Stand-up comedian, Oghenekowhoyan Onaibe Desmond, known as Destalker, has revealed how he learnt dancing.
The comedian who is fond of dancing on stage, in an interview with The Honest Bunch Podcast by Nedu, said he had learnt to dance from his previous work as an undertaker.
He said he had ventured from one business and profession to another before he became a comedian.
According to him, he had worked as an undertaker (Those who carry the dead in the casket and dance with it).
He said, “I started from okada (rider) as a graduate. From okada, I did undertaker. I worked as a sales boy in Enugu.”
Nedu proceeded to ask if he sold coffins? “Undertaker mean say you sell coffins?” Nedu asked.
“Baba, don’t downgrade me. I carry coffins. I no sell. Na e I take learn dancing. That is why I say, life is a process.
“And in that process, make sure you enjoy it because every level, bring new devil.
“So, as you dey the process, dey pinpoint things because you go use them tomorrow. Now, people go say, ‘Ah! I love the way you dance when you are on stage.’
“I learnt dancing from undertaking rehearsals. But now I infuse the dance I learnt from undertaking into my comedy,” he continued.
