The Award Winning Spirit Filled Gospel Minister, Godsave whose real names are Ezoiribhor Godsave. He is the leader of the popular Gospel dance crew, SOIDERS OF CHRIST (S.O.C) and the AMBASSADOR for the (VOICE OF DANCE) movement.  GODSAVE is a gifted gospel dancer of very rare quality. He is known for his energetic deliveries in his ministration and his unquestionable presence his ministry carries. He has won souls for Christ and inspired lots of youth through his  dance .

in an Exclusive Online Interview with TAPZPRO he unleached some reasons why today Churche's dis-aprove breakdancing , how a gospel dance ought to be practiced, spirituality,experience, upcoming concert, and what made him choose gospel to secular dance.


Here is GODSAVE


Can we meet you sir?


I am Ezoiribhor Godsave by name, the first amongst five children of my parents. I am from Esan West Local Government Area of Edo State. I am opportune to be the current leader and founder of  Soldiers of Christ (S.O.C) Dance Crew  and a privilege minister of God for  Dayspring Evangelical and a worker under The Redeemed Christian Church of God. I have been privilege to dance around and outside Lagos, worked with so many dancers and crews, taught dance at academies, workshops, schools and churches.



HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE YOUR MINISTRY?


 Well, I would say my ministry as an individual is to bring deliverance to the areas I have been specifically called into like the gospotainment industry.




 ANY PARTICULAR REASON WHY YOU CHOSE DANCING GOSPEL? 



I won’t say I chose it sir, the sincere truth of the matter is that God had ordained it to be so and this is something I know for sure considering our experiences sir.




IS DANCE A GIFT FROM GOD?



 Dance is not a gift from God. I have heard a lot of people call it a gift from God but biblically guided, dance is not a gift from God. There is a difference between gifts and talents and this is something everybody must understand; a dancer or not. When you say gift from god, you talk about spiritual gifts which are enlisted in First Corinthians 12, Romans 12 and Ephesians 4 alongside some other scriptures. One of the essence of these spiritual gifts is that they are given by the Holy Spirit to individuals to build up the entire Church. Talent on the other hand, is said to be a natural aptitude or skill possessed by one. Skill is something that can be developed as a reason of training even if not divinely giving, while gifts on the other hand, is divinely given by the Holy Spirit and can’t be developed as a reason of training.



TELL US ABOUT YOUR CREW?



 Well, Soldiers of Christ popular referred to as S.O.C Dance Crew, we love to see ourselves more as a family and not a crew and I believe that is something that has kept us together, growing stronger over the years. By the grace of God we will be 8 years together by 20th September this year sir and I must confess it has not been an easy journey but with God on our side, we are breaking limits. I’m glad to announce that unlike a lot of other crews I know of both great and small, everyone of us who started the crew together are still together in the crew.




WHAT’S THE BIGGEST CROWD YOU PERFORMED IN FRONT OF AND WHERE? 



Wow….. Well, I would say LIVING FAITH CHURCH (Winners Chapel) at their main headquarters during one of their Youth Alive Convention. I believe you should be able to imagine the crowd sir.





AS A DANCER AND CHOREOGRAPHER, WHAT IS THE SKILL THAT ONE NEEDS TO WORK SUCCESSFULLY?


 I hope you don’t consider me too spiritual but the reality with the most sincere truth sir, I would say as a dancer and choreographer especially in the gospel industry, the basic skills you need are creativity and the influence of the Holy Spirit. These are two factors that sets us aside and unique 




HOW DOES A GOSPEL DANCER CONTRIBUTE TO THE GROWTH OF THE CHURCH?



 This is simple sir, dancers have this factor I call a magnetic force that can attract the attention of anybody even the unbelievers. The church ought to use the dancers more for evangelical campaigns because we are one of the best set of evangelists there is but sadly, our Churches don’t recognize this factor and get to limit the dancers in their Churches. This is one thing hotels, club, bars, etc understand and are ready to pay dancers huge sum of money to do a rally for them and perform at their clubs, hotels and bars. I understand these things I’m saying based on experience sir.




HOW DOES A GOSPEL DANCER GROW SPIRITUALLY? AND HOW DO YOU WORK TOWARDS IT? 


The answer is simple sir; a gospel dancer grows spiritually the same way every other persons grow spiritually. Give in to the study of the word, pray without ceasing, build an intimate relationship with the Holy Spirit, fellowship with the Holy Spirit constantly.



CAN A GOSPEL DANCER PERFORM IN CLUBS OR BIRTHDAY PARTIES? 



This is a tempting question but I will say for birthday parties, you can dance there but ensure it is done professionally especially secular setting birthday parties, you can perform, get your pay and dash out; it even gives your brand a level of professionalism before them. As for clubs, well, if the Holy Spirit agrees with your spirit to perform there, who am I to ask you not to go? It all falls back to your relationship with the Holy Spirit.



