Harry Styles didn't want dance double
Harry Styles rejected having a stunt double for the challenging sequences, including a lift, in his Aperture video.
Harry Styles shunned using a stunt double for the challenging sequences in his Aperture video.
The 32-year-old singer showed off some impressive dance moves in the promo for his latest single and while he isn't usually known for his footwork, he worked hard to nail the choreography and rejected the idea of having someone else step in for the more tricky parts, including a lift sequence.
Chorographer Ryan Heffington told The Sunday Times: "[Harry] wanted to do it all.
“He watched it happen and said, ‘No, I’m going to do it,’ so he did.
“That dance I came up with is really hard and really fast … I didn’t know Harry’s capabilities with that genre of movement but he just walked in and said, ‘Let’s go’.”
Ryan was introduced to Harry through his creative director Molly Hawkins and the pair hit it off.
He said of their first meeting: "[It] went really well, he’s such a pleasure … a kind human and a really hard worker.
“What I like about Harry is that he’s not fearful. He’s not cemented into being one genre of person.”
Harry's former band, One Direction, were not known for their dancing abilities and the Watermelon Sugar hitmaker himself has had his moves described as "dad dancing", but Ryan praised the star for how he pushed himself ahead of his Aperture routine at last weekend's BRIT Awards.
He said: “Harry’s incredible. It’s hard to learn in the public eye; expectations are so high for them to be the best dancer, the best singer … We’ve seen numerous cases of people trying things and getting slammed
“But I think he’s older and more confident and grounded now...
“He never wanted a break, he just wanted to learn it and do the best he could. The dancers at the Brits were huffing, puffing and sweating … Harry just nailed it.”
Ahead of the show-stopping routine at the Brits, Ryan worked with Harry for just two days, but he was pleasantly surprised to discover the Sign of the Times singer had spent time learning the steps from a video he had sent him just a week before.
He said: “I thought he just wanted to see the concept but when we got to the rehearsal in Manchester, he knew most of it.
“He really studied it and learnt the routine super fast, despite having little to no dance background. I just did some fine tuning and cleaned it up a little bit.”
