Happy (Almost) National Dance Day!

It’s almost here! The dance world will celebrate the third annual National Dance Day tomorrow, July 28th, and there are all kinds of ways for dance fans to get in on the fun.

First of all: Have you learned the two official NDD routines yet? Check out the hip hop number, taught by “So You Think You Can Dance” alum Lauren Gottlieb with assists by fellow “SYTYCD”-ers Lauren Froderman and Brandon Bryant, and the Everybody Dance routine from Zumba Fitness. There’s still time to upload your own videos of both routines!

West Coasters in particular have NDD options galore. From 10 am to 12 pm tomorrow, join The Dizzy Feet Foundation at Grand Park in Los Angeles for your chance to perform both the group routines with a host of fellow dancers. Then stick around for a bunch of free dance classes and performances, running until 2:30 pm.

That evening, head over to Dizzy Feet’s Celebration of Dance Gala at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion. The show will feature performances of classic “SYTYCD” routines (Mia Michael’s “Bench” routine, anyone??) plus guest appearances by the likes of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, American Ballet Theatre and The LXD. Get your tickets here.

Are you on the other side of the country? No worries: The National Museum of Dance in Saratoga Springs, NY, is hosting its own NDD celebration on Sunday, the 29th at 2 pm. The two-hour “dance-a-thon” will be led by top instructors from all over. To cap things off, there’ll be a hot ballroom performance by Ricardo Sophin and Iraida Volodina, who’ve appeared on “Dancing with the Stars.”

There are all kinds of local events going on, too. Poke around to see what’s happening in your neck of the woods—or throw your own NDD party!