Today is created as a day to raise awareness about and to encourage Americans to embrace dance as a fun and positive way to maintain good health and to also combat obesity.
As a cardiovascular exercise, dancing offers numerous benefits. The activity may be low or high impact. However, either one will increase aerobic fitness. Other benefits of dancing include:
• improved muscle tone
• weight management
• flexibility and strength
• strong bones and reduced risk of osteoporosis
• improved balance
• increased cardiovascular health
• enhanced opportunity for social interaction
• helps boost mood
Also, age doesn’t matter. Your dancing partner may be a child or someone twenty years your senior.
No matter how skilled you are, there’s always a new step to learn as well.
HOW TO OBSERVE
Turn on a favorite song and dance. Enroll children in dance classes. While you’re at it, sign yourself and a partner up for them as well.
You’ll drastically improve your health and your social life while engaging with someone you care about. Invite friends to join you and learn as a group.
What better way to #CelebrateEveryDay than to start out dancing?
There are many types of dances to learn. Here are just a few to get you started:
• Ballroom
• Jazz
• Tap
• Ballet
• Swing
• Country Western
• Hip Hop
• Contemporary
• Square Dance
• Line Dance
• Latin
Post on social media using #NationalDanceDayto encourage others to get up and dance as well!
HISTORY
National Dance Day was launched in 2010 by English television and film director, producer, television dance competition judge, former dancer in the Young Generation and choreographer and Dizzy Feet Foundation co-president Nigel Lythgoe.
He currently serves as one of the judges on the American televised dance competition show So You Think You Can Dance (2005–present).
The observance achieved national recognition when in 2010, a long-time proponent of healthy lifestyles, African-American politician and Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton, stepped up.
She then introduced a resolution to promote a national day for dance education and physical fitness.
So what are you waiting for? Get up and DANCE to the music!
What type of music do you like to dance to?
DATES
September 18, 2021
September 17, 2022
September 16, 2023
September 21, 2024
September 20, 2025
September 19, 2026
September 18, 2027
September 16, 2028
September 15, 2029
September 21, 2030
September 20, 2031
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