Tecsia Evans (center) leads a class for Ross Dance, a faith-based dance company, during the Praise dance convention and workshop in Oakland, Calif. on Saturday, June 27, 2015. Paul Chinn/The Chronicle ...

View full size Belinda Lilly dances to Christian Praise and Worship Music under the pavillion at Langan park Tuesday May 10, 2011. (Press-Register, Bill Starling) ...

Praise dance: One group is moved by the spirit By Debbie Cafazzo - McClatchy Newspapers. May 23, 2009 12:00 AM. TACOMA, Wash. — Six women, dressed in flowing white skirts and purple tunics ...

Williams and a friend, Nikima McPherson, started the Praise Dance Expo eight years ago. “You don’t only have to be in church to have a really great platform,” Williams said.