Caedra Scott-Flaherty

Writer and Journalist at Freelance

Featured in: Favicon

observer.com Favicon

timesunion.com Favicon

newsbreak.com Favicon

pointemagazine.com Favicon

riverjournalonline.com Favicon

dance-teacher.com

Articles

ABT’s Summer Season Brings ‘The Winter’s Tale’ to the Met

5 days ago | observer.com | Caedra Scott-Flaherty

Hee Seo as Hermione and Isaac Hernández as Leontes. Photo: Marty SohlOne of William Shakespeare’s most famous stage directions comes from his play The Winter’s Tale: “Exit, pursued by a bear.” This near-impossible creative challenge is not the only reason the play translates well into the expansive language of dance, but it is definitely one of them.
“I Become a Human When I Consume Art”: A Conversation with Choreographer Felipe Escalante

1 week ago | observer.com | Caedra Scott-Flaherty

Escalante, who trained under Guillermina Bravo in Mexico before moving to New York, brings personal experience to the themes of movement, identity and resistance. Photo by Ann MescheriTabula Rasa Dance Theater, the New York-based contemporary company founded in 2018 by Felipe Escalante, brings two powerful works to El Museo del Barrio starting today (June 20) as part of Sin Fronteras – No Borders.
Paul Taylor Dance Company’s ‘Tablet’ Is an Archaic Courtship, Staged Anew

1 week ago | observer.com | Caedra Scott-Flaherty

Paul Taylor and Akiko Kanda in Tablet. Photo by Helga Gilbert“I feel like I’m losing a part of myself when he steps away from me,” Kristin Draucker told Observer. “Thoughts come into my head about how he’s looking down at me, or how I’m moving away from him, then moving back towards him, trying to find the reasons for why we come together… Sometimes it feels like we’re trying to come back together as one.
At Oslo Opera House, a Celebration of Jiří Kylián’s Creative Vision

2 weeks ago | observer.com | Caedra Scott-Flaherty

Wings of Time brings together decades of choreography, film and sculpture in an expansive tribute to Jiří Kylián at the Oslo Opera House. © Ilja C. Hendel“We gather here tonight not only to celebrate dance, but to celebrate a visionary,” said H. E. David Červenka, the Czech Ambassador to Norway.
The Purity and Magic of the Cecchetti Method

3 weeks ago | dance-teacher.com | Caedra Scott-Flaherty

Ballet wouldn’t be the art form it is today without its long history of incredible teachers. And while many training methods have proven themselves successful over the years, the man who trained some of the greatest dancers of all time—including Anna Pavlova, Tamara Karsavina, and Vaslav Nijinsky—was clearly doing something right. Enrico Cecchetti (1850–1928) was born in Italy to two dancers in a theater dressing room.
Ayodele Casel On Dance, Community and Her New Show ‘The Remix’

1 month ago | observer.com | Caedra Scott-Flaherty

Casel’s newest show is a vibrant, history-rooted celebration of tap dance and community. Photo: Patrick Randak“It’s been a mission of mine to transform the way audiences view and experience tap dance,” critically-acclaimed dancer and choreographer Ayodele Casel told Observer. “Every show I do is an opportunity for that to happen.” We were discussing the world premiere of The Remix, which opens at The Joyce Theater tomorrow (May 28) and runs through June 8.
Westchester Ballet Company: Turning 75 With Plans of the Future

1 month ago | artswestchester.org | Caedra Scott-Flaherty

“There’s a subset of kids for whom ballet is the perfect salvation,” says Amy Harte, Executive Director at Westchester Ballet Company. “You don’t have to talk. You just get to be and learn a language and show that language through your body, and move to music, and collaborate with other human beings, not compete.
Imperial Vienna and Stormy Skies: Inside New York City Ballet’s 2025 Spring Gala

1 month ago | observer.com | Caedra Scott-Flaherty

Nina Dobrev and Ariana DeBose. Patrick McMullan via Getty ImageNew York City Ballet galas are always elegant affairs, and last week’s, chaired by Liz and Jeff Peek, Deborah Roberts and Diana Taylor, was no exception.
Gibney Company Brings Souls, Soles and a Prepared Piano to the Joyce

1 month ago | observer.com | Caedra Scott-Flaherty

A moment in Roy Assaf’s A Couple, excerpted from his evening-length work Figure No. 16 (2020). Courtesy Gibney CompanyGibney Company is back at the Joyce Theater. The dance troupe, founded in 1991 in New York City by artistic director and CEO Gina Gibney, is a creation-based repertory company, meaning it focuses on commissioning new works from emerging and renowned choreographers while also presenting Gibney’s work.
Poetry in Motion: Monica Bill Barnes & Company Brings Dance to the NYPL

1 month ago | observer.com | Caedra Scott-Flaherty

The site-specific performance leads small audiences through the Schwarzman Building, guided by music and live storytelling via headphones. NYPL/ Jonathan BlancLunchtime at the New York Public Library’s Stephen A. Schwarzman Building has gotten a little wild. Dance troupe Monica Bill Barnes & Company, whose motto is “bringing dance where it doesn’t belong,” is presenting a new site-specific dance-theater work, Lunch Dances, that travels throughout the library and was inspired by its vast collection.