Touch Compass Dance Trust

Your donation ensures we continue to shift the narrative for Deaf and Disabled artists, igniting, inciting and impacting lives and careers.

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Touch Compass is Aotearoa New Zealand's leading professional disability-led arts organisation. We continue to shift the narrative for Deaf and Disabled artists, igniting, inciting and impacting lives and careers.

IGNITE Power - Enabling and empowering disabled leadership. Nothing about us, without us, led by us.

INCITE Change - More than just 'access' to ‘participate’ in art-making; we explore and support real opportunities for building the creative careers of disabled and inclusive artists and creatives.

IMPACT Inclusion - We commit to true diversity, ensuring active equity and inclusion, promoting the mana of disabled identity and its unique aesthetic.

We are driven by passion to shift the narrative and ensure diverse, equitable, and inclusive opportunities exist for Deaf and disabled artists, creatives, and choreographers to tell their stories, share their unique creative voice - their way. We advance their skills and capabilities to create, produce and deliver innovative, authentic, in-person and virtual experiences for local, national and international audiences.

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IGNITE Power, INCITE Change, and IMPACT Inclusion with us!

Touch Compass is Aotearoa New Zealand’s leading disability-led professional arts organisation. We deliver high-quality performances, inclusive education, youth and community classes, and professional development for Deaf and Disabled creators, makers, artists and creatives.

We are a platform for Deaf and Disabled people, artists and allies to advance their skills and capabilities to create, produce and deliver innovative and authentic experiences face-to-face and online for local, national and international audiences.

We work with our performers, participants, supporters, partners, collaborators and our communities to develop and deliver impactful inclusive programmes which inspire engagement, excitement and achieve great outcomes for audiences and attendees.