Let’s Dance, spearheaded by Angela Rippon CBE, aims to raise awareness of the benefits of dance for both physical and mental health, bring people together through dance and encourage those that don’t usually dance to give it a go. The mission is to get more people dancing together, regardless of age, fitness level or experience.
Find out more about the benefits of dance classes for adults.
As part of the Let’s Dance campaign, English National Ballet will be hosting a Dance for Parkinson’s taster class at its east London home, the Mulryan Centre for Dance, as well as at hub partner venues across the UK. Existing Dance for Parkinson’s programme attendees will be encouraged to bring friends and family along to take part. There is also an open call and strong emphasis for those new to dance and in the local area to come along and try out the class too. No previous dance experience or knowledge is necessary, with the open day welcoming all!
In celebration of the Let’s Dance campaign, all English National Ballet Dance for Parkinson’s venues will come together in an online mass participatory moment at the end of the session, joining together as one company of dancers.
Let’s Dance is about encouraging everybody to embrace the joy and benefits of dancing. English National Ballet is delighted to be taking part and welcoming more people here in east London into our home to join in our Dance for Parkinson’s session, have fun and meet new people.English National Ballet’s Engagement Director, Fleur Derbyshire Fox
Established in 2010, English National Ballet’s Dance for Parkinson’s programme is industry leading. The programme invites you to experience the joy of dancing to live music, socialising and meeting new people, seeing dance performances, and offers unique opportunities to meet creatives and world-renowned guest artists. Classes welcome people living with Parkinson’s, along with their families, loved ones and carers.
The components of the dance class, the artistic freedom and the social aspect of ENB’s Dance for Parkinson’s can help with managing daily living with Parkinson’s. Dancing can enhance fluidity of movement, develop postural stability, flexibility of the spine and improve balance. The use of rhythm and voice can help with cueing movement and expression.
ENB’s classes are welcoming and full of joy! Inspired by the company’s classical and contemporary repertoire – from Swan Lake to Akram Khan’s Giselle, and from William Forsythe’s Playlist (EP) to Nutcracker, each term we creatively explore the themes, music and choreographic language and view the production on-stage or online.
For more information and to book a place at the London Hub click here.
Dance for Parkinson’s hubs around the country will also be taking part in Let’s Dance, including Ipswich, Liverpool, Cardiff and Oxford. Further details will be available around how to join these classes in due course.
Find out more about our Dance for Parkinson’s weekly programmes here.
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English National Ballet is proud to be a member of the Dance for PD® membership programme, an affiliated member of People Dancing, and Dance for Parkinson’s Partnership UK; co-delivering structured training programmes and supporting the development of this work in the industry.
Dance for Parkinson’s is generously supported by Backstage Trust, City Bridge Trust (City of London), Colwinston Charitable Trust, The Derrill Allatt Foundation, The D’Oyly Carte Charitable Trust, Garfield Weston Foundation, G&K Boyes Charitable Trust, Linbury Trust, London Marathon Charitable Trust, and Vandervell Foundation.
