Touch Compass @TouchCompass
Touch Compass is Aotearoa New Zealand’s leading professional disability-led performing arts company, combining artists with and without a disability. touchcompass.org.nz Aotearoa New Zealand Joined June 2010-
Tweets888
-
Followers506
-
Following658
-
Likes347
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
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/a…
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.
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.
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!
#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? ❤️
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
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!
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!
MATARIKI EDUCATIONAL RESOURCE UPDATE - we're extending our submission deadline for videos for Ko koe ko au, ko au ko koe due to the Matariki holiday! If you are still interested in joining the Matariki programme, please email us at [email protected].
Join Touch Compass at 10:30am Mon, 17 July at TAPAC for a special workshop with Lawrence Shapiro, renowned Canadian amputee dancer: The Role of the Amputee in Integrated Dance', an innovative and informative exploration into disability arts. RSVP at [email protected]
Come to the AFA Auckland meeting on Wed 5 July from 10-12.30pm at Te Tuhi! Join us to learn how to bring projects to life from concept to full-blown production, centring every decision around a disability-led and access-led kaupapa. RSVP for this event at [email protected]
Touch Compass across the globe! For our June newsletter, we dive into our international reach through our Artistic Direction Panel and Matariki education resource, Lusi Faiva documents her year so far, and - our classes are busy! Click here to read! ow.ly/2mG250OVnMy
Saturday we joined in Te Tuhi’s Matariki celebration at Uxbridge in Howick. People joined in our workshop, based on our Matariki education resource, led by our Creative Class tutors Lish and Julie! So cool to be in this amazing space, with the Te Tuhi and Uxbridge communities!
Another fabulous work of art featured in our Matariki: Ko koe ko au, ko au ko koe Matariki education resource! Waitī, by Toi Ora artist Rangimarie McDowell. See the incredible artwork in this resource! Click forms.gle/DqtxV76y7TX8Fi… to register for the resource.
Today we welcomed Canadian amputee dancer Lawrence Shapiro to our whare for some afternoon kai. newly arrived from the UK, Lawrence will be with us for two months, working on a project with Rodney Bell and Alisha McLennan Marler, as dramaturg! Stay tuned for photos and more info!
Kia ora TC whānau! This is for you!
Disabled renters, if you have the energy, please take a moment to get your story in here. If there is a more accessible way you'd like to share your story, let us know and we will get in touch with the team running the campaign :-) greens.org.nz/your_story
Congratulations to John Taylor, disability justice campaigner for more than 35 years, on receiving his Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit (ONZM) in the King’s Birthday and Coronation Honours 2023. Thank you, John! nzherald.co.nz/kapiti-news/ne…
Tomorrow we welcome guest artist and Canadian amputee dancer Lawrence Shapiro to the Touch Compass whānau for a two-month residency, directly from a residency in the UK with Amici Dance Theatre, an integrated company of disabled and non-disabled dancers. Exciting!!
Robyn Hunt @AccEase
2K Followers 2K Following Co-founder #CriptheLit Writer #HumanRights, #disability, #a11y #digitalinclusion #artsaccess #disabilityarts #DisabilityTwitter Activist, feminist Views my own.
John Campbell @JohnJCampbell
187K Followers 12K Following Journalist. Chief Correspondent @TVNZ. Previously, host of @Breakfaston1, @CheckpointRNZ, 3 News & Campbell Live. (Proud of that team work.) Personal account.
Phoebe Eden-Mann @Phoebe_Eden
717 Followers 3K Following She/her. Disabled disaster and policy analyst. Perpetually tired. Big fan of plants and tea. Views are my own. Don’t be a twat 🇬🇧🏳️🌈🇳🇿👩🏻🍼🩼🪴🐈
Kimberly Graham @grabyourwheels
494 Followers 426 Following Mum of 3 kids on a mission to improve access to travel. Finlay, my son is a wheelchair user with Cerebral Palsy who thrives on inclusion & the outdoors!
Paula Tesoriero MNZM @PaulaTesoriero
2K Followers 698 Following Chief Executive Whaikaha - Ministry of Disabled People.
Áine (they/them) @ainekc95
1K Followers 3K Following Pākehā. Proudly disabled story-teller, researcher, advocate| Disability/climate/migration|#LongCovid🧑🦯ND
Keith Dicki @DickiKeith92308
68 Followers 3K Following
Gail Salmon @GailSal25506744
346 Followers 2K Following
Lime Academy Forest A... @LAForestApp
145 Followers 456 Following Lime Academy Forest Approach is a special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) school. Part of @Lime_Trust.
