National Dance Day

On the Playlist: I Don't Feel it Anymore (Song of the Sparrow) - William Fitzsimmons & Priscilla Ahn (My favourite song to dance to!)

If you’re anything like me, writing exhausts you. After you’ve put in your BIC time, you may feel the need to down a litre of Diet Coke, but today is the day to dance as a substitute for caffeine.

Nigel Lythgoe, executive producer of So You Think You Can Dance and co-founder of the Dizzy Feet Foundation, had declared today, July 31, as National Dance Day. The description of the day is as follows:

“As part of his commitment to support dance education and physical fitness in communities throughout the United States, Nigel Lythgoe is launching National Dance Day on "So You Think You Can Dance." National Dance Day will take place on July 31, 2010. National Dance Day will include a variety of dance themed activities for people of all ages. It will empower, challenge and inspire everyone to try various styles of dance ranging from hip-hop to ballroom to anything that moves. Above all, it will encourage everyone to DANCE as a means to stay fit and be healthy.”

So, get up and dance. It doesn’t matter if you’re a dancer or not; all that matters is that you move. You can learn the hip-hop choreography NappyTabs created for Dance Day, which was designed to be easy enough for anyone to learn. You can rescue your Dance Dance Revolution mat from your closet. You can do the Chicken Dance with your children. Just move!

Have fun!