{{Short description|Annual US celebration in September}} [[File:National Dance Day 2018 DC (29030298497).jpg|thumb|Dancers participate in a National Dance Day event at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, 2018]] '''National Dance Day''' was launched in 2010 by Nigel Lythgoe, the co-creator of ''So You Think You Can Dance'' and co-founder of American Dance Movement (formerly the Dizzy Feet Foundation) in partnership with American congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton who introduced a National Dance Day resolution to express support for dance as a form of valuable exercise and of artistic expression. As of 2019, National Dance Day is celebrated in the United States annually on the third Saturday in September; the next celebration is September 21, 2024. Prior to 2019 celebrations were held on the last Saturday in July. <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://americandancemovement.org/national-dance-day/|title=American Dance Movement – National Dance Day|website=americandancemovement.org|access-date=2019-06-06}}</ref>
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==External links== *{{Official|1=http://americandancemovement.org/national-dance-day/}}
Category:Dance events Category:Awareness days in the United States Category:Holidays and observances by scheduling (nth weekday of the month) Category:September observances Category:Dance in the United States