Dancers

Jeremy was born in Brooklyn, NY, and grew up in Augusta, GA, where he received his initial training at the Augusta Ballet School. In 2005, he graduated with honors from the North Carolina School of the Arts, where he performed leading roles in The Nutcracker, Don Quixote, and Lynn Tailor Corbett's Lost and Found. Jeremy then danced with Nevada Ballet Theater, performing principal roles in George Balanchine's Rubies and Serenade, Mathew Neenan's At the Border, along with works by Twyla Tharp, Fredrick Ashton, Val Caniporoli, and James Canfield. Since moving to San Francisco in 2012, he has worked with Robert Moses Kin, Post:Ballet, Zhukov Dance, DawsonDanceSF, and Hope Mohr Dance. He joined ODC/Dance in 2015.

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Rachel Furst is from Baltimore, MD, where she began her dance training in competitive dance and then formally trained at the Baltimore School for the Arts. In 2012, she was awarded the Dizzy Feet Foundation Award and also began her professional dance career at Amy Seiwert’s Imagery. In 2013, she graduated summa sum laude with a BFA and minor in psychology from the Alonzo King LINES Ballet BFA program at Dominican University of California. Rachel also danced with Smuin Contemporary Ballet and Dawson Dance SF before joining ODC/Dance in 2016. During the pandemic, Rachel worked as a rehab trainer at Active Care Physical Therapy, where she found a deep passion for helping others heal. Those skills have helped her grow as a physical artist, and she feels immensely grateful to conjoin that experience with her dancing as she nourishes her artistic home at ODC.

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Jaime Garcia Castilla was born in Madrid, Spain, and studied at the Royal Conservatory of Professional Dance. He was named an apprentice with the San Francisco Ballet in 2001 and joined the Company as a member of the corps de ballet the following year. He was promoted to soloist in 2006 and to principal dancer in 2008. He created roles in Elo’s Double Evil; McGregor’s Borderlands; Morris’ Beaux, Joyride, and Sylvia; Page’s Guide to Strange Places; Possokhov’s Classical Symphony and Fusion; and Wheeldon’s Within the Golden Hour. As a guest artist, Jaime performed at “Ballet Stars From San Francisco,” the Lively Arts Foundation Gala in Fresno, California, in 2012, and at the Pas de Deux Gala in Valladolid, Spain, in 2011 and 2012. He danced Flames of Paris and “The Ocean and Two Pearls” from The Humpbacked Horse in Osaka, Japan, in 2006.

Jenna Marie (she/they), originally from Philadelphia PA, began her dance training at Olga Kresin's Ballet School and later attended The Philadelphia High School for the Creative and Performing Arts. As a scholarship student at The Ailey School, Jenna became a member of Ailey II. Jenna Marie has been a member of Complexions Contemporary Ballet, Nai Ni Chen Dance Company, MOMIX, The Metropolitan Opera, and Ballet Hispanico. She has participated in Amy Seiwart's Imagery SKETCH 11 and 12 and has been a guest artist with The Black Iris Project, Mark Foehringer Dance and San Jose Dance Theatre’s Sleeping Beauty Production. Jenna has worked for artists such as Beyoncé, Romeo Santos, Nile Rodgers, and Betsey Johnson. Since moving to the Bay Area in 2019, she has danced with Post:Ballet, Robert Moses’ Kin, Marika Brussel, Christy Funsch, and Janice Garrett and Moulton Productions. Jenna joined ODC/Dance in 2022.

Colton Wall, originally from Florida, began his dance training in 2013 at Santa Fe College after years of gymnastics and martial arts. In 2015 he received his BFA in Dance at Florida State University and in 2016 he joined the company of Diavolo: Architecture in Motion and performed L’espace Du Temps. In 2017 he joined the cast of VIVA by MOMIX. He was part of the original cast and dance captain for the creation of ALICE by MOMIX. Colton has toured ALICE internationally from 2018-2022. Colton is thrilled to join ODC and the Bay Area community.

Joanne Kim was born and raised in Southern California, where she trained with the late Lois Ellyn, former ballerina of New York City Ballet under George Balanchine. After receiving her higher education in Visual Communications from the Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising in Los Angeles, she built a decade-long career in social media strategy, influencer marketing, and event production before transitioning to dance professionally. Kim joined ODC/Dance in 2024.

Addison Norman (she/her), originally from Dallas, began her early training at Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing Arts. She received a BFA in Dance, BS in Exercise Science, and Pre-Medical Certificate from The University of Texas at Austin under the direction of Charles O. Anderson. There, she performed works by Jenn Freeman, Rennie Harris, Stephanie Marinez, Gesel Mason, Courtney Mazeika, and  Rena Butler and Manuel Vignoulle. Norman received additional training at The Ailey School, Northwest Dance Project, American Dance Festival, and Orsolina 28, where she closely studied works by Marco Geocke, Jiří Kylián, Crystal Pite, and Yin Yue. 

Previously, she worked with Dance Theatre X (Austin, TX) and SALT2 Contemporary Dance (Salt Lake City, UT) before moving to California in 2022 to freelance and choreograph throughout the Bay Area. Norman also enjoys the craft of choreography and has showcased her work at The University of Texas, the American Dance Festival, Safehouse Arts, and most recently in ODC’s 74th Pilot Program. Now, Norman is honored to join ODC as a dancer.

Caitlin Hicks grew up in San Diego where she received her formative dance training at Performing Arts Workshop before completing her B.F.A. in Dance Performance at UC Irvine. She has been living and performing in the Bay Area since 2015, appearing with companies including Post:ballet, Sharp & Fine, REYES Dance, Garrett + Moulton Productions, Bellwether Dance Project, Capacitor, and The MoveMessenger(s). Caitlin has also appeared in work by media artist John Sanborn and as a collaborator with The Residents.

Ja'Moon is a conjurer of movement, channeling ancestral memory through ritual, dance theater, and immersive experiences. Their work invites audiences into the liminal—where history, fabulation, and the present converge. Ja’Moon’s performances have spanned Senegal, NYC, Colorado, and California. They are the inaugural Resident Choreographer at Ballare Carmel. A Juilliard graduate, they have performed in Sleep No More NYC and danced works by Crystal Pite, Bill T. Jones, and Kyle Abraham, among others. Honored with the Max Mara Young Visionary Award, YoungArts Gold Medal, and a residency at École Des Sables, they continue to shape new futures through motion.