UNRELIABLE NARRATOR
2026


"ODC’s dance legends deserve medals. This extraordinary program shows why."
~ Rachel Howard, SF Chronicle
ODC/Dance Company Commission
40 minutes
12 performers
UNRELIABLE NARRATOR combines documentary theater with contemporary dance to create a singular performance about three monumental dance artists: ODC Founding Artistic Director Brenda Way and Co-Founding original collective members Kimi Okada and KT Nelson. The “ODC Three” participate in the work as dancers (first time on stage in over 30 years), and as subjects. The soundtrack for the work includes audio interviews with the three, exploring layers of these artists’ identities that the public may be less familiar with. ODC/Dance Company dancers frame the power trio and center them as protagonists, creating a visual backdrop for the anecdotes we hear. Incorporating a sense of humor that keeps the work from becoming didactic or sentimental, Unreliable Narrator acknowledges that this is hardly the whole story.

10,000 STEPS
Unreliable Narrator
Choreography
Catherine Galasso, in collaboration with performers
Original Cast
ODC Co-Founders: Brenda Way, Kimi Okada, KT Nelson
ODC/Company Dancers: Jeremy Bannon-Neches, Jaime Garcia Castilla, Rachel Furst, Caitlin Hicks, Ja’Moon Jones, Joanne Kim, Jenna Marie, Addison Norman, Colton Wall
Original Music and Sound Design
Dave Cerf
Rehearsal Director & Dramaturg
Phoenicia Pettyjohn
Lighting Design
Thomas Bowersox
Wardrobe
Jamielyn
Hair & Makeup
Becky Fernandez
Photography
Natalia Roberts and Marie Hammel
Cinematography
Natalia Roberts (for video above)
Premiere Date
July 2026
Support
2026 Commission by ODC/Dance in San Francisco














