DANCE PERFORMANCE OPPORTUNITIES

DANCE PERFORMANCE OPPORTUNITIES

 

REGISTER FOR YOUTH AND TEEN CLASSES


Students must be enrolled in a class to participate in performances. 

Through performance, we teach our dancers to connect the dots between the classroom work, and the art form. We have a variety of performance opportunities throughout the school year, from Showcase performances in December and May, to Step Onstage classes, where students take part of the creation of new dances; as well as the dedicated performances of our resident teen dance companies, the Dance Jam, and Seeds; and the opportunity of auditioning to be part of The Velveteen Rabbit kids cast with our professional dance company, ODC/Dance.

About Performance Opportunities

Kids Cast

The Velveteen Rabbit

November 29-December 7, 2025
Audition: September 27, 2025, 3-6pm
Weekend Rehearsals: Saturdays and Sundays Oct 11 - Nov 23.
Participants must be registered in an ODC Youth Program class.

Youth & Teen Program students are eligible to audition for the annual ODC/Dance production of The Velveteen Rabbit held at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts. The children’s cast performs with ODC/Dance, our professional dance company, in this beloved main stage production. Pre-registration for the audition is required. We are looking for dancers in ages 7-12.

 

December Showcase

December 7, 2025


Selected classes including Step Onstage, Dance Jam, SEEDS, and others perform in an informal studio setting to share a variety of genres of dance, displaying what ODC offers in our Fall Session. Performances showcase a broad range of techniques and styles. Classes that do not perform in the December Showcase have scheduled guardian observation dates.
 
 

May Showcase

May Showcase

May 2-3, 2026

Selected classes perform at the end of the school year in an onstage showcase at ODC Theater. Classes include tap, hip hop, Dance Around the World, Boys Class, Pre-Ballet, Kid Contemporary, and more! Our teen companies, Dance Jam, and ODC/Embodiment Project’s SEEDS will be featured. Students interested in a more in-depth performance opportunity should consider our Step Onstage, and auditioning for the Dance Jam or Seeds.

Step On Stage

Step Onstage — Making and Performing Dances (Ages 8-18)

December 7, 2025
May 2-3, 2026
No audition required


Class will focus on learning a full length piece to be performed in May in a concert alongside other performing groups, which is worked on throughout the yearlong class. Students learn choreography from the directors, as well as offer their own creative contributions. Teachers will mentor each individual student and guide the class that values curiosity, imagination and exploration. This class is essential to ODC’s Youth & Teen Contemporary Class curricula. Tuition for Step Onstage is included in these class prices. Teens (Ages 13-18) are invited to audition for Seeds (Teen Hip Hop Dance Company), or Dance Jam (Teen Contemporary Dance Company).