Bringing Tap Dance To The Cause Of Social Justice: Ayodele Casel

From blending tap steps and rhythms with Puerto Rican and other Latin music to reviving the memory of great female tappers of the past to founding a rehearsal and performance space in the South Bronx to using the arts to teach leadership skills to young women from New York City charter schools, Casel is using “the power of this art form to speak to social justice, race, identity, politics.” – Dance Magazine