Dear friends and family, As many of you know, dancing has always been a serious passion of mine, and I have been dedicating my free time to it ever since I was eight. Dance has become particularly special for me ever since I joined ODC Dance Jam in 2022. The Jam is a teen dance company that trains for over thirteen hours a week in ballet, contemporary, composition, and repertory. In addition to our training, we are also given mentorship and useful life lessons in fundraising, marketing, and ticketing. This year there are six dancers in the Jam including myself, and together we have been growing as dancers and people by exploring our artistry, improving our technique, and increasing our knowledge. Dance has always been an outlet for my creativity, and getting to share my love for it with my fellow Jam members has only made me appreciate it more. This Spring, we get the chance to showcase our love for dance in our Home Season, Reminiscence, on April 4th and 5th. Your donation to support this production would be greatly appreciated, as it would help provide videographers, lighting design, flyers, programs, and a beautiful reception. Your contribution will allow the ODC Dance Jam to continue to help teenagers express themselves, as it did for myself and the rest of the Jam. With overwhelming appreciation, Ruby Chen
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.