Dance Therapy NZ, Auckland Videos

Happy International Youth Day! We were thrilled to have Mackenzie Henderson-Wraight, who is our Programmes and Clinical Manager as well as a creative art therpist, share her insights on creative arts therapies for Aotearoa's youth at the INVOLVE Conference 2023 🙌✨ Creative arts therapies use the power of dance, art, music, and drama to support the emotional, mental, and social well-being of young people. These therapies help youth express themselves, build resilience, and connect with their inner strengths. 🌟 Missed the session? Check out the video below and discover how creative arts therapies are making a difference in the lives of our taiohi 🌈💖

The history of Creative Arts Therapy
Have you ever wanted to know more about the history of creative arts therapy? Mackenzie, our Programmes & ACC Clinical Manager, takes a minute to share some of the fascinating background of this very powerful form of therapy. If you want to learn more about creative arts therapy, visit dancetherapy.co.nz.

What is dance movement therapy?
Dance movement therapy benefits everyone - from people who don’t usually dance through to those who enjoy movement! Here Mackenzie, our Programmes & ACC Clinical Manager, explains how moving the body helps a client's wellbeing and the role the therapist plays in creating an environment that is safe, supportive and uplifting. You can read more about dance movement therapy at https://ow.ly/BjU450S96oS.

Dance & Art Therapy Foundation North Thank You.mp4
As the demand for our creative-based therapies continues to grow, you might be surprised to see what it takes to run our art therapy and dance movement therapy programmes... We’re grateful to Foundation North for supporting our very special mahi and everything that goes into it. Thank you and ngā mihi for understanding the many benefits our powerful form of therapy offers the community! Find out more about our programmes at dancetherapy.co.nz.

Are you or a loved one living with special needs? Then you might want to look at creative-based therapies. Dance movement therapy and arts therapy offers numerous benefits for individuals living with special needs. This includes: 1. Increased physical fitness and gross motor skills development 2. New ways to express emotions 3. Improved confidence and self-esteem 4. Enables creativity and imagination 5. Stress relief Here’s a quick peek into a Dance 4 Us session in the mighty Waikato. Dance 4 Us is open to people aged 15 years and older living with a disability. Our expert therapists focus on what people can do, not what they can’t, and as you can see people loving being there. Find out more at https://ow.ly/E7EG50RQimo.

Today is International Dance Day 💃🕺🎶 It's a day that encourages participation and education in dance and is supported by UNESCO. We know firsthand that dance movement therapy benefits everyone from people who don’t usually dance through to those that enjoy movement. It empowers individuals to fully inhabit and have access to a full range of expression. We offer a variety of dance movement therapy group and clinical programmes to help people in all situations. Find out more on our website. So today, we recommend you put on some music and start dancing!

There's a lot of work that goes on behind the scenes at Dance & Arts Therapy NZ each week. Here's Maud, one of our therapists, setting up for Arts 4 Us West at the Te Atatū Peninsula Community Centre on a Friday afternoon. We're so thankful to the NZ Lottery Grants Board for their continued support of our programmes - it helps us bring our services to life and let us focus on offering the community programmes that make a difference!

Ngā mihi and thank you to Hugo Charitable Trust for their generosity in supporting our mahi throughout Aotearoa New Zealand. It helps keep our programmes going, allows us to provide the best care for our deserving clients and enables us to facilitate professional development for our therapists! Find out more about our work at dancetherapy.co.nz.

DTNZ celebrates DTTA's 10 year anniversary
Happy 10-Year Anniversary to Dance Therapy Training Aotearoa! We wanted to take a moment to congratulate them on their milestone especially as Anaia, DTNZ's Director & Founder, was a co-creator of this diploma - which trains students in New Zealand and overseas. In this video, Anaia and Maud, DTNZ therapist and DTTA's admin and placement coordinator, demonstrated the mirroring dance movement technique at a DTNZ event last year. DTNZ offers DTTA's students creative arts therapy placements and we're very proud to have several incredible therapists work for us after they graduated!

