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Kimi Okada is a founding member of ODC. Her work includes more than 26 choreographed works for ODC/Dance, as well as commissions and collaborations with Geoff Hoyle, Bill Irwin, Julie Taymor, and Robin Williams.
ODC/Dance. School Director, Associate Choreographer. 1971 - present. MY STORY. Kimi Okada is a founding member of ODC. Her work includes more than 26 choreographed works for ODC/Dance, as well as commissions and collaborations with Geoff Hoyle, Bill Irwin, Julie Taymor, and Robin Williams.
May's Letters, choreographed by ODC/Dance Associate Choreographer Kimi Okada and ODC Founding Artistic Director Brenda Way, is an intimate portrayal of Okada’s parent's life as newlyweds. They were detained in a Japanese American incarceration camp, where Okada's mother, May, wrote letters that are read aloud as part of the score.
Latest News on Kimi Okada: ODC Dance to Present Three World Premieres by Brenda Way, Kimi Okada, and Sonya Delwaide at the YBCA (Dec 14, 2023)
ODC/Dance returns to the stage for Dance Downtown, March 27 - 31, 2024. Two bracing programs feature world premieres and major reprises by ODC's Founding Artistic Director Brenda Way, Associate Choreographer Kimi Okada, ODC Fellow KT Nelson and guest choreographer Sonya Delwaide.
May 29, 2023 · Kimi Okada, school director and associate choreographer: All the wonderful things about involvement in the arts apply to all ages. Dance brings people together to share an in-person experience for ...
May 19, 2022 · For “Island City Waterways: Uprooted," ODC/Dance associate choreographer Kimi Okada worked with ODC/Dance artistic director Brenda Way to create a dance based on the letters Okada's mother wrote during her World War II internment experience. (Photo courtesy Andy Mogg)
