Become an Ascendance Trustee We are looking for new people to help play a part in shaping our future by joining our existing Board of Trustees! We’re Ascendance, a Leeds dance company who have been […]
KEEP ACTIVE THIS WINTER WITH ASCENDANCE
About Ascendance
Ascendance is a charitable dance company, founded and led by Artistic Director, Rachel Wesson. This year we are celebrating 22 years of outreach, dance and film works for site-specific and theatre venues by leading choreographers.
The organisation currently works across the local community providing high quality arts projects for older people, which improve health & wellbeing through dance exercise, social interaction and performance driven projects.
Ascendance work closely with partners Parkinson’s UK, MS Society, Marie Curie Hospice and Leeds City Council, to deliver a broad outreach programme, which reaches the many different communities across Yorkshire.
DANCING WITH PARKINSON'S
We now run a thriving Dancing with Parkinson’s programme on-line and face to face at St Chads Parish Centre, Headingley, LEEDS and Victoria Hall, Saltaire, BRADFORD, Led by Rachel Wesson, Emma Clayton, Natalie Haslam and Izzy Brittain. Register here
This specialist strand is for people with movement disorders to keep the mind and body active, increase confidence, aid mobility, balance, flexibility and encourage more independent and active lives. The activity is also designed to empower individuals to discover talents and raise aspirations for themselves and their local communities.
Dance & Singing classes
Dance classes are on Zoom and we are back Face to Face at St Chads, Leeds & Victoria Hall, Saltaire - Find out more about our specialist classes for older adults who want to stay active for longer!
Ascendance films
Enjoy our gallery of videos and find out about our exciting 360 VR Dance Surrounds projects
Meet the team
Rachel, Emma, Izzy, Natalie, Georgia, Abigail and Caroline are the passionate professionals at the heart of Ascendance
Latest from Ascendance
We're so excited to announce that Singing with Georgia (The State of Georgia ) is back! Starting from this Wednesday 19th Jan and running 11am - 11.45am Warm up those vocal chords and join us […]
Check out our new dance class timetable 2022! Please note the time change on Fridays at St Chads with a 10.30am- 11.30am class for anyone over 50. This will be followed by a HYBRID "Making […]
One of our much loved participants Roger talks about his experiences of becoming a dancer with Ascendance #dance #parkinsons #Christmas2021 In Focus - What a Performance (shinealight.org.uk) Shine Christmas Edition (fliphtml5.com)
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