Press Release: 60 Over 60s Dancers Join Together for Winter Celebration

Press Release:

60 Over 60s Dancers Join Together for Winter Celebration

On Monday 4^th December 60 dancers aged 60+, both with and without Parkinson’s, will come together for a special Winter Celebration of dancing, socialising, and merriment.

The dancers, who are all part of Ascendance’s classes and projects which take place across Yorkshire, will showcase some of the pieces they have been working on this term, including a jazzy number to “New York New York” and a new Yorkshire-themed dance, “True Yorkshire Grit”, inspired by some of the phrases and sayings local to the area.

Ascendance Artistic Director, Rachel Wesson, says:

“Everyone has worked so hard this term, it’s brilliant to see people coming together and doing something positive for their health and wellbeing. Everyone supports one another. Expect top hats, glitz, canes and flat caps!”

The celebration is taking place at Morley Town Hall where an Ascendance group meet regularly on a Monday morning, with the groups’ performances at 12pm. You can find out more about Ascendance and how to take part by visiting their website: www.ascendance.org.uk 

For more information and for more images, please contact
Rachel Wesson (Artistic Director):

Email: rachel.wesson@ascendance.org.uk

Phone: 07933 685359

Notes

About Ascendance:

Founded in 1999, Ascendance is a Yorkshire-based charity working in the Dance for Health sector, combining professional work with a community dance company, weekly classes and outreach projects. We have become a regional flagship for our Dance with Parkinson’s work and work hard to provide a caring and crucial service to our community, providing exercise, creative and performance opportunities that improve physical and mental wellbeing, coordination, balance and social cohesion.

So far, we have engaged 400+ individuals across Leeds, Bradford and Yorkshire, and nationally in our project-based creative dance workshops and have a cohort of 85 who engage with regular classes. Our work has been proven to combat loneliness, improve physical and mental wellbeing and build social and community connections.

Website: www.ascendance.org.uk 

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