Ryan P. Casey

Ryan P. Casey is a "whimsically inventive" (The Boston Globe) performer, educator, choreographer, and dance writer formerly named one of Dance Magazine’s “25 to Watch.” His dancing has been featured on So You Think You Can Dance, in an episode of the Audible podcast Authorized: Firsts, in a museum exhibit about shoes, in a music video for a Spanish pop star, and numerous other platforms. In addition to his solo work, he has danced for Michelle Dorrance, Aaron Tolson, Billy Siegenfeld, Lorraine Chapman, and Adrienne Hawkins. As a teaching artist, he has worked for colleges, festivals, studios, and arts programs throughout the country, including Summer Performing Arts with Juilliard. He has presented choreography throughout the Northeast with his company, Off Beat. A frequent contributor to Dance Magazine, Ryan is an alumnus of The School at Jacob’s Pillow and the National YoungArts Foundation. In addition to The Dance Inn, where he initially trained under Thelma Goldberg and Kelly Kaleta, he is also on faculty at Endicott College. Ryan holds a B.A. from NYU’s Gallatin School and an M.Ed. from the Harvard Graduate School of Education.