Portraits
by Celia Walmsley and Damani Campbell Williams (collaborators)
Damani Campbell Williams
I am a professional dancer and musician. Born and raised in the UK to ‘Windrush’ generation Jamaican parents I graduated from Elmhurst Ballet School (in association with Birmingham Royal Ballet) in 2013.
As a professional I have danced around the world as a full-time member of three European national ballet companies and the Royal NZ Ballet, dancing in ballets by many of the world’s leading choreographers and interpreting leading roles in full length productions such as ‘Othello’ and ‘Spartacus’.
I am now London based persuing my music career and teaching ballet with several professional ballet companies.
Celia Walmsley
This collaboration with friend and artist extraordinaire, Damani Campbell Williams was the first of several collaborations in which we created the goal, setting and realisation together.
As a photographer my artwork primarily centres on collaboration with dancers and choreographers and explores the oxymoronic relationship between stillness and movement, photography and dance.
