New AN AMERICAN IN PARIS Video Spotlight On National Dance Day 2015 & Dizzy Feet Foundation

AN AMERICAN IN PARIS celebrates National Dance Day by bringing attention to a good cause!

Romantic Broadway hit AN AMERICAN IN PARIS highlights National Dance Day and the Dizzy Feet Foundation in a new video featurette now available to view.

National Dance Day was created by SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE? creator Nigel Lythgoe in 2010. More information is as follows: "Launched in 2010 by "So You Think You Can Dance" co-creator and Dizzy Feet Foundation co-president Nigel Lythgoe, National Dance Day is an annual celebration that takes place on the last Saturday in July. This grassroots campaign encourages Americans to embrace dance as a fun and positive way to maintain good health and fight obesity. NDD achieved national recognition when Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), a long-time proponent of healthy lifestyles, announced at a press conference on July 31, 2010, in Washington, D.C., that she was introducing a congressional resolution declaring the last Saturday in July to be the country's official National Dance Day."

According to the official site, "Dizzy Feet Foundation was founded in 2009 by producer Nigel Lythgoe and director Adam Shankman, among others to support, improve, and increase access to dance education in the United States.

More information on the Dizzy Feet Foundation is available at the official site here.

More information on AN AMERICAN IN PARIS is as follows: "The romantic story of a young American soldier, a beautiful French girl and an indomitable European city, each yearning for a new beginning in the aftermath of war, is the stuff of Broadway dreams. AN AMERICAN IN PARIS promises to be the kind of new Broadway musical you thought they didn't make anymore-a musical filled with beauty, artistry and the unmistakable beat of the human heart. Highly acclaimed choreographer Christopher Wheeldon directs a remarkable cast of singers, actors and dancers as they bring the magic and romance of Paris and the timeless songs of George Gershwin and Ira Gershwin into perfect harmony. AN AMERICAN IN PARIS also features a book from Tony Award® and Pulitzer Prize finalist, Craig Lucas, sets and costumes by six-time Tony® winner Bob Crowley and lighting by three-time Tony® winner Natasha Katz Principal casting has been announced for the upcoming world premiere production of An American in Paris. The cast will include Robert Fairchild as Jerry Mulligan, Leanne Cope as Lise Dassin, Veanne Cox as Madame Baurel, Jill Paice as Milo Davenport, Brandon Uranowitz as Adam Hochberg, and Max von Essen as Henri Baurel. Leanne Cope is appearing with the permission of Actors' Equity Association. AN AMERICAN IN PARIS will be presented at Théâtre du Châtelet in English featuring the 25-member Broadway cast with a score including the songs "I Got Rhythm," "S' Wonderful," "But Not For Me," "Stairway to Paradise," "Our Love Is Here To Stay", "They Can't Take That Away" and orchestral music including "Concerto in F," "2nd Prelude," "2nd Rhapsody" and "An American In Paris"."

More information on AN AMERICAN IN PARIS is available at the official site here.

View the new video featurette for AN AMERICAN IN PARIS below.

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