Ayodele Casel

Ayodele Casel

Born: June 5, 1975
in Bronx, New York, USA
Ayodele Casel is an American actress, tap dancer and choreographer. Raised in Puerto Rico, she derived inspiration for her tap style from salsa music. While in college, she studied with Baakari Wilder and Charles Goddertz. She became the first, and remains the only, woman to be a member of Savion Glover's Not Your Ordinary Tappers.

Movies for Ayodele Casel...

BronX BandA: Arturo O'Farrill & The Bronx
Title: BronX BandA: Arturo O'Farrill & The Bronx
Character: Self
Released: April 15, 2023
Type: Movie
As the COVID-19 pandemic hit the Bronx, 6-time Grammy Award-winning jazz pianist Arturo O'Farrill brings to life a 9-piece hip-hop-jazz ensemble converting stories of South Bronx life to music resounding in the streets.
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Power of Women: The Changemakers
Title: Power of Women: The Changemakers
Character: Self
Released: September 22, 2022
Type: Movie
Presents a intimate group of philanthropic women honored by Lifetime and Variety as some of the most powerful women working in media and entertainment.
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American Tap
Title: American Tap
Character: Self
Released: July 24, 2018
Type: Movie
The history of tap is an ever-evolving panorama of inclusion, adversity, and reinvention. This in-depth documentary is an absorbing narrative about a quintessentially American dance form—from its origins, to the historic and cultural events that shaped it, to its present day rebirth as a vibrant art form.
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Bojangles
Title: Bojangles
Released: February 4, 2001
Type: Movie
The life of Bill "Bojangles" Robinson, African-American tap-dancing star of stage and screen. In 1916, Robinson was a successful vaudeville performer and considered the finest tap dancer of his generation. At the peak of his career, he was the highest paid Black entertainer, but for all the joy he gave others, his life was anything but happy, there was a great deal of tragedy in himself. He died broke and penniless.
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Title: Law & Order
Character: Marisol Benitez
Released: September 13, 1990
Type: TV
In cases ripped from the headlines, police investigate serious and often deadly crimes, weighing the evidence and questioning the suspects until someone is taken into custody. The district attorney's office then builds a case to convict the perpetrator by proving the person guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. Working together, these expert teams navigate all sides of the complex criminal justice system to make New York a safer place.