Nothing's Gonna Make Sense (Reflections on Grief) Choreography by KT Nelson Nothing's Gonna Make Sense (Reflections on Grief) reflects on Nelson’s experience of the sudden death of her husband, an event that significantly altered her sense of reality. The work invites you to (experience -or accept- the unknown) hang out in the unknown? and not panic. “bravely weird, risky, simultaneously masterful and uncontrolled” - San Francisco Chronicle KT NELSON (ODC Fellow) joined ODC/Dance in 1976 and partnered with Brenda Way in directing the ODC/Dance Company until 2020. KT choreographed the Company’s first full-length family ballet in 1986, The Velveteen Rabbit. The production has become a holiday tradition in the Bay Area engaging generations of dance goers. KT has been awarded the Isadora Duncan Dance Award four times: in 1987 for Outstanding Performance, in 1996 and 2012 for Outstanding Choreography, and in 2001 for Sustained Achievement. Her collaborators have included Bobby McFerrin, Geoff Hoyle, Amy Seiwert, Shinichi Iova-Koga, Kate Weare, Zap Mama, and Joan Jeanrenaud. Her work RingRounRozi, in collaboration with French-Canadian composer Linda Bouchard, was selected to be performed at the Tanzmesse International Dance Festival. boulders and bones, in collaboration with Brenda Way, was part of BAM’s Next Wave Festival. Her One Long Breath collaboration with Na Hoon Park was selected for the MODAFE festival in Seoul, Korea. Path of Miracles, created in collaboration with the Volti Vocal Ensemble, is her third evening-length work and has toured across the country. In 1996, Nelson founded the ODC Dance Jam (ages 6-13). As ODC’s first director of Educational Outreach, Nelson did extensive community work including partnerships with the Kohler Arts Center, University of Florida at Gainesville, Everett Middle School, San Francisco Mime Troupe, San Francisco’s Writers Union, Thunder Road Drug Rehabilitation and more. From 2004 to 2007, she ran the dance department for the su