Ryan Casey
RYAN
P. CASEY, a youngARTS scholarship recipient and Presidential Scholar in
the Arts nominee, is currently an undergraduate student at New York
University’s Gallatin School of Individualized Study. Inspired by Savion
Glover’s appearances on Sesame Street, he began studying tap and jazz
at the age of five at The Dance Inn in Lexington, Massachusetts. He
spent seven seasons with the Legacy Dance Company, under the direction
of Thelma Goldberg, where he was profoundly inspired by the Jump Rhythm
Jazz technique of Billy Siegenfeld, and served as Dance Captain of the
New England Tap Ensemble, directed by Riverdance alumnus Aaron Tolson.
He has danced in solo and ensemble pieces throughout New England as well
as New York, Baltimore, and Miami, and was featured on So You Think You
Can Dance. Ryan is currently engaged in fusing tap dance with spoken
word poetry, and his has performed his solo piece, “When Push Comes to
Shove,” in Boston, New York, and Canada. His choreography has been
featured at the Dance for World Community Festival, the Massachusetts
Dance Festival, and with Urbanity Dance. He is also a proud alumnus of
The School at Jacob's Pillow.
