AscenDance Project

AscenDance Project integrates the technical precision and strength of climbing with expressive movement and music to create a new kind of aerial performance on a vertical stage.

Isabel von Rittberg, Artistic Director, founded AscenDance Project in 2006 and the group has given numerous performances in varied settings including the theatre and outdoor stages.

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News

UPCOMING SHOW, FIRST HOME SEASON!!!

Beyond Gravity shows March 5,6,12,13 at 8PM, March 14 at 3PM 2010.
At the Ashby Stage, 1901 Ashby Ave, Berkeley CA.

Tickets available online NOW from Brown Paper Tickets.
General admission, $25. Students and Seniors (ID required), $20. Kids under 12, $10. Sunday matinee (March 14th only), $20.

Review in Deadpoint Magazine!

Check out a new article, The Vision of Ascendance in Deadpoint Magazine: An arcing wall is the playground in which climbers chose to perform their medium upon. Isabel Von Rittberg (a dancer & climber by heart) envisioned a new use for the climbing medium that involved an arcing wall, but this one was constructed by a climber for a new form of self-expression, dance...

Ascendance Project has been reviewed on World Dance Reviews by Don Atwood! See also other reviews we have gotten recently, and pictures from the Summer 2009 tour...

RECENT: Ascendance Project was at the 11th Annual Aerial Dance Festival in Boulder CO, August 2-15. We taught three classes in vertical dance over two weeks and performed twice on August 14th.

Ascendance Project perofrmed at the Outdoor Retailer Industry Party. July 21st 2009, 6-8PM Pierpont Street, Salt Lake City, UT. Pictures: here, and more.

Watch the NEW Demo Reel!

Thank you!

We are grateful to our sponsors and generous individuals who have helped to make this project possible. Donations are accepted via Paypal.