Happy Father’s Day
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Happy Father’s Day is a reflective coming-of-age piece with a comedic edge created by Dani Harris-Walters. Through Hip Hop dance, rap, animation and spoken word, Dani explores sexual coupling from an unexpected and entertaining point of view. This engaging solo work navigates through a realm of relatable anecdotal sketches to form a truly unique piece of work – it’s the unconventional puberty lesson you wish you had during school.
Happy Father’s Day is a fully-fledged theatrical triumph…
Graham Watts, Chairman of the Critics' Circle: Dance Section
The material is so good that he doesn’t need to be crude. He doesn’t resort to jokes. It all just flows like his chatting to his best friend.
David Meed, SeeingDance.com
His delivery is so natural and witty that the hip hop dance that punctuates and illustrates his seminal chatter feels seamless, an almost inevitable embodiment of a sperm’s excitable, tumbling, slyly sliding journey into blissful union.
Ka Bradley
The piece feels a bit like you’re watching a “cool” version of Sex Ed… Harris-Walters’ performance style is so enthusiastic and infectious that you can’t help but go along with it.
Pippa Sterk, The Strand: The Arts & Culture Magazine
An engaging storyteller he encourages the audience to egg him on and indeed we do, urging him on every step of the way whooping and cheering.
Anna Mortimer, Wonderful News Reviewer
Dani Harris-Walters – Writer & Performer
Dani Harris-Walters is a Dance Artist, Choreographer, Presenter, Teacher & DJ who immerses himself within realms of Hip Hop culture and theatre. An experienced and respected figure in the industry, he loves to experiment, reform and restructure movement from many dance styles to create a unique and distinctive dance language. He continues to work extensively with community groups and mentors aspiring young creatives all over the UK.
His ethos – “Be Present and just… ENJOY!”
Graduating from University of East London with a B.A Honours degree in Dance: Urban Practice, Dani propelled into the hip-hop theatre world working with Tony Adigun’s Avant Garde Dance (AG), touring nationally and internationally both The Black Album and Fagin’s Twist co-produced by The Place. touring the UK & China. After 12 years working with the company, Dani became an Associate Artist with AG and works closely with their young creatives programme AG2
His first job came as a professional dancer in the London Olympic Games 2012 Opening Ceremony being a part of the Second to the right, and straight on till morning cast, performing with NHS workers choreographed by Temujin Gil.
Within the dance theatre world he has also worked with many of the leading names including the Olivier Award Winner Botis Seva | Far From The Norm, Jeanefer Jean-Charles, Joseph Toonga | Just Us Dance Theatre, and Boy Blue in their production ‘Blak, Whyte, Grey’ touring the UK, America and Taiwan.
Creative Team
Performer & Writer – Dani Harris-Walters
Producer – Fern Crosbie
Lighting Designer – Ali Hunter
Dramaturge – Ashley J Francis
Animator – Jerome Rodgers-Blake
Fine Artist – Lee Putman
Music Credits
Southside Riddim – Southside Allstars
Incredible – M Beat feat. General Levy
Sheck Riddim – Unknown Artist
Real Rock – Sound Dimension
Dub – Kaelin Elis
Fall in Love – Miguel Atwood-Ferguson & Carlos Nino
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