Uploaded April 2026 | Updated September 2026, 13 hours ago
Randall Flinn is recognized as a multi-decades artistic ambassador of dance in the Houston and international dance community. He travels globally as a dance educator, choreographer, director, and lecturer. He has served as a dance educator for Cirque Du Soleil, Hong Kong Ballet, Xaris Danz Germany, and Project Dance Global Dance Festivals in NYC, Sydney, London, and Paris. Presently, Mr. Flinn serves on the faculty for Houston’s High School for Performing Arts, Houston Ballet Academy, The University of St. Thomas, and Palm Beach Atlantic University. He is the founder and artistic director of the Houston based Ad Deum Dance Company, now celebrating their twenty seventh season of national and international touring.
Dance is an overlooked art form, especially in church communities, but it can provide some of the most powerful testimonies of God’s hand on humanity. Flinn provides us with a unique inside perspective of the power of dance and God’s relationship with dance throughout scripture. All of this and more on this episode of the Faith and Pop Culture Podcast!
TIMESTAMPS
0:00 Introduction
4:01 How did you get involved with Ad Deum dance company?
13:58 What do you have to say to Chalamet’s comment about dance? Why is dance overlooked in the Church?
18:00 Have you gotten any pushback or criticism from the Christian community for the “sensuality” of dance?
28:40 How does dance embody the good, the true, and the beautiful?
33:28 What place do more abstract forms of art have in the Church?
37:30 Commentary on grief and joy in creation and in dance
43:03 How do we build up the body of creative Christians and shepherd their gifts?
49:38 Things Randall Likes That You Should Like, Too
MENTIONS:
Youth With a Mission: ywam.org
Timothee Chalamet Variety & CNN Town Hall Interview: youtube.com/watch?v=424w9fJRgYk
Straight to the Heart: blackabystore.org/products/straight-to-the-heart-communicating-the-gospel-in-an-emotionally-driven-culture-paperback?srsltid=AfmBOoomETxT1OeulQv-k3t9itzcnskY3ql34Yl5srAniFNa7j0R6DMq
Ad Deum Website: addeumdance.org
Ad Deum Instagram: instagram.com/addeumdanceco?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet&igsh=ZDNlZDc0MzIxNw==
Ad Deum Facebook: facebook.com/addeumdance
To join the Sunday International gathering, email addeumdance@gmail.com
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If you'd like to donate to help support the ministry into the next 20 year, follow the link below. No donation is too small! blackaby.org/support-bmi-kin/
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Randall Flinn is recognized as a multi-decades artistic ambassador of dance in the Houston and international dance community. He travels globally as a dance educator, choreographer, director, and lecturer. He has served as a dance educator for Cirque Du Soleil, Hong Kong Ballet, Xaris Danz Germany, and Project Dance Global Dance Festivals in NYC, Sydney, London, and Paris. Presently, Mr. Flinn serves on the faculty for Houston’s High School for Performing Arts, Houston Ballet Academy, The University of St. Thomas, and Palm Beach Atlantic University. He is the founder and artistic director of the Houston based Ad Deum Dance Company, now celebrating their twenty seventh season of national and international touring.
Dance is an overlooked art form, especially in church communities, but it can provide some of the most powerful testimonies of God’s hand on humanity. Flinn provides us with a unique inside perspective of the power of dance and God’s relationship with dance throughout scripture. All of this and more on this episode of the Faith and Pop Culture Podcast!
TIMESTAMPS
0:00 Introduction
4:01 How did you get involved with Ad Deum dance company?
13:58 What do you have to say to Chalamet’s comment about dance? Why is dance overlooked in the Church?
18:00 Have you gotten any pushback or criticism from the Christian community for the “sensuality” of dance?
28:40 How does dance embody the good, the true, and the beautiful?
33:28 What place do more abstract forms of art have in the Church?
37:30 Commentary on grief and joy in creation and in dance
43:03 How do we build up the body of creative Christians and shepherd their gifts?
49:38 Things Randall Likes That You Should Like, Too
MENTIONS:
Youth With a Mission: ywam.org
Timothee Chalamet Variety & CNN Town Hall Interview: youtube.com/watch?v=424w9fJRgYk
Straight to the Heart: blackabystore.org/products/straight-to-the-heart-communicating-the-gospel-in-an-emotionally-driven-culture-paperback?srsltid=AfmBOoomETxT1OeulQv-k3t9itzcnskY3ql34Yl5srAniFNa7j0R6DMq
Ad Deum Website: addeumdance.org
Ad Deum Instagram: instagram.com/addeumdanceco?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet&igsh=ZDNlZDc0MzIxNw==
Ad Deum Facebook: facebook.com/addeumdance
To join the Sunday International gathering, email addeumdance@gmail.com
Make sure to subscribe to the channel, like the video, and jump into the comments section to let us know what you thought!
If you'd like to donate to help support the ministry into the next 20 year, follow the link below. No donation is too small! blackaby.org/support-bmi-kin/
FOLLOW US:
thecollision.org
X @DanielBlackaby
Facebook.com/thecollisionbmi
