3 crows attended the 2 day Touch Compass worshop held at Te Whaea, In Wellington, recently.

I have had a passion for mixed ability dance for years and was thrilled to be able to join in with this magic weekend. A mixture of people, some disabled, some care givers, some dancers and some just interested came together on a cold Winery Saturday mornning but Catherine Chappell, Touch Compass founder, soon warmed us up with movement and interaction that was safe and fun for everyone. Over the two days we experiemented with balancing, dance with hoops and other connectors, pair and individual movement sequence development and lots of improvisation.

It was wonderful to work under Catherine's expert guidance, to make some meaningful connections with new faces, to take some risks while exploring how to work with a range of bodies and to feel the joy of creating some beautiful dance.

My sincere thanks to Maxwell, who did alot of admin and organising to make this workshop happen and provided wonderful lunches!

I really hope there is enough passion and energy to make mixed ability dance happen regularly in Wellington!

If anyone is interested in finding out more about Touch Compass check out their website www.touchcompass.org.nz