She is the founder and artistic director of ODC/San Francisco and creator of the ODC Performance Gallery, a community performance and training facility in San Francisco's Mission District. Ms. Way created ODC and an inter-arts department at Oberlin College and Conservatory of Music in the late 1960s before relocating to the Bay Area in 1976. She has choreographed some 70 pieces over the last 30 years. Among her many commissions are Remnants of Song (2003) for Stanford Lively Arts; Scissors Paper Stone (1994) for the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater; Western Women (1993) for Cal Performances, Rutgers University, and Jacob's Pillow; Ghosts of an Old Ceremony (1991) for Walker Art Center and The Minnesota Orchestra; Krazy Kat (1990) for the San Francisco Ballet; and This Point in Time (1987) for the Oakland Ballet. Ms. Way is a national spokesperson for dance, has published widely, and has received numerous awards and 20 years of support from the National Endowment for the Arts. She is a 2000 recipient of the prestigious John Simon Guggenheim fellowship.

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