Ascendance is pleased to be part of Saltaire Arts Trail's Digital Programme with an uplifting documentary about the effect which dancing together has on a group of people with Parkinson's Disease, a condition which challenges […]
Celebrating 20 years of dance and wellbeing
About Ascendance
Ascendance is a charitable dance company, founded and led by Artistic Director, Rachel Wesson. This year we are celebrating 20 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 Kala Sangam, MS Society, Marie Curie Hospice, Parkinson’s UK, Fighting Fit, Yorkshire Dance, Leeds Rhinos ABC programme 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, Led by Rachel Wesson, Emma Clayton and Izzy Brittain in 4 locations across Leeds & Bradford.
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.
Let's dance classes
All our dance classes are on now on Zoom - 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, Caroline and Lucy are the passionate professionals at the heart of Ascendance
Latest from Ascendance
Dancing with Parkinson’s online Leeds & Bradford Ascendance have re-designed their dance classes for the Leeds & Bradford community with Parkinson’s Disease to keep smiles on peoples’ faces during social distancing. It keeps individuals moving […]
Our new Dance Fitness course is for people with Parkinson's and other neurolgical disorders at any age, who want to increase their mobility, flexibility, strength, co-ordination and balance skills. We aim to get people up […]
Ascendance have been commissioned to develop a new dance for film work by Choreographer Rachel Wesson and Bradford based Film Maker Lucy Barker to be presented as part of Saltaire Arts Trail. The work has […]
Ascendance Videos
