AscenDance Rises to ‘New Heights’ with Production that Delivers Message of Unity
German dancer and rock climber Isabel von Rittberg was only 9 years old when the Berlin Wall came down in her country in 1989. Now, as founder and performer of Boulder-based AscenDance Project, she uses climbing walls as vertical canvases to express a myriad of emotions through thoughtful and stirring movements. The latest offering from this innovative troupe, “New Heights: Dancing on the Walls that Divide Us,” will take audiences on a multi-sensory journey that explores the current political climate, the intricacies of the human condition and the unrelenting power of love.