A mass public performance of dance from the movie “Singing in the Rain” is being mounted in Australia as part of the Melbourne Festival. “Thousands of people are expected to don raincoats and gumboots at Federation Square on October 9 to learn the dance immortalised by Gene Kelly in the film of the same name. A Melbourne Festival spokeswoman said as far as they knew, it was the first time a mass production of the the dance with members of the public had been undertaken.”