🥁 alex 💜 They/ ... @Alex_8138451
7 Followers 55 Following Queer, Genderfluid/ Nonbinary, Disabled 🌻 parent to a gorgeous furbaby 🐾 dancer and lover of all things arty
Russ @rusty_harp
13 Followers 103 Following Stroke Surviver. Retired reg MH/ID nurse. Previously care manager disability services (ID, high and complex behaviour). Professional supervisor. Hobby gardener
Aroha Rakanui @RakanuiAroha
2 Followers 79 Following
Volunteer Marlborough @VolMarl
266 Followers 257 Following Volunteer Marlborough supports and encourages volunteers and volunteer-involving organisations in Wairau/Marlborough. #MarlboroughNZ #DoGoodFeelGood
Doc Edge - Life Unscr... @Docedge
5K Followers 3K Following New Zealand’s annual Oscar®-qualifying international documentary film festival. The 20th edition: 25 June - 24 August 2025 #DocEdge #LifeUnscripted
Andrea Medina @neapax
1K Followers 2K Following 👩🏻💻 Periodista y Mg. en Comunicación (ella/she) 💛 Realizadora @disversacom (ex IntegradosChile) 💛 Presidenta @somosfoich 📍🇨🇱 Sólo opiniones personales
Lime Academy Forest A... @ForestAppAcad
618 Followers 2K Following Lime Academy Forest Approach is a special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) school. Part of @Lime_Trust.
Rae @RaeJLP
103 Followers 501 Following she/they • director | performer | baby lighting designer this is where I come to talk shit and overshare
Carol Brown @carolbrowndance
54 Followers 246 Following choreographer | writer | performer | researcher
Alexandra Mckellar @alexmckellar
83 Followers 316 Following educator/performing artist with a passion for making theatre, film, and advocating for the arts in Aotearoa
Courtney P. @courtnEMAIL
1K Followers 5K Following Digital Experience + Marketing Automation Specialist \ 💌👩🏻💻💌 (👋🏻 #emailgeeks) \ 🐥💬 = 🙋🏻♀️ \
Adrienne Miller @mull1t0ver
2 Followers 32 Following
Lime Academy Ravensbo... @LARavensbourne
129 Followers 136 Following Lime Academy Ravensbourne is an all age special school. Part of @Lime_Trust.
Erin Rydal @erinrydal
82 Followers 318 Following Actor-Musician | @RoseBruford 2022 Graduate | Musical Director | Environmental Theatre Research | #bassoon #clarinet #piano
Tania Thomas @tania_ihc
30 Followers 90 Following Director of Advocacy at IHC. Working for a better life for intellectually disabled people. Email me: [email protected]
Anna Cameron @aceonemillion
76 Followers 113 Following
Dean Damu @damudean7
95 Followers 3K Following
Purple Patch Arts @PurplePatchArts
2K Followers 2K Following Innovative, inclusive, creative learning experiences for learning-disabled and autistic people across Yorkshire.
Jonathon Hendry @jontyhendry
498 Followers 1K Following
NADC @NADCUCLA
244 Followers 2K Following The mission of the CADRC is to promote the inclusion of audiences and artists with disabilities into all facets of the arts community.
Binge Culture @BingeCulture
654 Followers 348 Following Contemporary performance company from Wellington, Aotearoa // Werewolf on tour May 2022
sandra norman @snormy
12 Followers 99 Following
Silo Theatre @silotheatre
4K Followers 753 Following Find us elsewhere as @silotheatre This is account is no longer monitored.
NZ On Screen @nzonscreen
10K Followers 3K Following https://t.co/oNRFhSQ6qU https://t.co/Hr6DVNw98T https://t.co/fDfEme8ti2
Taryn Sacramone @TarynSacramone
247 Followers 355 Following Executive Director - Queens Theatre Great loves are my family, NYC culture, Queens (where I live and work), and Italian food (@sacsplace).
