She was nominated for a Tony award for the Broadway production of Largely New York, which she co-choreographed with Bill Irwin. In 2010 she choreographed the ACT production of Scapin, and The Composer is Dead at Berkeley Repertory Theater. Ms. Okada has received a Critic's Circle Best Choreography Award, and was honored with a California State Legislature Assembly Resolution citing choreographic and community contributions.
Since 1996, Ms. Okada has served as Director of the ODC School, which she has brought to the forefront of international and national dance education for youth and adults. For more information: http://www.odcdance.org/index.php