Nickelodeon Dance

Join the Active Play PALA Challenge playing Nickelodeon Dance!

The entertainment software industry is proud to team up with the President's Council on Fitness, Sports and Nutrition to help the nation's youth lead healthier, more active lifestyles! The Active Play PALA Challenge is a collaborative effort between the Entertainment Software Association (ESA) and its member companies and the President's Council on Fitness, Sports & Nutrition (PCFSN). It will strive to harness the excitement surrounding active video games to provide a long-term, sustainable approach in establishing healthy lifestyles by making video game screen time truly "active." Active gaming is a great way to work towards earning your Presidential Active Lifestyle Award (PALA+), and PALA+ is a great tool to motivate and track activity levels to help you live a healthier lifestyle. As an active video game, Nickelodeon Dance is a great choice to help fulfill your PALA+ goals!

Nickelodeon Dance is the first dance video game that allows players to move and groove with Dora, Diego, The Backyardigans, and The Fresh Beat Band. Gamers big and small will stay active by twisting, tapping, shimmying and shaking to classic hits and Nickelodeon favorites like "We Did It," "Al Rescate," "Yeti Stomp," and "Here We Go", all sung by Nickelodeon characters. The game includes family-friendly dance routines developed in collaboration with an Emmy®-recognized children's dance choreographer, and a special Workout section where fancy footwork becomes fitness fun!

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Participate in PALA+

PALA+ is the next phase of PALA (Presidential Active Lifestyle Award), a program of the President's Challenge, designed to motivate Americans to make physical activity and healthy eating part of their everyday life. The physical activity requirements for Nickelodeon Dance are outlined in the Nickelodeon Dance Workout Regime Below.


Explore these tips for eating well

The nutrition component requires participants to add a weekly healthy eating goal and build upon these goals throughout the six week-period.

  • Make half your plate fruits and vegetables.
  • Make half the grains you eat whole grains.
  • Choose fat-free or low-fat (1%) milk, yogurt, or cheese.
  • Drink water instead of sugary drinks.
  • Choose lean sources of protein.
  • Compare sodium in foods like soup and frozen meals and choose foods with less sodium.
  • Eat some seafood.
  • Pay attention to portion size.

Individuals who achieve the physical activity and healthy eating goals will receive a certificate signed by PCFSN Co-chairs and are able to purchase a certificate signed by the President of the United States!

Click here to join the Active Play PALA Challenge

Nickelodeon Dance Workout Regime

Adult & Youth activity options

Adults will do one full course to fulfill the 30 minute requirement.
Younger participants can do the course twice to satisfy 60 minutes.

30-minute "Starting Steps" Course- Beginner

  1. Get On Your Feet - Starting Steps, Dora the Explorer (3.5 min)
  2. A Friend Like You - Starting Steps, The Fresh Beat Band (2.5 min)
  3. Dora Theme Song - Starting Steps, Dora the Explorer (2 min)
  4. Al Rescate - Starting Steps, Go,Diego,Go! (1 min)
  5. The Fresh Beat Band Theme Song - Starting Steps, The Fresh Beat Band (1 min)
  6. Oye Como Va - Starting Steps, Dora the Explorer (3.5 min)
  7. The Backyardigans Theme Song - Starting Steps, The Backyardigans (1 min)
  8. Locomotion - Smooth Moves, Dora the Explorer (3.5 min)
  9. We Got the Beat - Smooth Moves, Dora the Explorer (2.5 min
  10. Alouette - Smooth Moves, Dora the Explorer (3 min)
  11. Limbo Rock - Workout, Dora the Explorer (2.5 min)
  12. The Lion Sleeps Tonight - Workout, Go,Diego,Go! (3 min)
  13. We Did It! - Workout, Dora the Explorer (1 min)

30 minute "Smooth Moves" Course- Intermediate

  1. Get On Your Feet - Starting Steps, Dora the Explorer (3.5 min)
  2. Locomotion - Smooth Moves, Dora the Explorer (3.5 min)
  3. We Got the Beat - Smooth Moves, Dora the Explorer (2.5 min)
  4. Yeti Stomp! - Smooth Moves, The Backyardigans (1.5 min)
  5. Joy to the World - Smooth Moves, Go,Diego,Go! (3.5 min)
  6. Music (Keeps Me Movin') - Fancy Footwork, The Fresh Beat Band (2 min)
  7. Rockin' Robin - Fancy Footwork, Go,Diego,Go! (2.5 min)
  8. Here We Go - Fancy Footwork, The Fresh Beat Band (2 min)
  9. Down by the Bay - Workout, Go,Diego,Go! (2.5 min)
  10. Great Day - Workout, The Fresh Beat Band (2min)
  11. Rhythm is Gonna Get You- Workout, Dora the Explorer (3.5 min)
  12. We Did It! - Workout, Dora the Explorer (1 min)

30 minute "Fancy Footwork" Course - Advanced

  1. Get On Your Feet - Starting Steps, Dora the Explorer (3.5 min)
  2. Go, Diego, Go! Theme Song - Smooth Moves, Go,Diego,Go! (1 min)
  3. We Got the Beat - Smooth Moves, Dora the Explorer (2.5 min)
  4. Alouette - Smooth Moves, Dora the Explorer (3 min)
  5. Dancing in the Street - Fancy Footwork, Dora the Explorer (3.5 min
  6. Music (Keeps Me Movin') - Fancy Footwork, The Fresh Beat Band (1.5 min)
  7. Rockin' Robin - Fancy Footwork, Go,Diego,Go! (2.5 min)
  8. Here We Go - Fancy Footwork, The Fresh Beat Band (2 min)
  9. We're Unstoppable - Fancy Footwork, The Fresh Beat Band (2 min)
  10. Tuba Polka - Fancy Footwork, The Backyardigans (1.5 min)
  11. Rhythm is Gonna Get You- Workout, Dora the Explorer (3.5 min)
  12. Limbo Rock - Workout, Dora the Explorer (2.5 min)
  13. We Did It! - Workout, Dora the Explorer (1 min)


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