Open Company Class with A.I.M with William Okajima (Advanced Modern/Contemporary)
Open Company Class with A.I.M with William Okajima (Advanced Modern/Contemporary)
September 10, 2026 | 10:00 am - 11:30 am
Classes taught by A.I.M emphasize four of the company’s core movement values: exploration, musicality, abandonment, and intuition. The opening warm-up sequence focuses on the fluidity of the spine, articulation, and core body strengthening; and then builds up to challenging, creative and invigorating phrase work. Participants experience a personalized postmodern movement vocabulary full of intricate gestures and signature A.I.M movement.
WILLIAM OKAJIMA (he/him), a native of Irvine, California, is a dancer who seeks to combine artistic excellence with entrepreneurial thinking as he navigates both commercial and concert dance spaces.
Raised in a family of artists, Okajima developed a love of music and movement at an early age. He trained at Orange County School of the Arts, Westside Dance Project, and Dmitri Kulev Classical Ballet Academy before earning a BFA in Dance from the USC Glorya Kaufman School of Dance. He also received a minor in entrepreneurship through the USC Marshall School of Business.
At age 13, Okajima booked his first professional role in Sia’s “The Greatest” music video, sparking a lasting connection to commercial performance. Since then, he has become an active presence in Los Angeles’ commercial dance scene, appearing in national campaigns for Honda, Apple, and Pull&Bear, as well as international projects, including a recent tourism film for Dubai. At USC Kaufman, he performed featured roles in works by Jiří Kylián, Micaela Taylor, Tyce Diorio, Desmond Richardson, Dwight Rhoden, and Hope Boykin.
A 2025 Princess Grace Award recipient, Okajima joined A.I.M by Kyle Abraham in 2024.