Dance for Parkinson’s: Online National Offer

Book your space now for our Dance for Parkinson’s classes held online, and open to anyone living with Parkinson’s, their families and carers in the United Kingdom.

English National Ballet is pleased to announce the Dance for Parkinson’s summer term will explore The Sleeping Beauty, choreographed by Sir Kenneth MacMillan.

About The Sleeping Beauty

Brimming with beautiful choreography, sets and costumes, you will be whisked away to an enchanted land, heightened by one of Tchaikovsky’s greatest ballet scores. This bewitching fairytale leads you through a story of good versus evil, as embodied in the characters, Carabosse and the Lilac Fairy.

The story depicts Princess Aurora who is cursed by the wicked Carabosse to prick her finger and die on her 16th birthday, but her godmother the Lilac Fairy alters the spell so Aurora will not die, but sleep for 100 years. Only a true love’s kiss can break the spell and awaken her.

We look forward to welcoming you to experience the wonder and enchantment of this classic ballet.

Term dates and times

Fridays, 25 April – 4 July 2025
11am – 12.30pm

Friday 25 April
Friday 2 May
Friday 9 May
Friday 16 May
Friday 23 May

Half term – no class on 30 May

Friday 6 June
Friday 13 June
Friday 20 June
Friday 27 June
Friday 4 July

You will receive the Zoom link the day before the first class from 4pm. The link & password will stay the same for each week, so we recommend you save the link or write it down for easy access.

Class Schedule
11.00am – 11.10am: Log on Zoom & Registration
11.10am – 12.10pm: Class
12.10pm – 12.15pm: Break
12.15pm – 12.30pm: Social Breakout Rooms

Fee

£40 for the term.

You can book for the term here.

Please contact us via dancehealth@ballet.org.uk if you have any questions.

Find out more about English National Ballet’s Dance for Parkinson’s programme here. We deliver in-person classes at ENB’s studios on London City Island and in partnership with hub partners: Royal Albert Hall, DanceEast, Oxford City Council and affiliated hub partner National Dance Company Wales.

We are delighted that this term of online classes is open to the public: you do not have to be a current member of an ENB Hub to join and we welcome new participants from across the UK.