Ms Susan Jordan, of Auckland, QSM for services to seniors and dance
Susan Jordan founded the programme of Dance Studies at the University of Auckland and set up the Auckland DANZ office. She established SeniorsDANCE, offering dance classes for over-60s in Auckland providing a space for positive ageing and supporting the health and wellbeing of older people. She is the curator of Aspire Dance Show, which provides a platform for older dancers to perform. In 2018 she was awarded a Creative New Zealand grant for the research of ‘creative ageing’, which she has used to promote the arts as an important means of creative expression for older people. Ms Jordan is one of the founders and immediate past President of the Northern Dance Network.