DTNZ celebrates five years of dance movement therapy at University of Auckland
We're taking a moment to acknowledge the fifth anniversary of the Master of Dance Movement Therapy course at the Creative Arts and Industries, the University of Auckland! This is an important milestone to DTNZ and extra special for Anaia and Mackenzie who are celebrating in this video. Anaia, DTNZ's Director & Founder, created the course and taught it for the first two years and Mackenzie, DTNZ's Programmes & ACC Clinical Manager, was one of the first cohort of students to graduate from it. DTNZ currently has three graduates working as lead therapists and another very close to graduating as well as six students assisting our therapy groups across Auckland. We've also had many guest lecturers work here and alongside us. We're proud to support the growth in creative-based therapies and to see it becoming more accepted in the community as the powerful form of therapy that it is! Find out more at dancetherapy.co.nz.

DTNZ Therapists
Meet some of our amazing therapy team! Every quarter we connect online as we value creativity, connection, nurture, growth, integrity and collaboration. Our therapists work hard to support and encourage our incredible clients - and collectively empower individuals and groups in every creative-arts therapy session DTNZ facilitates. We're so thankful to them!

DTNZ thanks Music Helps
We want to give a big shout out to MusicHelps for donating our dream wish list of musical instruments for our STARS programmes 🤩 Our clients will love bringing some rhythm to their dance!

DTNZ Generosity Generator Campaign
We’re proud to have helped thousands of Kiwis with creative arts therapy over the past 10 years including those living with disabilities and mental health, tamariki, at-risk communities and survivors of sexual trauma. The demand for our service has never been as significant as it is now - and we’re glad to help but we can’t do it alone. To continue supporting the community, we would love your assistance. If you were able to, you can donate to our crowdfunding campaign as we’re aiming to raise $10,000 by 17 November. Any amount is useful and will contribute to therapeutic equipment/materials and subsidising therapy sessions. Some of the other important ways you can help include: • Liking and sharing our posts • Reviewing our service if you’ve used it • Volunteering your time Learn more at https://givealittle.co.nz/fundraiser/help-us-to-empower-those-with-special.

DTNZ turns 10
Today DTNZ turns 10! This is an exciting day for us as we celebrate a decade empowering the community with creative arts therapy. Ten years ago not that many people had heard of creative arts therapy and there were hardly any practicing therapists in NZ. These days we provide programmes for individuals and groups in various parts of the country, and the demand has never been as significant as it is now. We're thankful to our expert team, students, partners, supporters and our very deserving clients for all of their support over the years. And look forward to sharing some of our highlights over the week.

We are grateful that STARS AKL wide, Arts4U Oranga, South & West are sponsored by Lion Foundation. Your donation enables us to carry on the work we do in our communities and assist and empower vulnerable people and groups across Aotearoa. Your generosity is much appreciated!⭐ #DTNZ #artstherapy #dancetherapy #dance

We appreciate the IHC Foundation's sponsorship of Dance 4 Us admin & programme costs. Your donation lets us to continue the work we undertake in our communities and support and empower vulnerable individuals and groups throughout Aotearoa. Your kindness is much appreciated! ❤️ #DTNZ #artstherapy #dancetherapy #dance

We appreciate Ōrākei Local Board sponsorship of Arts 4 Us Specialty Orakei. Your donation lets us to continue the work we undertake in our communities and support and empower vulnerable individuals and groups throughout Aotearoa. Your kindness is much appreciated! ❤️ #dancetherapy #dance #DTNZ #artstherapy

We thank the Howick Local Board for their support of STARS Pakuranga and appreciate your support. With your support, we can provide special needs individuals with group dance movement therapy sessions so they may co-create fulfilling shared experiences in the community ❤️ #dance #dancetherapy #artstherapy #DTNZ

Head over to our website to read our latest blog post by Rita Chansy, ‘Dance Movement & Arts Therapy to Support Ethnic Minorities in NZ’. Happy reading 🤓📖

We're on the hunt for more awesome volunteers!
Our 2019 classes have a few gaps to fill and we'd love for you or someone you know to help us out :) Dance 4 Us: Mondays 11.30am-1.30pm (Mt Roskill) Dance 4 Us: Fridays 10-11.30am (Henderson) Arts 4 Us: Tuesdays 3.15-5pm (Panmure) Arts 4 Us Specialty: Thursdays 3.15-5pm (Orakei) STARS: Saturdays 10.45am - 12.15pm (Northcote) Many hands make light work so please share around!