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A moment that changed me: I thought my Parkinson's was the end of my life, but dancing changed everything by Ian Temple

The moment I stepped into English National Ballet's studio, I stopped being just a patient. Among fellow spirits, I have rediscovered my sense of joy and agency Fourteen years ago, a neurologist told me: "You have Parkinson's." I remember his face before I remember his words: calm, certain, kind. Parkinson's: a progressive neurological disease. No cure. In my mind, it was an old person's disease. Something that happe…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:48AM on March 26, 2026

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