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ABOUT US
Isabelle Long and Ashley Lim were awarded the 2022 Trinity Laban Innovation Award which spurred them on to start TRANSCENDANCE.
TRANSCENDANCE is a project that mixes a range of styles such as contemporary, hip-hop and commercial classes to run with a mental health and well-being focus.
We are taking inspiration from the energy and creativity found in some of the best open professional dance spaces to share this with those in communities that are disadvantaged in being able to access these spaces and those looking for support with mental health & well-being. We have found through personal experience that moving your body and connecting with others is a well-known recipe for positive life-changing, effects on mental health and well-being, and Transcendance wants to encourage those at any level of movement experience to find support through dancing.
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We want to intertwine our movement practice and class structure with grounding techniques, breath work and mental reflections to enable those in need of mental coping strategies to find support in using those strategies in times when they might be finding life difficult to cope with and adding a more hyper-active and fun experience towards our sessions.
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OUR CORE VALUES
PLAY
We create spaces that are supportive, playful and progressive.
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We rediscover what it means to play.
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TOGETHERNESS
We find you a space that will embrace community.
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We shall move to connect with ourselves and one another.
CELEBRATION
We celebrate anyone and everyone that comes into our space.
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We appreciate and listen to the bodies we have.
Images by Emily Ong & Juno Snowdon
MEET THE TEAM
ISABELLE LONG (IZZY)
SHE/HER
Isabelle was born in the UK and has trained in a range of dance styles from a young age. After graduating with a BA(Hons) in Contemporary Dance from Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music & Dance. Isabelle worked for Swindon Dance, as the coordinator for the Centre of Advanced Training, Contemporary Dance Programme. Isabelle also teaches weekly based creative dance workshops for children aged 3-10 and assists with Swindon Dance SALTO classes, for children with special needs.
Isabelle has a passion to bring people together through her knowledge and experience of dance in an accessible way, in the hopes that dance can be used as a form of support for young people dealing with mental health issues and increasing pressures from society, work life and education. Isabelle is also commencing further dance training with JV2 in April 2023.
