Have fun and move your body creatively
Dance 4 Us & Arts 4 All Youth and Adult Programmes
Dance for us and Art for All are drop in programmes that offer many benefits for people who identify as being neurodivergent, and/or having cognitive or physical disabilities.
About Dance for Us
Dance 4 Us is a dance movement therapy programme for people with biological or developmental ages between 15 - 70+ years with an intellectual or physical disability (including ADHD, cerebral palsy, global development delays, brain trauma, and Autism). Clients can have fun and move their bodies creatively, and their carers can join in too.
Dance 4 Us Youth is for people with the biological or developmental ages between 12 – 24 years. There is a crossover of ages so we can cater to both the young at heart and the more mature clients.
Each session is delivered by a registered dance movement therapist with the support of 1 - 3 assistants. Dance 4 Us sessions help foster social connections and emotional literacy through creative and expressive dance movement based activities, co-create meaningful shared experience in the community, and support individual self-expression.
Clients can drop-in and we encourage carers to participate for the safety and wellbeing of their clients.
We welcome a gold coin or online donation to help us continue to deliver our valuable mahi!
About Arts 4 All
Arts 4 All is a creative arts therapy programme for people who identify as being neurodivergent, and/or having cognitive or physical disabilities aged 15 years and over that allows participants to have fun and express themselves. Group numbers can range from 6 to 20, running over nine weeks of each school term. Sessions are also open to carers.
Each session is delivered by a registered art therapist with the assistance of up to three assistants. A typical session would involve a welcome followed by an interactive segment that uses art materials such as drawing, painting, clay, collage and sensory objects like water or rice.
We welcome a gold coin or online donation to help us continue to deliver our valuable mahi!
For more info, please get in touch.
The Cost of Dance 4 Us & Arts 4 All
The cost to attend either a Dance 4 Us or Arts 4 All session is a gold coin or online donation/koha.
Locations
We’re proud to offer sessions in multiple locations throughout New Zealand. They run parallel to school terms and there are eight to nine sessions per term.
Dance 4 Us Onehunga
Time: Tuesdays 1.30-2.30pm
Pearce Street Hall @ 3 Pearce Street (behind Onehunga Community Centre).
Term 1 2025: 11 February - 1 April
Term 2 2025: 29 April - 24 June Term 3 2025: 15 July - 9 September
Term 4 2025: 7 October - 2 December
Dance 4 Us Mt Roskill
Time: Mondays 10.00am – 11.00am
Wesley Community Centre @ 740 Sandringham Road Extension.
Term 1 2025: 10 February - 7 April
Term 2 2025: 28 April - 23 June (No session on 2 June - King’s Birthday) Term 3 2025: 14 July - 8 September
Term 4 2025: 6 October - 8 December (No session on 27 October - Labour Day)
Dance 4 Us North Shore
Time: Thursdays 10.30 – 11.30am
Address: Takapuna Methodist Church Hall @ Cnr Lake Road and Tennyson Avenue.
Term 1 2025: 13 February - 3 April
Term 2 2025: 1 May - 26 June Term 3 2025: 17 July - 11 September
Term 4 2025: 9 October - 4 December
Dance 4 Us West
Time: Fridays 10:00am – 11:00am
Address: MPHS Community Hub @ 27 Corban Ave, Henderson.
Term 1 2025: 14 February - 11 April
Term 2 2025: 2 May - 27 June (No session on 20 June - Matariki) Term 3 2025: 18 July - 12 September
Term 4 2025: 10 October - 5 December
Dance 4 Us Youth South East
Time: Mondays from Term 3 2024
4:30pm – 5:30pm
Address: Te Tuhi Arts Centre, 13 Reeves Rd, Pakuranga, Auckland
Term 1 2025: 10 February - 7 April
Term 2 2025: 28 April - 23 June (No session on 2 June - King’s Birthday) Term 3 2025: 14 July - 8 September
Term 4 2025: 6 October - 8 December (No session on 27 October - Labour Day)
Auckland
Hamilton
Dance 4 Us Hamilton
Time: Thursdays 10:30am – 11:30 am
Address: YWCA Hall, 28 Pembroke St, Hamilton Lake.
Term 1 2025: 13 February - 3 April
Term 2 2025: 1 May - 26 June Term 3 2025: 17 July - 11 September
Term 4 2025: 9 October - 4 December
Dance 4 Us Te Awamutu
Time: Tuesdays 10:00am - 11:00am
Address: Te Awamutu Church, 261 Bank Street, Te Awamutu.
Term 1 2025: 11 February - 1 April
Term 2 2025: 29 April - 24 June
Wellington
Dance 4 Us
Wednesdays 1pm–2pm
Aro Valley Community Centre, 48 Aro St, Aro Valley.
Term 1 2025: 12 February - 2 April
Term 2 2025: 30 April - 25 June Term 3 2025: 16 July - 10 September
Term 4 2025: 8 October - 3 December
Christchurch
Dance 4 Us Bryndwr
Time: Thursdays 11:00am– 12pm.
The Village Presbyterian
Church & Community Centre @ Bryndwr, 365A Ilam Rd.
Term 1 2025: 13 February - 3 April
Term 2 2025: 1 May - 26 June Term 3 2025: 17 July - 11 September
Term 4 2025: 9 October - 4 December
Arts 4 All Papanui
Time: Fridays 10.30am – 11.30am
Address: Main Hall: Creative Nest, The Village Church Presbyterian Centre, 460 Papanui Rd.
Term 1 2025: 14 February - 11 April
Term 2 2025: 2 May - 27 June (No session on 20 June - Matariki) Term 3 2025: 18 July - 12 September
Term 4 2025: 10 October - 12 December (No session on 14 November - Canterbury Anniversary)
Dunedin
Dance 4 Us Central
Time: Wednesdays 1.00 – 2.00pm
Address: St James Presbyterian Church @ 393 King Edward Street Dunedin.
(10 sessions per term)
Term 1 2025: 5 February - 9 April
Term 2 2025: 30 April - 2 July Term 3 2025: 16 July - 17 September
Term 4 2025: 8 October - 10 December