THINGS HE WANTED THE WORLD TO UNDERSTAND, THE GIFT AND THE VALUE OF BLACK BRILLIANCE. HEY. TELLING STORIES ABOUT BLACK HISTORY THROUGH MUSIC AND TAP DANCE. BREANA ALI HAS BEEN TAP DANCING SINCE ...

Ayodele Casel (creator, choreographer, performer) dances in A.R.T.’s world-premiere production of "Diary of a Tap Dancer." (Courtesy Nile Scott Studios and Maggie Hall) You could hear her before ...

Standing beside him is dancer Melinda Sullivan, who soon strikes the glam metal of her tap shoes on a 27-by-35-inch piece of wood, providing a steady, playful metronome alongside the melodica.

Jeni Le Gon. Cora LaRedd. Louise Madison. Marion Coles. Nearly every time she’s handed a microphone, tap dancer Ayodele Casel finds a way to invoke these names: the names of the women tappers of ...

Thankfully, Cambridge residents and visitors can watch Ayodele Casel in “Diary of a Tap Dancer” at the American Repertory Theater through Jan. 4. Written and choreographed by Casel ...