National Dance Day Timeline

2019

School dance

National Dance Day moves from July to September so as to be more aligned with the academic year and student-based partnerships. As of 2019, National Dance Day takes place on the third Saturday of September.

2010

In the name of dance

National Dance Day was started by Nigel Lythgoe and Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton as a means to promote a healthy lifestyle.

1920's

Dance craze

This was a big decade for the introduction of well-known dances, including the Charleston (1922) and the Black Bottom (1926-1927).