Camelle Pink @CamellePink
3 Followers 95 Following
Elizabethsphotower @elizabethphoter
24 Followers 483 Following
Alison Mahoney @biguncle_al
366 Followers 1K Following phd candidate in TAPS at pitt. performance & disability/neurodiversity. cat mom. native plant gardener. (she/they)
Blue Apple Theatre @BlueApplePlays
2K Followers 4K Following Theatre, dance, singing and film by learning disabled performers to wide audiences. Blue Apple is part of Minstead Trust. Bio https://t.co/UEnj4di5cJ
Jared Flitcroft @Jared_Flitcroft
148 Followers 171 Following Videography/Deaf film maker who mentors other Deaf people to make films. Passionate in #DeafTalent and ensuring that Deaf and hearing can work together in films
Sophie Marie the Cryp... @cryptidcabaret
251 Followers 1K Following Horror performance artist. I write spooky stories for my dog. they/them- disabled & queer af. https://t.co/qgXJtJum57
dizzy! @dizzydizzydazed
3K Followers 2K Following Dizzy, 28, they/them, fainting goat in disguise 🐐 😷 pan lesbian
slutty the very hungr... @hnbic_
133 Followers 1K Following Look out honey, cuz I'm using technology. Ain't got time to make no apology.
Misty Copeland’s Le... @rococo_chanelle
2K Followers 7K Following every atom of my body was forged in a star.
Jocelyn (she/her) �... @headedforshore
237 Followers 497 Following Enthusiast of books, tea and the performing arts.
James Anderson-Pole @kiwijamo
17 Followers 393 Following
Callum Stuart Graham ... @CallumStuartGr1
2 Followers 285 Following I am a musician. I play keyboard, piano, marimba and percussion. I love all music especially classical music. I enjoy bush walks and the outdoors.
Sally Barnett @SallyRBarnett
75 Followers 287 Following
Toi Ōtautahi @ToiOtautahi
77 Followers 236 Following Toi Ōtautahi- the Virtual Arts Office for Christchurch
don rowan @rowannamu
608 Followers 2K Following Info I find funny, sobering, or of value with a rights based focus on #disability
Dan Buckingham @danbuckingham13
152 Followers 126 Following Husband to Sam, Dad to Etta and Louis. CE of Able in my spare time.
Humphrey Hanley @HumphreyH
316 Followers 397 Following A former local-body political candidate with plenty of opinions still! Striving to make the world a more inclusive and accessible space for all (He/Him)
Robyn Hunt @AccEase
2K Followers 2K Following Co-founder #CriptheLit Writer #HumanRights, #disability, #a11y #digitalinclusion #artsaccess #disabilityarts #DisabilityTwitter Activist, feminist Views my own.
RNZ @radionz
92K Followers 271 Following We are NZ's public broadcaster - comprehensive NZ news (@rnz_news) & current affairs, audio features & documentaries.
Sam Neill @TwoPaddocks
427K Followers 34K Following Proprietor of TwoPaddocks - in the cheering up business since 1993. Also seen acting on occasion.
Alice Wong 王美華 @SFdirewolf
76K Followers 4K Following Disabled oracle. Founder, @DisVisibility. Editor, DISABILITY INTIMACY https://t.co/HUW0gq4JTd Available NOW!
1News @1NewsNZ
286K Followers 140 Following This page is not active, is not moderated and is not a communication channel. Any communications must be sent via our corporate site.
John Campbell @JohnJCampbell
187K Followers 12K Following Journalist. Chief Correspondent @TVNZ. Previously, host of @Breakfaston1, @CheckpointRNZ, 3 News & Campbell Live. (Proud of that team work.) Personal account.
Dudley Benson @DudleyBenson
4K Followers 415 Following musician • queer • he/him • #LGBwiththeT • 🇵🇸
Kera O’Regan @keraoregan
8K Followers 5K Following » Kāi Tahu » Social Impact Strategist » Facilitator + Speaker » Climate activist 🌏 » Disability & Indigenous Rights ✊🏽 » Papatūānuku 🌿 Same @ everywhere
Phoebe Eden-Mann @Phoebe_Eden
717 Followers 3K Following She/her. Disabled disaster and policy analyst. Perpetually tired. Big fan of plants and tea. Views are my own. Don’t be a twat 🇬🇧🏳️🌈🇳🇿👩🏻🍼🩼🪴🐈
Kimberly Graham @grabyourwheels
494 Followers 426 Following Mum of 3 kids on a mission to improve access to travel. Finlay, my son is a wheelchair user with Cerebral Palsy who thrives on inclusion & the outdoors!
Dr James Wenley @JamesWenley
735 Followers 514 Following Dr Drama. Senior Lecturer in Theatre at Te Herenga Waka--Victoria University of Wellington. Ace. He/him. Editor of https://t.co/m4uaTgCot5
Lisette Auton @lisette_auton
2K Followers 2K Following Disabled, neurodivergent, northern, she/her #TheSecretOfHavenPoint #TheSticklebackCatchers Order: https://t.co/5L1bQznX75 @PuffinBooks Agent @mollykh
Paula Tesoriero MNZM @PaulaTesoriero
2K Followers 698 Following Chief Executive Whaikaha - Ministry of Disabled People.
