Dance at the Odyssey 2026
This season we invite you to discover emerging adventurous young choreographers and the return of some of the most singular dance artists in L.A.
Playful and profound, traditional and provocative, Dance at the Odyssey welcomes you to six weeks of exhilarating contemporary dance. Performing in 2 spaces, featuring 17 choreographers, 6 dance companies, this is no single performance. It’s a powerful collective of choreographers, performers and musicians who seek creativity as a source of inspiration and joy.
Thanks to you, what began as a bold and risky experiment in 2017 has evolved into the largest independent contemporary dance festival in all of Los Angeles. Thousands of patrons like you have watched Dance at the Odyssey become a one-of-a-kind event where artists move freely, audiences discover new voices, and boundless creativity prevails.
These are experiences you can’t miss. Be part of the movement.
Dates / Tickets / Special Events
Hunter Wayne Foster
Award-winning Dance films
Clever Ideas for Smaller Rooms
January 30 & 31 at 8pm, February 1 at 6pm
Marcella Lewis
Spectacle of Ritual
Dancing Through Prison Walls
FREEDOM TIME
February 6 & 7 at 8pm, February 8 at 2pm
Default: Joy
Intrepid Dance Project & Jennifer Jonassen
Silent Fiction
February 14 at 8pm, February 15 at 2pm
Hannah Millar & Imprints
One World
Peter Chu
Rosanna Gamson World Wide
Less Hot Air About Dance
Julianna Bloodgood
Embodied Voice, The Voice of Release
INTERVIEW WITH BARBARA MÜLLER-WITTMANN, CURATOR OF DANCE AT THE ODYSSEY
Credits / Cast / Crew
Curated by Barbara Müller-Wittmann
Festival Lighting Designer Katelan Braymer
Produced for the Odyssey Theatre by Beth Hogan &
Barbara Müller-Wittmann
Rosanna Gamson / World Wide
Dancing Through Prison Walls
Selcouth Dance Theatre
Intrepid Dance Project
Hannah Millar and Imprints
Marissa Brown, Peter Chu, Hunter Wayne Foster,
Rosanna Gamson, Jennifer Jonassen, Neaz Kohani,
Marcella Lewis, Sasha Marlan-Librett, Hannah Millar,
Hanna Tzong-Han Wu, Kevin Williamson
Hao Huang
Ryuichi Sakomoto
Yvonne Yifeng Yuan
Dare to Dance in Public
Photo by Julia Franken
Spectacle of Ritual
Photo by Sylvia Drav
Default: Joy
Photo by Preston Projecc
For Better or For Worse
Photo by Teague Wasserman
One World
Photo by Hannah Millar and Imprints
GASP
Photo by Katie Rose Nartker
Dancing Through Prison Walls
Photo by Alessia Zanobini
blue and beasts
Photo by Taso Papadakis
Clever Ideas for Smaller Rooms
Photo by Sallie DeEtte Mackie
SOUNDBODY
Photo by McCal Olsen
SHE IS MY SISTER
Photo credit Hanako Doerr
Silent Fiction
Photo credit Lotta Photos