The West Gippsland Dance Festival will kick off at the West Gippsland Arts Centre this Friday.
Now in its 33rd year, the 10-day festival will see dancers from across the region take the stage, showcasing their talents in ballet, jazz, tap, neo-classical, song and dance, contemporary, hip hop and more.
In her first year as festival president Nicole McMillan said she was pleased to see an increase in dancer registrations.

"We've got 482 individual people/troupes registered and 1906 items (in