Dani Abulhawa

I am a performer, director, producer and mentor based in Manchester, UK. I draw on my European and Arab heritage to inform a practice that bridges a culturally layered embodiment, political consciousness, and creative experimentation.

My 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, and socially-engaged.

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 with a PhD focused around play, improvisation and the city as a site of performance.

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.