Áine (they/them) @ainekc95
1K Followers 3K Following Pākehā. Proudly disabled story-teller, researcher, advocate| Disability/climate/migration|#LongCovid🧑🦯ND
Tāmati Coffey @tamaticoffey
23K Followers 1K Following
Richard Hills @RichardHills_
28K Followers 6K Following Dad. Auckland Councillor - North Shore. Chair of the Policy and Planning Committee. Working to make our community & city better.
Shane Bosher @shanebosher
769 Followers 755 Following Former singer-dancer-actor-failed waiter. Director of assorted carryon. He/him 🏳️🌈
Chargé d’affaires ... @USAmbNZ
9K Followers 966 Following Official account of the 🇺🇸 Chargé d'Affaires @usembassynz. Terms of use: https://t.co/tw72cXxKwO 🇺🇸🇳🇿
Ministry for Culture ... @ManatuTaonga
854 Followers 196 Following Culture is thriving, the people are well. Ki te puāwai te ahurea, ka ora te iwi.
Bus Stop Films @BusStopFilms
1K Followers 2K Following Bus Stop Films is a not-for-profit social enterprise that uses filmmaking to change global attitudes around disability. Educate Create Advocate Facilitate
Starling @starlingmag
2K Followers 801 Following An online literary journal showcasing the best poetry and prose from New Zealand writers under 25 years old.
tomcardy @tomcardy
571 Followers 286 Following New Zealand Symphony Orchestra Publicist, Writer, Editor & Reviewer. Views my own. @tomcardy.bsky.social
Sit Down Shutup and W... @SDSW2020
19 Followers 100 Following Sit Down Shutup and Watch (SDSW) is a Australia's first 100% learning disability led biennial Film Festival, powered by @Tutti_Arts Next Festival 14-25 Oct 2020
Read NZ Te Pou Muramu... @tepoumuramura
6K Followers 2K Following Read NZ Te Pou Muramura: Aotearoa's national organisation dedicated to growing generations of readers. Formerly NZ Book Council.
Dr. Susan Wardell @Unlazy_Susan
2K Followers 673 Following Writer & anthropologist (she/her, Tangata Tiriti). Rotating between research, poetry, children's books, art, & dessert 🍧
Cherylee Houston @cheryleehouston
37K Followers 2K Following Write to your MP to vote against the welfare cuts using our template generator at https://t.co/mx4Oza8CKY Help stop horrific cuts!
Pauline Vetuna 🌑�... @paulinevetuna
2K Followers 4K Following Gunantuna. Disability Justice, pro-Blackness & respecting our Mother (Earth) 🌊 For the margins of the margins // She/They🌈 slow 🐢 & imagining abolition
Giovanni Tiso @gtiso
12K Followers 665 Following Online magazine editor, @OverlandJournal. Bylines at New Humanist, Pantograph Punch, New Inquiry, Popula, Sport. Translator. He/him. @gtiso on bluesky also.
🏳️⚧️Maram... @MaramaDavidson
32K Followers 4K Following She/her/ia @NZGreens Co-leader based in Manurewa. Minister. Indigenous to Aotearoa. Authorised by Miriam Ross, Level 5, 108 The Terrace, Wellington.
Lilly Leadbeater @mintyhiggins
2K Followers 835 Following Union bitch. Fervent leftist. Thornback. Meme farmer. Relentless oversharer. Has Endometriosis, Fibromyalgia, and ADHD. Reckons are my own. She/they
Imogen Kate 🐁 @Imogen_OT
828 Followers 645 Following Blind, bonkers and #ActuallyAutistic artist & arts facilitator. Occupational Therapy Postgrad Researcher- #ArtsInHealth for wellbeing in autistic children.
Youth Together!2012 @ytogether2012
46 Followers 113 Following Welcome to Youth Together! We are here to connect young Disabled people with a passion for the arts. We share artworks, inspiration and opportunities.
Jess Brien @jessssbrien
217 Followers 147 Following Laugher of her own jokes. host of That's So Chronic podcast. lol I only used Twitter in '17 but I'm back baby! she/her
Lara Ratnaraja @lararatnaraja
5K Followers 4K Following She/Her Independent Cultural consultant; Curator @hello_culture_ Volunteer @Foodbankb30 https://t.co/kd8MpyuHwO
DASH @DASH_ARTS
3K Followers 2K Following Cultivating spaces for extraordinary artists. We commission exciting new work by disabled visual artists; we run workshops; mentoring for artists and training.
