Dear Friends and Family, I’m excited to announce the ODC Dance Jam’s 2025 home season Reminiscence on April 4th and 5th! The dance Jam will be presenting five dance pieces by award winning choreographers, including one world premiere. For those that don’t know, the Dance Jam is a contemporary teen dance company located at ODC Dance in the Mission. For over 20 years teen dancers have trained and worked tirelessly on performing and producing a home season. We are responsible for all aspects of the show including the programs, flyers, press release, marketing, fundraising and ticket sales. The price of tickets does not cover all the costs of putting on this production so to make our season come to life please consider giving an additional donation. We appreciate your support in any amount. Most of all, your presence at the shows would mean a lot to me and I would love to see you all there. Warmly, Ella Ford
Under the leadership of School Director Kimi Okada and Dance Jam Associate Director Doug Gillespie, the ODC teen contemporary dance company performs work by the choreographers of the professional company, ODC/Dance, as well as renowned guest choreographers. Members of the Dance Jam are challenged with the creation of new works and the complexities of training in multiple dance techniques through a 5-day per week training schedule. With mentorship from ODC staff, the Dance Jam produces all aspects of their annual home season in ODC Theater, richly expanding their skill sets and understanding of work both on and offstage within a professional setting.
Please support this community of young dancers with a donation of any size to help produce their April 4 & 5th, 2026 performances.
"You won't want to miss this evening of glorious dancing and bracing choreography performed by a dynamic talented team of youthful artists! Come experience the future of dance." - Brenda Way, ODC Founding Artistic Director
As part of their home season performances, the Dance Jam will perform a full program of works including a world premiere by Doug Gillespie. Repertory works include Deep Ascent, choreographed by Babatunji Johnson, Specifically Particular, choreographed by Dexandro Montalvo, Foreign Postmark, choreographed by Kimi Okada, and the ODC/Dance company repertory piece Breathing Underwater, choreographed by Brenda Way.