WHAT CAN YOU SAY ABOUT THE COMMON SAYING IN SOME CHURCHES “BREAK DANCE IS NOT ALLOWED” BECAUSE THEY SEE IT AS A DEVILISH DANCE MOVE? 




While I was growing up in the dance industry, I faced challenges similar to this even in my Church. I was told to stop dancing some certain dance styles and was told the styles to dance. One thing I want everybody to understand is that there’s no dance that is devilish, what matters is who is doing the dance? If any of these dance were devilish, I’m glad to be doing them to glorify God because if the devil could create something which we know he cannot in order to get people to glorify him and I’m using it to glorify God and win souls to Christ then I will keep doing it. This is where dancers especially gospel dancers have so much responsibility, the minds of many needs to be directed to the truth and reality about dance and this is something myself and my crew have determined to do and to the glory of God, there’s no place we go to and do any move that we are condemned.




WHAT CAN YOU SAY ABOUT MODERN DANCE BEING A MEDIUM OF ENCOURAGING IMMORALITY?



 The sincere truth sir is that it’s not only dance that encourages immorality but the thing with dance especially some certain dance styles like Latin Dance Style, Hip Hop Dance Style, etc it involves touching of the body of the opposite sex a times, looks seductive a times but you see for dancers, one of the first thing I feel every dancer should learn is how to put their emotions under control. Once upon a time, I was teaching a lady dance privately and she told me she was no longer feeling too comfortable and I’m sure you know what that means, immediately I had to end the class for that day because if I had continue, I’m sure something else could have followed. Once we are able to put our emotions under control, immorality will be far from us regardless of the dance style and also as dancers, we should mind what we do on stage because what we do sends a message across to the audience and that’s why we have a lot of guys believing all female dancers a loosed and one can easily have sex with them. Most of the time, it is as a result of the picture they got during the performance of the lady.



 IF YOU COULD CHANGE ANYTHING ABOUT THE DANCE INDUSTRY, WHAT WOULD IT BE? 



Sincerely if I could, I would change the mind of people about dance and dancers but I guess that would not make life fun.



DO YOU HAVE ANY UPCOMING SHOW? 



Yes, I do. By the grace of God, we’ll be having the fourth (4th) edition of our annual show tagged DA XPLOSION by December and we are trusting God this pandemic will be over soon so it will work as plan and also I’m working on a project which will be launched soon tagged THE VOICE OF DANCE where I will be speaking out for and to all dancers all over the world on my social media handles (especially gospel dancers).




WHAT’S HAPPENING TO THE GOSPEL MUSIC INDUSTRY? THEY DON’T PROMOTE DANCERS LIKE SECULAR DOES, WHAT’S YOUR TAKE ON THAT? 


O I wrote on my Facebook wall on an issue relating to this and by the grace of God, this is one of the topics THE VOICE OF DANCE will entail. Until then, I won’t say anything on this for now so I don’t ruin the fun of THE VOICE OF DANCE. (Smiles…….)




WE KNOW YOUR TEAM AS A VIBRANT AND ENERGETIC DANCE CREW, WHAT’S THE SECRET?




 A secret is something that ought to be personal and not revealed but this I will share. I’ve shared this with a lot of dancers before and those who took to it are enjoying it now, while those who saw it as nothing are also enjoying it now. The secrets are simple and as follows: 

1. Let God be the centre point of everything 

2. Don’t build a crew, build a family

3. Take dance as your life. It has chosen you and you have accepted it, give it the right nutrient. 

4. No show is too big and no show is too small should be your mindset 5. Try to elevate as many as you can, the top isn’t meant for you alone.





HAVE YOU INDULGE YOURSELF IN ANY COMMUNITY SERVICE?



 With all sincerity NO! but it’s something I’m planning on doing soon with my crew although we have engaged in a whole lot of free shows and events to support people, organizations, societies, etc and in a way one could regard that as a  community and kingdom service also sir.





IF YOU HAVE ENOUGH MONEY TO RETIRE, WOULD YOU?




 I haven’t sincerely thought of that but the truth is as long as my bones and my body can go in this dance industry, “we die here”




WHAT ADVICE DO YOU HAVE FOR YOUNGSTARS WHO HAVE THE CALLING TO DANCE BUT ARE CONFUSED?



 Stay connected to God, Build capacity, Humbly learn from those who have been there before you, Build the right kinds of relationship, Stay focused, Neglect not the Holy Spirit and Be of good courage.



ASIDE FROM DANCING, ARE YOU INTO ANY OTHER BUSINESS? 



Yes sir, aside dance I’m also a Graphic Designer/C.E.O of Delite Communications, I’m an activational speaker, a privileged ministering vessel of Dayspring Evangelical, a Computer Science Teacher and an Aerobic Coach.




It's nice having an Online Exclusive Interview with u sir ?

It my pleasure sir,