Dani Abulhawa

I am a British-Palestinian performer, choreographer and mentor based in Manchester, UK. I am a lecturer in Performance at the University of Leeds, and a co-editor of Choreographic Practices Journal (Intellect).

My performance training is focused around movement and improvisation; I typically use the Creative Articulations Process, Laban efforts and Overlie's Six Viewpoints in my own solo devised work and directorial projects. Spoken word or testimony based on people's lived experience often features in my creative process or productions.

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.

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.