Dani Abulhawa

I am a British-Palestinian performer, director, producer and mentor based in Manchester, UK.

My performance training is focused around movement and improvisation; I typically use the Creative Articulations Process, Laban efforts and Overlie's Six Viewpoints across my work.

My approach to producing is collaborative, critical, socially-engaged and focused on communities.

I am a trained skateboard coach, and community facilitator. I am a co-founder of Accumulations - a collective of dance/movement artists and a supportive network for the development of experimental movement, dance, and performance. I’m an ambassador for skateboarding charity, SkatePal. I am a lecturer in Performance at the University of Leeds, and a co-editor of Choreographic Practices Journal (Intellect).

My PhD examined the ways that women are prevented from a playful engagement with the city, through social regulation of their behaviour. My community-based work focuses on projects that are engaged with social justice, that democratise access to playful public realm and support people’s capacity for creative interaction within their environments.