"Casel dances with a strength most female dancers opt to camouflage with contrived styling. She is an ebullient performer, so full of life that for a little not to rub off on her audience is inconceivable." - American Theater Magazine
"Ayodele Casel, a gracious performer whose warm personality extended up from her pattering toes to her giving smile." -Backstage Magazine
"Ayodele Casel's "Diary of a Tap Dancer," a suite of dances and reminiscences, should be on every tap festival program. It shines light, with humor and warmth, into the hearts and souls of a tired but idealistic tapper (Ms. Casel) and three tap artists (Maya Smullyan-Jenkins, Joseph Wiggan and a boy, Warren Craft) who give her hope."
-The New York Times
"It would be more apt to say that she perked and scintillated in some of the most fluid tap dancing seen in many a day. It was Casel whose cadences, glowing personality, and technical attributes galvanized. She was the most sensational dancer seen on the program." - Backstage Magazine
NYtimes.com - May 2005
Backstage reviews “Lincoln Center Out of Doors” Aug 2002
B. Smith Magazine article - 2000
TheaterMania.com article - 2000
Backstage review of Savion Glover/ Downtown "Live Communication" - 1999
