We can't wait to bring everyone together on 15 February 2022 to celebrate /rītaha/ with Touch Compass!

/rītaha/, Touch Compass's sensational one-day performing arts festival, has been rescheduled to take place next year -15 February 2022 - and promises an evening of groundbreaking performance honouring the past, present and future of Touch Compass.

I orea te tuatara ka patu ki waho: With creative thinking, adaptability and perseverance we find solutions.

Although we will have to wait a little longer to bring people together for our celebration, the weather will be warmer, the days longer and the mana more enhanced for the unveiling of the incredible /rītaha/.

In the time since /rītaha/ was first announced in July, our programme has been lifted to reflect the current and future visioning of Touch Compass, with one new work - Wai/Rua - replacing the previously scheduled Dancing On My Own. TC Artistic Direction Panel (ADP) member Suzanne Cowan says “With our new disability-led kaupapa it’s really exciting to have the opportunity to highlight crip time* and space in this work. We like to think of them as the two waters (Wai/Rua) that flow through the consciousness of these innovative dances." Lusi Faiva, TC ADP member, concurs, adding, "We are excited about moving to new different space for Wai/Rua to give it the growth it needed."

Explore Wai/Rua, the new addition to /rītaha/, in the programme description below.

We really look forward to gathering together in February, 2022 to celebrate our work, our community and the future of Touch Compass.

Join us!

(*If the term 'crip time' is unfamiliar to you, please go here to read more.)