Dance Festival

Left: JA Collective Wrenz Kaloogy 2020. Right: Victoria Marks Pastoral 2020

Left: JA Collective Wrenz Kaloogy 2020
Right: Victoria Marks Pastoral 2020

Dance at the Odyssey

Dance at the Odyssey was established in 2017 by producer/curator Barbara Mueller-Wittmann and Odyssey associate artistic director Beth Hogan and is committed to creating new opportunities for contemporary dance artists, supporting diverse voices within the field. The first season featured four companies performing in repertory for three weeks and quickly grew into what has been called “the largest independent dance festival in Los Angeles.”  Working locally, nationally and internationally, Dance at the Odyssey acts as a vital interchange between contemporary dance artists and audiences, creating space and time for the development of evening length pieces and world premieres.

For information on the festival please contact:

Barbara Mueller-Wittmann
[email protected]

Odyssey Theatre Ensemble
2055 S. Sepulveda Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90025

310-477-2055 ext. 107

Please keep in mind that this is a contemporary dance festival. Send your information only if your practice belongs to this type of dance. Thank you.

The Festival History

2017

Germany
Mamaza
Eifo Efi
A co-production with the Goethe Institut Los Angeles

Poland
Galiana & Nikolchev’s Useless Room
The Last One

Los Angeles
Herencia Flamenca
Ole Flamenco

Los Angeles
L.A. Contemporary Dance Company
Force Majeure
Presenting works by Genevieve Carson, Gregory Dolbashian, Micaela Taylor, Christian Denice

 

2018

Los Angeles
Micaela Taylor + The TL Collective
Rosewood – World Premiere

Los Angeles
L.A. Contemporary Dance Company
Rift – World Premiere
Presenting works by Genevieve Carson, Nathan Makolandra, and Stephanie Zaletel

Los Angeles
Corina Kinnear
naked – World Premiere

Germany
deufert&plischke
Letters to Dance
A Co-production with the Goethe Institut Los Angeles

 

2019

Germany
Shade Theret
maybe – World Premiere
A Co-production with the Goethe Institut Los Angeles – World Premiere

Los Angeles
Acts of Matter
Be seen – World Premiere

Los Angeles
L.A. Contemporary Dance Company
The Only Constant – World Premiere 

Los Angeles
The TL Collective and The JA Collective
CollectivesDrift – World Premiere

Los Angeles
La Dansa Dansa
Hybrids of Plants and Ghosts

Los Angeles
Kevin Williamson & Company
Gnarled – World Premiere

 

2020

Los Angeles
String Theory
Landscapes and Layers – World Premiere

Los Angeles/Atlanta
Acts of Matter with special guest DANCE AEGIS
Tethering – World Premiere

Los Angeles
JA Collective & Slauson Rec.
Wrenz Kaloogy & Principium – World Premiere

Los Angeles
L.A. Contemporary Dance Company
Premiere: 15 – World Premiere

Los Angeles/Pittsburgh
Victoria Marks in collaboration with Isla Hansen
Pastoral – World Premiere

 

2021

Participating companies and choreographers
Hannah Millar
Roya Carreras
Hannah Miller
The Useless Room
LA Contemporary Dance Company