FREEDOM... IN PROGRESS + NEW WORK BY AYODELE CASEL

Friday, September 19, 7 PM
Saturday, September 20, 4 PM
$25 General Admission
$15 Students with ID
$40 for both Ayodele Casel + Kayla Farrish
75 minutes with 10-minute intermission
Black Box Theater, Studio Complex (indoors)

Photo by Steven Pisano

In partnership with Works + Process LaunchPAD and building from last year’s critically acclaimed phenomenon Freedom… In Progress, tapper Ayodele Casel once again creates a new work by ambitiously joining jazz legends Max Roach and Cecil Taylor—from their uncompromising 1979 improvised recording—with rhythmic love, control, sensitivity, and liberation.

Casel is sought after as a “tap dancer and choreographer of extraordinary depth,” and a “force of wit and wonder” (New York Times). Known for her highly skilled and expansive improvisation, Casel’s projects include her concert and Bessie Award-winning film Chasing Magic, and her Drama Desk-nominated work as tap choreographer for the Broadway revival of Funny Girl.

The performance on Friday, September 19 will include a post-show artists talk led by fellow festival artist Kayla Farrish

This project is made possible, in part, through funding from the County of Dutchess and Destination Dutchess (formerly Dutchess Tourism, Inc.) and administered by Arts Mid-Hudson.

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