Dance for Parkinson's

High quality dance classes for people with Parkinson's, their family, friends and carers.

Summer Programme 2025 (classes take place at the Wesley Memorial Hall, New Inn Hall Street, Oxford)

For below for details about the weekly Dance for Parkinson's classes. (For details on MuMo Creative's Dance for Joy, Singing for Parkinson's and Mindful Movement for Parkinson's classes, please visit MuMo Creative's website.

Due to the on-going success and demand for the programme, MuMo Creative and Oxford City Council are delighted to be in a position to continue running the Dance for Parkinson’s programme in Oxford through 2025.

Dance for Parkinson's is a national programme of high-quality dance activities for people with Parkinson's, their carers, their family members and their friends. Weekly dance classes provide a creative and artistic opportunity for participants within a supportive and social environment. The classes also provide an additional positive benefit to physical and mental health and wellbeing.

The results of the award-winning "English National Ballet, Dance for Parkinson's, an investigative study", carried out by Dr Sara Houston and Ashley McGill of Roehampton University can be found on the English National Ballet website or Roehampton Dance website.

Weekly Dance for Parkinson's Classes 

• Venue: Wesley Memorial Church Hall, New Inn Hall St, Oxford OX1 2DH (18 April - 9 June) & Old Fire Station, George Street, Oxford (from 16 June - 15 July)
• Dates: Dates for Summer term 2025 = Monday 28 April – Monday 14 July (Excluding 26 May) = 10 week term
• Time: 12.30pm to 1.45pm 
• Refreshments follow on from 1.45pm to 2.15pm 
• Recommended donation - £5 per class, or the whole term in advance (10 x sessions: £50)

As usual, participants can pay in advance or weekly. Classes are £5 per person including carers, friends and family, or £50 per person if paying in advance for the full ten weeks. Payment can be made online (please contact Claire Thompson on contact details below for details of how to make a payment). If online payments not possible, please let Claire know to discuss an alternative option.

If you are interested in joining the classes, or if you have any queries about the programme, please contact Claire Thompson on cthompson@oxford.gov.uk / 01865 252820.

Quotes from current participants of the Dance for Parkinson's project:

"To forget I have Parkinson's for a couple of hours a week has been a most positive experience."

"Please accept my thanks for a truly enjoyable, as well as beneficial twelve week series of ballet classes. All of us found some measure of healing in the movement and music, enthusiasm and camaraderie. Some were literally transformed between the beginning and the end of a class, and we would like to be able to continue with our weekly exercises and music, imagining and laughing (or crying)."

• BBC News website featuring the Dance for Parkinson's programme
• BBC Inside Out featuring “Parkinson’s – The Funny Side”
• Dance for Parkinson's Big Give: Meet Anne
• English National Ballet Dance For Parkinson’s Sally