The familiar boom-bap of Craig Mack’s 1994 single “Flava in Ya Ear” sends pure nostalgia through tap dancer Ayodele Casel. She follows the pulsating baseline with her feet. Tapping left to right, toe to heel, and once again, she is back where it all started.
Tap dancer Ayodele Casel and co-creator and director Torya Beard will present The Remix, a tap ode to ‘90s hip-hop and R&B, at Spoleto Festival USA. The 90-minute show breaks the mold of a traditional tap performance.
“Tap dancers are musicians,” Casel said. “I want people to walk away thinking, ‘This is so much more than I thought it would be,’ and to really understand that artistry is not always contained in one facet.”…