@TouchCompass

Touch Compass is Aotearoa New Zealand’s leading professional disability-led performing arts company, combining artists with and without a disability.

 Aotearoa New Zealand
touchcompass.org.nz
Joined June 2010
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Touch Compass September Update is here! Includes magic moments, all sorts of journeys, and a doctor in the house. Check it out, NOW. ow.ly/4c2J50PQz1B
Rodney Bell, a dark-skinned, wheelchair- using Māori dancer performs a wheelie against a stunning European beachside backdrop. It's a powerful move, athletic and graceful.

ALT Rodney Bell, a dark-skinned, wheelchair- using Māori dancer performs a wheelie against a stunning European beachside backdrop. It's a powerful move, athletic and graceful.

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August has come and gone, with no downtime for Izzy, our Creative Producer, nor for most of the rest of the staff or dancers! We've also received a grant to bring a d/Deaf and disabled screen production programme to life. ANOTHER huge month for TC! mailchi.mp/touchcompass/augu…
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Perth-based experimental performance artist and choreographer Joshua Pether spent a week's residency with Touch Compass, teaching his ritual practice - a process that combines time, space, spirituality and nature - to create a work entitled 'Mud', as part of Tuarā Wairua.
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Tentacular is part of the Tuarā Wairua triple bill, scheduled for premier in 2024! Tactile beings, dramatic lighting, transducers, voiceovers, movement and dialogue took over the stage, and our imaginations, for an incredibly imaginative 45 minutes.
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Alisha McLennan Marler and Julia Harvie's new work Pearls (ex-Ruffle) As part of the triple bill Tuarā Wairua, Pearls is a gorgeous and confronting piece; we're looking forward to further development ahead of its 2024 public performances!
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#Tentacular is in its 2nd week of rehearsal, incorporating transducers & robots into the work. Lots of experimentation being honed into this work! Where would the world of Auckland dance be without the resource of the Old Folks' Ass'n to host development works on a budget? ❤️
Three strobe lights on the ground in a worn wooden floored dance hall; they are sonic transducers for the work Tentacular. Around them sit four people in discussion about their use. The room is not warm, as reflected in the long-sleeved layers of the dancers in discussion.

ALT Three strobe lights on the ground in a worn wooden floored dance hall; they are sonic transducers for the work Tentacular. Around them sit four people in discussion about their use. The room is not warm, as reflected in the long-sleeved layers of the dancers in discussion.

A pale skinned dancer with her hair in a bun, on her head. She is manoeuvering through a an old, aged dance studio with her eyes closed, her left arm out in front of her, her right hand as a platform with an orb as transducer helping her find her way to her destination.

ALT A pale skinned dancer with her hair in a bun, on her head. She is manoeuvering through a an old, aged dance studio with her eyes closed, her left arm out in front of her, her right hand as a platform with an orb as transducer helping her find her way to her destination.

A wooden stage in a worn old hall with peeling greeen and orange paint on the background, two people using the elevated stage to play with and listen to reflective orbs as transducers. One person on the far side of the stage is making sound into one transducer, while the other person, wearing a fuzzy wool sweater and hair up in a bun, is sitting close to the camera, is leaning over, listening to the transducer through a black tube.

ALT A wooden stage in a worn old hall with peeling greeen and orange paint on the background, two people using the elevated stage to play with and listen to reflective orbs as transducers. One person on the far side of the stage is making sound into one transducer, while the other person, wearing a fuzzy wool sweater and hair up in a bun, is sitting close to the camera, is leaning over, listening to the transducer through a black tube.

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See the original images from our education resource Matariki: Ko koe ko au, ko au ko koe, at Māpura Studio's "Catch a Falling Star" exhibition at Alberton House, Mt Albert, through Sunday, 23 July. Click this link for more info: fb.me/e/10gbjUHjn
An extremely detailed interpretation of a falling star, personified in ornate white line drawing, upon a background of vivid coloured squares and triangles, creating a complex and tactile night sky. "Catch a Falling Star" Māpura Matariki Exhibition. 12-16 July, and 19-23 July 10:30am - 4pm. Alberton, 100 Mount Albert Road, Mount Albert. 𝘐𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘦: 𝘍𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘈𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘭 𝘣𝘺 𝘓𝘪𝘦𝘣𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘛𝘢𝘮𝘢𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘪 𝘋𝘪𝘨𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘢𝘨𝘦 297 𝘹 210𝘮𝘮 Alberton 1863 Māpura Studios Arts Access Aotearoa #Matariki #matariki2023 #disabilityarts #disabilityart #educationresources Whaikaha - Ministry of Disabled People

ALT An extremely detailed interpretation of a falling star, personified in ornate white line drawing, upon a background of vivid coloured squares and triangles, creating a complex and tactile night sky. "Catch a Falling Star" Māpura Matariki Exhibition. 12-16 July, and 19-23 July 10:30am - 4pm. Alberton, 100 Mount Albert Road, Mount Albert. 𝘐𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘦: 𝘍𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘈𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘭 𝘣𝘺 𝘓𝘪𝘦𝘣𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘛𝘢𝘮𝘢𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘪 𝘋𝘪𝘨𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘢𝘨𝘦 297 𝘹 210𝘮𝘮 Alberton 1863 Māpura Studios Arts Access Aotearoa #Matariki #matariki2023 #disabilityarts #disabilityart #educationresources Whaikaha - Ministry of Disabled People

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Mānawatia a Matariki! This year Touch Compass created a collective work that involved the participation of various artists, dancers and staff to develop our Matariki educational resource, Ko koe ko au, ko au ko koe (I be you, you be me). Here is a clip from the video!
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Today from 2-3pm, Lawrence Shapiro, Rodney Bell and Fiona Saunders will dance in a limited-seating sharing at Wellesley Studios!! Named Huakina, the work will be followed by a Q&A. RSVP now to [email protected] if you are interested in attending this free event!
Four dancers in a brightly-lit rehearsal studio, sitting/standing in front of a multi-patterned glass divider. Two are wheelchair dancers, in front, smiling large, amused smiles, while one on back is an amputee dancer, standing next to a non-disabled dancer. They are the cast and dramaturg for Huakina!

ALT Four dancers in a brightly-lit rehearsal studio, sitting/standing in front of a multi-patterned glass divider. Two are wheelchair dancers, in front, smiling large, amused smiles, while one on back is an amputee dancer, standing next to a non-disabled dancer. They are the cast and dramaturg for Huakina!

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