Caedra Scott-Flaherty

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Ayodele Casel On Dance, Community and Her New Show ‘The Remix’

1 week 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

2 weeks 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

3 weeks 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.
With Jennifer Homans, Dance History Is Getting a New Chair, and a Seat at NYU’s Liberal Arts Table

1 month ago | dance-teacher.com | Caedra Scott-Flaherty

With Jennifer Homans, Dance History Is Getting a New Chair, and a Seat at NYU’s Liberal Arts Table Jennifer Homans has been named the inaugural Van Cleef & Arpels Chair in the History of Dance at New York University’s College of Arts & Science.
La MaMa Moves! Dance Festival Returns With Radical New Works for 2025

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

New York City’s East 4th Street between the Bowery and 2nd Avenue has been taken over by dance. The 2025 La MaMa Moves! Dance Festival, which runs through May 4 in the venue’s four performance spaces, presents eleven shows featuring twenty emerging and veteran, local and international artists ranging in age from their 20s to their 80s. There will be dance-theater works and a mobile dance opera, post-modern, percussive, ballet, Indonesian and contemporary dance styles.
Preview: Martha Graham, ‘Deaths and Entrances’ at The Joyce Theater

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

Lloyd Knight and Xin Ying. Photo by Steven Pisano“There are so many little deaths,” wrote American modern dancer and choreographer Martha Graham, “those moments of doubt, loneliness, fear… moments when one ceases to be for a short time.
Sara Mearns Brings Her Most Authentic Self to the City Center Stage

2 months ago | pointemagazine.com | Caedra Scott-Flaherty

Sara Mearns is a busy woman. Along with preparing for her next spring season with New York City Ballet, where she is a principal dancer, she is also curating and performing in an evening of dance: New York City Center’s Sara Mearns | Artists at the Center, running April 3–5. Plus, she’s the star of Stage Animal, a short documentary that follows the creation of one of the two new works that will have their world premieres at her NYCC program.
Gauthier Dance Brings an Innovative European Energy to New York

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

Even if you’ve seen Minus 16 before, you haven’t seen this Minus 16. Photo: Jeanette BakNew York City is considered the international hub for dance for two reasons: the many renowned dance companies based here and the world-class dance companies that come through to perform. Gauthier Dance/Dance Company Theaterhaus Stuttgart’s engagement at The Joyce Theater through March 16 is evidence of the latter and a reason for New Yorkers to rejoice.