Spend an Evening with Tap Dancer and Choreographer Ayodele Casel

Recently named a 2019 breakout star by the New York Times, tap dancer and choreographer Ayodele Casel will discuss her new project “Diary of a Tap Dancer,” a theatrical work positioning tap dance as the driving force of the narrative. This project aims to create a fuller and more accurate picture of the legacy of the art form by centering the voices of its unmarried women within a broader historical context. A conversation with Boston Globe writer Jeneé Osterheldt will follow the lecture and performance. Register online.

Casel is the recipient of a 2017 Hoofer Award and the 2018 Artsmith Transcendence Award, for championing arts education. She was selected to represent City Center On the Move 2019, where she shared her work “Rooted.” Hailed by the legendary Gregory Hines as “one of the top young tap dancers in the world,” Casel has become an internationally sought-after artist.