Denise Caston

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Denise Caston was a Radio City Rockette for 10 years, and toured nationally with the Tony Award winning musical, Crazy For You. She has also had the honor of performing the choreography of Savion Glover at a showcase in New York City. She has performed on tour in Australia, dancing all over the continent in Elvis to the Max.

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Denise Caston was a Radio City Rockette for 10 years, and toured nationally with the Tony Award winning musical, Crazy For You. She has also had the honor of performing the choreography of Savion Glover at a showcase in New York City. She has performed on tour in Australia, dancing all over the continent in Elvis to the Max.

Denise's choreography has been seen in many productions in which she performed, including shows at Caesars Windsor in Ontario, Canada. Credits also include film, television, commercials, and industrials. Teaching credits include classes at Broadway Dance Center (NYC) and Steps on Broadway (NYC), Tradition In Tap (NYC), Gregg Russell's Tap Into the Network (Cleveland, OH), and the St. Louis Tap Festival, as well as The Rockette Experience© at Radio City Music Hall.

In 2011, Denise was invited to speak at the TEDx Detroit Conference about her contributions to the cultural landscape in Detroit, including founding and producing Motor City Tap Fest and founding the Detroit Tap Repertory. Recently, Denise was awarded a prestigious MaTilDa Award from her alma mater, Oakland University, for Alumni Achievement in Dance. She also became certified by the American Ballet Theatre's ABT® National Teacher Training Curriculum for Primary-Level 3.

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Preview image for the video "Caston and Company Rehearsal - It Had To Be You".