN Television Network.
Since receiving her Masters degree, Elaine continues to explore her choreographic process on stage and on screen as a dancer, choreographer, and filmmaker, researching the various ways a dancer can use their gift of dance and array of technique to create movement and embody the many stages of thankfulness using different dance styles.