By JESSE GRAHAM
MOVERS, SHAKERS and dancers are being called on, to take part in flash-mobs and dances around the Yarra Ranges next year.
The Yarra Ranges Council’s Dance Here project will run from 15 March to 15 April 2016, with dances, flash-mobs and performances to be held in towns through the Yarra Valley and Dandenong Ranges.
Cultural Development Officer, Megan Rowland, said that people of all interests and skill-levels were encouraged to get involved, meet other like-minded people and organise their own events with the council.
“You don’t need to be a dancer, you just need to have an idea and the enthusiasm to make it happen,” a flyer advertising the project read.
An information night will be held on Monday, 26 October, from 6-7pm at the Montrose Town Centre, where the project will be mapped out with residents.
Ms Rowland said that those interested could attend the meeting, map out their project, then apply online for funding through the council to make it happen.
She said that she hoped Dance Here would be embraced by enough residents to hold performances every day in March-April next year.
“Ideally, there’d be something, somewhere, every single day for a month,” she said.
Applications for Dance Here project funding, of $250-$1500, open on 26 October, and close on 26 November.
For more information, visit www.yarraranges.vic.gov.au/dancehere, attend the meeting at Montrose Town Centre, 935 Mount Dandenong Tourist Road, Montrose, on 26 October, or call Megan Rowland on 1300 368 333.
