Latest Update About ; National Dance Day, Nigel Lythgoe – National Dance Day Conference Call, I participated in the National Dance Day Conference Call last Monday — and I was able to ask Nigel Lythgoe a question!He said that the inspiration for National Dance Day was because he saw that obesity is a problem in American and one way to combat the epidemic is to get people to exercise through dancing.I followed that up with a question about SYTYCD Season One’s Allan Frias who was one of the only “plus-sized” dancer ever to make it to the voting rounds of the show.I also noted that I did not see anything scheduled for New York City on National Dance Day, but he mentioned that the cast of the Addams Family on Broadway was doing something.Visit The Dizzy Feet Foundation and Fox for more information on National Dance Day events in your area.