SHIRLENE QUIGLEY, FOUNDER OF DANCING DISCIPLES, STARTED HER JOURNEY AS A DANCE PROFESSIONAL WHICH HAS BEEN ONGOING FOR OVER TWENTY YEARS. HER TRAJECTORY BEGAN A BIT DIFFERENTLY THAN MOST. IMMEDIATELY AFTER SHE GRADUATED FROM VILLAGE CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS IN 2002, SHE STARTED HER CAREER AS ONE OF BEYONCE’S ORIGINAL “UHH OH” GIRLS IN BEYONCE’S “CRAZY IN LOVE” MUSIC VIDEO IN 2003. SINCE THEN SHE HAS WORKED WITH ARTISTS SUCH AS RIHANNA, MISSY ELLIOT, JAMIE FOXX, CHRIS BROWN, DESTINY'S CHILD, THE ISLEY BROTHERS, ASHANTI, MARY J BLIGE AND MANY OTHERS. YOU MAY HAVE RECENTLY SEEN HER IN A CITY NEAR YOU, DANCING ALONGSIDE LIZZO, WITH WHOM SHE HAS BEEN ON THE ROAD WITH SINCE 2019. SHE WAS ALSO ABLE TO SIT AS A JUDGE/TEACHER ON THE EMMY AWARD WINNING AMAZON PRIME SHOW, “WATCH OUT FOR THE BIG GRRRLS.”

 

THROUGH ALL OF THE WORK AND SUCCESS, THINGS STARTED TO SHIFT FOR HER IN THE SUMMER OF 2012. SHE BEGAN TO HAVE AN INTIMATE RELATIONSHIP WITH THE LORD. STEPPING INTO CHURCH AT ONELA SHE FELT THE PRESENCE OF GOD IN A FRESH NEW WAY. SINCE THEN, HER LIFE AND THE WAY SHE VIEWED THE INDUSTRY DRASTICALLY CHANGED. SHE EVEN ASKED HERSELF MANY TIMES IF SHE NEEDED TO LEAVE THE INDUSTRY, BUT KEPT HEARING GOD SAY “STAY.” REALIZING, WE CAN BE “IN IT, BUT NOT OF IT,” SHE DECIDED TO TAKE A BOLD STEP TO BRING FAITH TO THE COMMUNITY IN A BRAND NEW WAY.

SHIRLENE HOPES, DANCING DISCIPLES, WILL SPREAD THE LOVE OF JESUS TO ALL WALKS OF LIFE, WHILE HELPING TO EQUIP ENTERTAINERS TO BRING JESUS TO AND THROUGH, THE DANCE, MUSIC, AND ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRIES.