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The Choreographer Whose Movement Flows Like Water

From Broadway's Esmeralda to The Manor LDN's studio floor | Pauline Casino

26 August 2026 · 2 min read

CHOREOGRAPHY BY PAULINE CASINO

ARTIST: WIZKID - BREAK ME DOWN

LOCATION: THE MANOR LDN DANCE STUDIO, FINSBURY PARK, NORTH LONDON

Some dancers hit every count sharply. Pauline Casiño moves through them instead — a watery, continuous flow that never quite lets a movement stop before the next one has already begun. It's the signature that's made her one of the most distinctive voices in commercial dance right now, and it started early: Casiño found her love for dance and performance at just eight years old, moving to New York City at twelve to begin training seriously, eventually studying under Moe Dean at Hip Hop Theory.

That foundation built a career that now moves fluidly between commercial work, brand campaigns, and Broadway itself. Signed with Clear Talent Group, Casiño has worked with brands including Adidas, Nike, Adorama, and Glow Recipe, appeared in Apple TV+'s "Little Voice," and was part of Candace Brown's Soul Spot production and BTS's Love Yourself NY/NJ concert — alongside a Monsters Cast Nominee credit for the 2022 show. In 2023, she made her Broadway debut as an original cast member, playing Esmeralda in Once Upon a One More Time — proof that her watery, continuous style translates just as powerfully on a Broadway stage as it does in a commercial booking.

Beyond performing, Casiño holds faculty positions at some of New York's most prominent dance institutions — Peridance Center, Steps on Broadway, and Broadway Dance Center — and regularly travels internationally across North America, Europe, and Asia to lead masterclasses and intensives. Her teaching philosophy centres on musical maturity, physical articulation, and feminine essence in movement, and that same flowing, deliberate quality was exactly what she brought into The Manor LDN — choreography that never rushes, never forces a transition, and never once loses the thread connecting one movement to the nex

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