Sometimes you should just want to put on some music and dance in your living room for a bit of exercise and fun.
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But now Canberrans can head to the Dawn Disco - a regular community dance event where you can let your hair down and start the morning with a bit of boogie, complete with a DJ soundtrack.
Fiona Harris is the brains behind the morning dance party, which will be held in Braddon on Friday, September 4, from 7am.
"It's something that makes you feel good - and why wouldn't you want to start your day like that?" she says. "It's a community event that people can turn up to before work. It's completely casual, they can turn up in their leggings or whatever they want to wear and just have a dance."
If Harris seems familiar, it's because she's been getting Canberrans up and dancing for quite some time. She started the southside branch of the popular No Lights No Lycra movement last year at a hall in Griffith.
But when Harris put on a morning rave at the National Library of Australia on Canberra Day earlier this year, it proved so popular that she's decided to make the dawn dance parties a regular event - the plan is to hold one every first Friday of the month. Entry is $5, which beats queuing at 11pm on a Friday night to get into Academy.
There will be plenty of music to keep people dancing, plus hula hooping by Hoopbeat and a yoga instructor from Ashtanga Lab to lead everyone in a bit of a stretch. You'll also be able to buy breakfast from The Muesli Bar - though Harris would also love to see a barista come along to do coffee.
The playlist for the first event is a mix of classics and current pop. "We're keeping things really positive, really upbeat, just songs that keep you moving and songs that people will recognise and there's a very inclusive vibe - everything from Whitney Houston to Calvin Harris," she says.
The morning dance event is also proving to be very family friendly. "We've had a lot of interest from mothers with their children, ages 3 and onwards. Because of that we've decided that people can bring their children and the kids get in free. It will make this great community vibe," she says.
The first Dawn Disco is on Friday, September 4, at 7am at the O'Donnell Youth Centre in Braddon. $5. Children enter free. See ravecbr.com
