Our Mission
To support health and wellbeing through dance, movement, and play — creating thoughtful spaces for expression, connection, and community.
Our Vision
We imagine a future where dance and movement are recognised as essential to wellbeing and are accessible to all.
Through partnerships with health, education, and social justice organisations, Dance Garden brings creative, embodied programs to people and communities who most need support, ensuring opportunities for creativity, connection, and aliveness are within everyone’s reach.
Our Values
1. Accessibility
Dance experiences that welcome all ages, abilities, bodies, and backgrounds.
2. Play
Honouring creativity, imagination, curiosity, and joy in movement.
3. Respect
Upholding consent, safety, care, and clear boundaries in all interactions.
4. Inclusion
Celebrating diversity, difference, and body positivity, and creating spaces where people feel they belong.
5. Connection
Fostering connection with self, others, and community through embodied, creative, and relational expression.
Hi! I'm Emma,
Director of Dance Garden.
My work sits at the intersection of dance, health, and community. I create dance and embodied movement experiences for people of all ages, designed to support connection, creativity, and wellbeing.
I come to this work as a dancer, choreographer, educator, and Registered Dance Movement Therapist. Over many years of working across community, education, and healthcare settings, I’ve seen how movement can open doorways into parts of ourselves that don’t always have space to be expressed — and how dance can help people feel more alive, connected, and at home in their bodies.
I know that stepping into a dance space can feel vulnerable, unfamiliar, or even daunting for some. This understanding shapes the way I work. My practice is grounded in care, consent, and thoughtful design, with a strong emphasis on safety, choice, and relational presence.
Whether I’m working with children, families, elders, teachers, or community groups, I hold dance as both an art form and a resource for wellbeing — a way to explore, connect, take creative risks, and move together with curiosity and respect.