🏳️🌈 Pride Parade Preparation Workshop — Sanura Dance
📅 Date: Friday 19th June 2026
🕒 Time: 7:00 – 9:00 PM
📍 Location: Academy Mews Studios
🎟️ Price: From £15
We're marching in the Pride in London Parade on 4th July 2026 — and we want YOU with us. 💃
This workshop is your gateway to the parade. No experience needed, no pressure to remember everything — just come, move, and be part of something truly special.
A personal note from Sandy
Pride is the march, party, and moment I look forward to most each year.
As a teenager I watched Pride on TV — what a spectacular display of love and self-expression. El Orgullo de Madrid has always held my greatest memories. The first time I marched in Madrid was in 2011, it took 6 hours. I swore I'd never do it again. Of course, I kept going: London, Brighton, Lithuania, Dublin, Herne Bay.
I've watched Pride from every angle — groups of friends soaking up the atmosphere, first-timers, grandmothers walking with their grandchildren showing them how much they love them for who they are, children learning to celebrate freedom and expression. I've followed floats with the best music without a second thought, and spent three years on the "Tijeritas" float — by the end, people knew us as the veterans. If you've never stood on a float and looked out at the crowd, you're missing something. The faces. It means so much to so many people.
My participation has changed over the years, but that feeling of celebration, of validation, of knowing we are an extraordinary community that has been through so much and only grows stronger? That never changes.
Pride built my confidence as a lesbian, and it remains one of the biggest sources of queer energy I carry through the year.
I never imagined I'd be building a float and leading a group of people into the parade — and I'm incredibly excited. I can't wait to share this completely new way of marching with you. We'll dance and show the world our moves. Every single one of us makes this community what it is: a beautiful, unstoppable force of people willing to be exactly who they are and live life straight from the heart.
This is going to last forever in our memories. I hope you'll be part of it. 💃
— Sandy
What to expect
Led by the incredible Laura, this session is designed to be fun, inclusive and low-pressure. Think flash mob energy — not performance anxiety.
- 💃 A short, repeatable show sequence
- 🎶 Music you know and love — salsa, merengue, bachata
- 🙌 The performance team will be there on the day to guide you — you won't be alone
What you get
- 💃 A 2-hour workshop with Laura — fun, inclusive, no experience needed
- 🎥 A practice video after the session so you can keep moving at home
- 🌳 An outdoor practice session before the parade — so you can rehearse the sequence in the open air before the big day
- 👕 Your official Sanura Dance Pride t-shirt (please fill in your size when booking — you'll find the question in the booking form!)
- 🏳️🌈 A wristband to march with us on 4th July in front of hundreds of thousands of people
You do not need to memorise anything. The workshop is your intro — the parade itself gives you hours of repetition. You'll get it.
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Every contribution helps us cover the costs of the vehicle, PA system, t-shirts and logistics.
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✨ Sanura Dance is a FLINTA-led, feminist and LGBTQ+ affirming dance space. We prioritise inclusivity and breaking stereotypes — where everyone can move, connect, and belong.
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