Annual 6–week ‘Dance at the Odyssey’
expands in 9th year
Odyssey Theatre is ‘place to be’ for contemporary dance
Jan. 8 – Feb. 15
LOS ANGELES (December 9, 2025) — Odyssey Theatre Ensemble’s annual six-week celebration of contemporary dance expands in its ninth year, doubling the number of offerings and spilling over into a second space at the Odyssey’s three-theater complex in West L.A. Performances in 2026 will take place concurrently in two theaters, Odyssey 2 and Odyssey 3, from January 8 through February 15.
Curated by series co-founder Barbara Műller–Wittmann, the Odyssey’s unique festival has established itself as the go-to place to view new work by cutting edge companies and choreographers. This year’s event will spotlight the work of 12 different companies and over 17 Los Angeles-based choreographers, and will feature three evenings of award-winning dance films from around the world.
Odyssey Theatre Ensemble was founded in 1969 by Ron Sossi, who remained at the company’s helm for 56 years until his death at the age of 85. The company remains one of Los Angeles’ most vibrant and adventurous under the current leadership of artistic director Beth Hogan, who co-founded the Dance at the Odyssey series with Műller-Wittmann in 2017.
Scroll down to find a complete schedule and details for Dance at the Odyssey 2026. Click here to download high-resolution photos.
The Odyssey Theatre is located at 2055 S. Sepulveda Blvd., West Los Angeles, 90025. Free parking is available in on-site lot. All tickets are $25, with an additional $3 per ticket fee if using a credit card. For more information and to purchase tickets, call (310) 477-2055 or go to OdysseyTheatre.com.
SCHEDULE AND DETAILS:
• Jan. 8 through Jan 11
Odyssey 2
Choreographer Neaz Kohani blends dance, spoken word and live music in SHE IS MY SISTER to explore the persecution and resilience of female wisdom keepers and traditional healers. Lush meadows, melodic birds and a familiar yet unfamiliar world await when two creatures embark on a journey of self-discovery and mutual understanding in the world premiere of GASP from choreographer Owen Scarlett. (Thursday, Friday & Saturday at 8 p.m.; Sunday at 2 p.m.)
Odyssey 3
Choreographer Teresa Toogie Barcelo and composer Joe Berry of electronic band M83 return to Dance at the Odyssey with the world premiere of SOUNDBODY, a duet that draws on telepathy, psychoacoustics and ritual to merge movement, breath and sound into a hypnotic field of resonance and intuitive exchange. (Friday & Saturday at 8 p.m.; Sunday at 2 p.m.)
• Jan. 15 through Jan. 18
Odyssey 2 (Thursday, Friday & Saturday at 8 p.m.; Sunday at 2 p.m.):
Inspired by his time spent at Corriganville Park in Simi Valley, a public park and former movie ranch, choreographer Hunter Wayne Foster’s world premiere of Corrigan is his re-imagining of what might take place behind-the-scenes of an unpolished and unfiltered Hollywood movie set. For Better or For Worse, choreographed by Camila Arana, dissects love’s most exquisite brutality — the ache of devotion, the beauty in destruction, the tenderness that cuts both ways. (Thursday, Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m.; Sunday at 2 p.m.)
Odyssey 3
Los Angeles dancemaker and Lester Horton Award recipient Kevin Williamson presents two premieres: blue and beasts. In blue, Williamson and celebrated pianist Hao Huang meditate on the confines and nuance of despair as Williamson spirals through a mirage of characters and Huang brings the haunting compositions of Ryuichi Sakomoto to life. In beasts, a trio of seekers (performers Divya Ahuja, Rian Alcid and Sasha Marlan-Librett) cultivate a movement language that is as ferocious as it is scared. (Thursday, Friday & Saturday at 8 p.m.)
• Jan. 22 through Jan. 25
Odyssey 2
Dare to Dance in Public presents official selections and award-winning films that explore the intersection of dance, camera, and what it means to be alive and human in the world today. (Friday & Saturday at 8 p.m.; Sunday at 2 p.m)
Odyssey 3
TAQ Dance presents the evening-length premiere of Cue, a funny and unsettling meta-theatrical dance-theater piece choreographed and directed by Sasha Marlan-Librett (returning with her own work after performing in Kevin Williamson’s beasts the week prior.). The audience is invited into a performance of a rehearsal where, beholden to their own high standards and an unfolding script, the four performers rehearse, repeat, forget and question their actions and lines. (Thursday, Friday & Saturday at 8 p.m.)
• Jan. 30 through Feb. 1
Odyssey 2
RGWW (Rosanna Gamson / World Wide) presents the world premiere of Clever Ideas for Smaller Rooms, chamber works by choreographers Rosanna Gamson, Marissa Brown, Tzong-Han Wu, Gretchen Ackerman and other RGWW affiliate dance artists. (Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m.; Sunday at 2 p.m.)
Odyssey 3
After developing two early versions of Spectacle of Ritual at previous Dance at the Odyssey festivals and watching the work evolve and grow, choreographer Marcella Lewis returns with the world premiere of the completed piece in its full form. (Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m.; Sunday at 6 p.m.)
• Feb. 6 through Feb. 8
Odyssey 2
Dancing Through Prison Walls, a California-based dance and performance abolitionist project whose mission is to dance with, choreograph with, and tell stories within embodied carceral landscapes to amplify the voices of incarcerated people and address mass incarceration, returns to Dance at the Odyssey with FREEDOM TIME. Performed and embodied by formerly incarcerated and “free world” members of the Dancing Through Prison Walls community, including Mohamed Abo-Bargs, Suchi Branfman, Jay Carlon, Selina Ho, Kenji Igus, Brianna Mims, Amy Oden, Terry Sakamoto and Tom Tsai. (Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m.; Sunday at 2 p.m.)
Odyssey 3
Choreographer Marianna Varviani and Selcouth Dance Theatre return to Dance at the Odyssey with the world premiere of Default: Joy. Performed and co-created by Simon Chernow, Tyler Law and Maya Peterson and featuring original music composed by Yvonne Yifeng Yuan, this intensely physical dance-theater work draws from Greek traditional dances, communal celebration rituals and intimate personal gestures to channel collective energy into movement. In the second half of the evening, choreographer Chorong Yang explores the relentless worry that accompanies us until our final breath with Sleepless Until I Die. (Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m.; Sunday at 2 p.m.)
• Feb. 13 through Feb. 15
Odyssey 2
Intrepid Dance Project presents the world premiere of Silent Fiction, a new work exploring the world of old-time cinema devised and directed by Jennifer Jonassen in collaboration with the company (Rachel Carlson-Zuniga, Nate DeLuca, Ari DeSano, Loreena Garcia, Doug Goldstein, Lise Hart, Juan D. Mendoza, Oneiros Villarreal-Burns). (Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m.; Sunday at 2 p.m.)
Odyssey 3
Choreographer Hannah Millar and Imprints returns to Dance at the Odyssey with the world premiere of One World, featuring a special performance of Way In Over My Head choreographed by Peter Chu. What kind of world do you want to create? Through visceral movement and raw storytelling, One World invites the audience to feel, to awaken, and to remember that the world we imagine together can become the one we live in. (Saturday at 8 p.m.; Sunday at 2 p.m.)
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