UPCOMING EVENTS:


Professional Dance Performance:

at The Hamilton Gardens Arts Festival 2026. Read more here.

CLASSES:

9.15-10.30am in The Academy of Performing Arts on The University of Waikato campus.
Six weeks of classes on Wednesday and Thursday mornings from January 14 to February 19th. Read more here.

Waikato Contemporary Dance Projects Trust (WCDPT)


WCDPT was established in 2007 and is committed to growing dance in the Waikato region through creating empowering opportunities to work in contemporary and creative dance. In attaining our purposes, the Trust is committed to respecting the cultural diversity of all peoples and in relation to Te Tiriti o Waitangi (the Treaty of Waitangi).

Our particular purposes are to:
· To increase the accessibility of dance in the Waikato region;
· To offer regular dance classes, workshops and performance events;
· To foster and support local dance artists of any age;
· To promote dance as a means to physical activity and wellbeing;
· To utilize dance as a vehicle for raising awareness about social and environmental
· issues;
· To pay operational and administrative expenses of the Trust and its projects;
· To be an umbrella organization to source funding and accumulate funds for dance
· projects developed in the Waikato;
· To provide other support and assistance co

Photo: Dr Rodrigo Hill
www.rodrigohill.com