The third Saturday in September is National Dance Day, founded in 2010 by Nigel Lythgoe, co-creator of the TV show So You Think You Can Dance, and U.S. Representative Eleanor Norton. They wished to support the art of dance both as a form of artistic expression and as a form of exercise.

More Information

National Dance Day (Wikipedia)
National Dance Day (Days of the Year)

Also see

• September (month)