Simon Mckeown Artist @SMckeownArtist
328 Followers 227 Following Artist and creator of the internationally exhibited installation Motion Disabled - http://t.co/Fo1vCullVk
Outside In @outsidein_uk
5K Followers 1K Following Providing a platform for artists who find it difficult to access the art world because of health, disability, social circumstance or isolation.
Aidan Moesby @TextArtist
2K Followers 2K Following Curator Artist - PHD Researcher Curating Climate Change and Wellbeing - Digital & Disability. Access/Inclusion - Emotional Weather @PMStudioUK
Verb Wellington @verbwellington
2K Followers 1K Following Verb Festival feat. LitCrawl Wellington 7-10 Nov 2024. Header image by Vanessa Rushton Photography.
Disconsortia @disconsortia
666 Followers 602 Following Disconsortia is a North East disabled artist led consortium of extraordinary voices proposing a strategic artistic vision for disability equality in the arts
Epic Arts @EpicArtsNews
1K Followers 1K Following Inclusive arts organisation bringing people with and without disabilities together. Registered UK Charity. Charity No 1091059
Karleigh-Jayne Jones @Jonesy79_NZ
632 Followers 2K Following Dip(SocSci) (Waikato) She/Her pronouns. Science geek Disability Rights and Roller Derby. An Ace Ace ♠️TERFs can sod off!
Duncan Armstrong @DuncArmstrong
47 Followers 348 Following Actor, dancer, drummer, disability rights activist.
Pippa Coom @pippacoom
4K Followers 3K Following @moreforyouAKL candidate standing in Auckland's Entrust Election starting 10 Oct | Former Auckland Councillor Power 🌞🔋⚡️to the people!
Ivana Nakarada-Kordic @ivana_kordi
35 Followers 113 Following Researcher in Design for Health and Wellbeing AUT @goodhealthdesn
Auckland Digital Acce... @AucklandA11y
101 Followers 96 Following Accessible design and development, user research that involves people with disabilities in a holistic, integrated fashion as well as compliance with WCAG
Helen MacKay @Bubsthemonkey
589 Followers 3K Following Passionate about lots of things but normally tweet about inclusion, rare disease, tech, kids, tourism & other stuff. Closed captioning & NZSL fan.
Pip Brunn @brunn_me
14 Followers 14 Following married with 6 amazing daughters, lots of animals. Playcentre has shaped me as a adult. For evolution to occur diversity is essential #EnablingGoodLives
Fergus Barrowman @FergusTHW
4K Followers 1K Following Editor, Publisher with Te Herenga Waka University Press (the book artists formerly known as VUP)
Eilish @eilishsilie
441 Followers 315 Following she/her, ngāti kahungunu, feet are a 1 out of 2 but personality is 10 out of 10.🦿
Lulu Nunn @lulu_nunn
2K Followers 799 Following Head of Communications & Marketing at a global women’s NGO ✨ Runs @hoaxpublication 💌 Feminist anti-fascist 🌞 Past: @bowarts @shapearts @weareunltd @artreview_
MOTAT @MOTAT_NZ
2K Followers 2K Following Museum of Transport and Technology. Te hiringa i te auahatanga. Inspiring the innovators of tomorrow.
InsideOUT @insideoutkoaro
2K Followers 505 Following InsideOUT is a national charity with the vision for all rainbow young people in NZ to have a sense of safety and belonging in their schools and communities 🌈
Hahna Briggs @hahnabriggs
151 Followers 408 Following Dancer, co-founder of GASP! Dance Trust, which focuses on inclusive dance. Work in sexual violence prevention. I'm a queer, she/they pronouns. I love my cat!
Dr. Laura Haughey @laura_haughey
674 Followers 624 Following Theatre Director/Maker. Associate Prof Uni of Waikato. Artistic Director @EqualVoicesArts, currently touring #WhereOurShadowsMeet, #SorryForYourLoss #AllISee
#FreeFaresToFreedom @FreeFaresNZ
18 Followers 109 Following Free Fares to Freedom is a movement calling for reinstatement of equitable access to independent mobility via taxi for Kiwis who cannot access public transport.
Tony McCaffrey @tonymccaffrey
594 Followers 2K Following Different Light Theatre, Ph D, Incapacity and Theatricality (2019) Giving and Taking Voice in Learning Disabled Theatre (2023). Performance/Disability WG, IFTR.
Josh K✨ @BlameTheRobot
1K Followers 1K Following Content Creator || Senior Community Manager @PikPokGames || Host of @BlametheGM || Thinkin bout TTRPG's 💕 email ✉️: [email protected]Trends for United States
You might like
