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 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 register to attend sessions HERE and we encourage carers to participate for the safety and wellbeing of their clients.
We welcome any online donations to help us continue to deliver our valuable mahi!
About Arts 4 All
Arts 4 All is a drop-in 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.
Dance 4 Us Registration
Enrolmy is our compulsory online registration platform and our donation platform.
To keep these sessions accessible to our community throughout Aotearoa, there is no fixed fee and we invite those who are able to "Donate What You Can."
By attending our programmes, you acknowledge that photographs or videos may occasionally be taken for funding applications, reporting, promotional and communication purposes. We will always let participants know before any photos are taken, and anyone who does not wish to be photographed can simply let a staff member know on the day. We will always respect that choice.
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.
Locations
Auckland
Dance 4 Us Mt Roskill Time: Tuesdays 10:00am - 11:00am
Address: Mt Roskill War Memorial Hall, 15 May Road, Wesley, Auckland 1041
Term 2 2026: 28 April - 23 June
Term 3 2026: 21 July - 15 September Term 4 2026: 13 October - 15 December (No session 27 October & 3 November)
Dance 4 Us North Shore Time: Thursdays 10:30 - 11:30am
Address: Takapuna Methodist Church Hall @ Cnr Lake Road and Tennyson Avenue.
Term 2 2026: 30 April - 25 June
Term 3 2026: 23 July - 17 September
Term 4 2026: 15 October - 10 December
Dance 4 Us West
Time: Fridays 10:00am – 11:00am
Address: MPHS Community Hub @ 27 Corban Ave, Henderson.
Term 2 2026: 24 April - 26 June
Term 3 2026: 24 July - 18 September
Term 4 2026: 16 October - 11 December
Dance 4 Us Youth Onehunga
Time: Thursdays 10:30 - 11:30am
Address: Yates Room, Onehunga Community Centre, 83 Church Street, Onehunga, Auckland 1061
Term 2 2026: 30 April - 25 June
Term 3 2026: 23 July - 17 September
Term 4 2026: 15 October - 10 December
Dance 4 Us Youth Glen Eden
Time: Wednesdays 4:00 - 5:00pm
Address: Glen Eden Community House, 13 Pisces Road, Glen Eden, Auckland 0602
Term 3 2026: 22 July - 16 September
Term 4 2026: 14 October - 9 December
Waikato
Dance 4 Us Hamilton
Time: Thursdays 10:30am – 11:30 am
Address: YWCA Hall, 28 Pembroke St, Hamilton Lake.
Term 2 2026: 30 April - 25 June
Term 3 2026: 23 July - 10 September Term 4 2026: 15 October - 10 December
Dance 4 Us Youth Te Awamutu
Time: Mondays 10:00am - 11:00am
Address: Te Awamutu Methodist Church Hall, 261 Bank Street, Te Awamutu 3800
Term 2 2026: 20 April - 29 June (No session 27 April ANZAC and 1 June King's Birthday)
Term 3 2026: 20 July - 14 September Term 4 2026: 12 October - 14 December (No session 26 October — Labour Day)
Wellington
Dance 4 Us Wellington
Time: Wednesdays 1pm–2pm
Address: Aro Valley Community Centre, 48 Aro St, Aro Valley.
Term 2 2026: 29 April - 24 June
Term 3 2026: 22 July - 16 September
Term 4 2026: 14 October - 16 December (No session 4 November)
Dance 4 Us Youth Johnsonville
Time: Tuesdays 10:30-11:30am
Address: Johnsonville Community Centre, 3 Frankmoore Avenue, Johnsonville, Wellington
Term 2 2026: 28 April - 23 June
Term 3 2026: 21 July - 15 September
Term 4 2026: 13 October - 15 December (No session 3 of November)
Oamaru
Dance 4 Us Oamaru
Time: Wednesdays 10.30–11.30am
Address: Oamaru Club Inc, 32 Severn Street, Oamaru 9400
Term 2 2026: 22 April - 1 July (No session 13 May)
Term 3 2026: 22 July - 23 September (No session 19 August) Term 4 2026: 14 October - 9 December (no session 28 October)
Christchurch
Arts 4 All Papanui
Time: Fridays 10.30am – 11.30am
Address: Creative Nest, The Village Church Presbyterian Centre, 460 Papanui Rd.
Term 2 2026: 24 April - 3 July (No session 1 May)
Term 3 2026: 24 July - 18 September
Term 4 2026: 16 October - 18 December (no session 13 November Canterbury Anniversary)