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How I Made It: Ayodele Casel

Latino USA

My Cultura, Futuro and iHeartPodcasts

News, Politics, Society & Culture, Documentary

4.83.8K Ratings

🗓️ 7 March 2023

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Summary

In this episode of “How I Made It,” Ayodele takes us through her tap journey and reclaims tap dancing as a Black art form.

Transcript

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0:43.8

Hello, Latino USA listener.

0:46.0

Here's a show de los archivos.

0:48.7

This is me.

0:50.5

So my entry point to it was Ginger Rogers.

0:57.0

But really, this is my legacy.

0:58.3

This art form is my legacy.

1:06.4

From Futuro Media and PRX, it's Latino USA.

1:07.5

I'm Maria Inojosa.

1:12.6

Today, I Jodele Casel, the decorated Afro-Latinex tap dancer,

1:16.6

is going to tell us how tap dancing is part of her legacy.

1:27.0

For Ayodele Casel, tap dancing is not just a series of steps. For her, it's magic. It's when she feels the most

1:32.0

free and able to connect to her cultural heritage. The Bronx native was born to a Puerto Rican mother

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