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
A glimpse of our most recent performance, Beyond Gravity
AscenDance Project would like to thank the Berkeley and greater Bay Area communities for their overwhelming support of our recent first home season Beyond Gravity. We had a wonderful two-week run at the Ashby Stage in Berkeley, culminating in a series of sold-out performances."...It was beyond any dance performance I've seen..."
Read more of our 5-star review on Yelp!
"Isabel von Rittberg is quite a young lady. She has created a dance group that combines Music/Rock Climbing/Dancing and all performed on a stage with real/artificial walls of rocks in Berkeley at Ashby Stage...I attended the final performance last month March and it was sold out on a Sunday afternooon and standing ovation at the end." Read more from www.BayAreaDanceWatch.com.
See photos of our Home Season on the left, or view them full-screen.
Recent Reviews of AscenDance Project
The Vision of Ascendance in Deadpoint Magazine: 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...Review on World Dance Reviews by Don Atwood: What Ascendance does do is deeply rooted in the rock climbing expertise of the dancers, in the music they choose, the way they use that music, movement invention, the amazing physical capabilities of the performers, and their and Von Rittberg's obviously extensive sense of performance, performance life, and using all of that to define a new form of performance.
See also other reviews we have gotten recently, and pictures from the Summer 2009 tour.
Recent Events
AscenDance Project completed their first Home Season at the Ashby Stage in Berkeley CA, March 5-14.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 performed at the Outdoor Retailer Industry Party. July 21st 2009, 6-8PM Pierpont Street, Salt Lake City, UT. Pictures: here, and more.
Watch the 2010 Demo Reel!
