‘Dance at the Odyssey’s annual summer festival is back with
first looks at cutting edge work June 21 through July 6

LOS ANGELES (May 20, 2025) — The “Summer Edition” of Odyssey Theatre Ensemble’s Dance at the Odyssey series returns with a three-weekend lineup of adventurous and vital work by some of L.A.’s best and boldest choreographers. Performances, curated by series co-founder Barbara Müller–Wittmann, take place from June 21 through July 6, 2025.

Saturday, June 21 at 8 p.m.:
• KAIROS Movement Collective presents its debut work, an ode to the bug, a piece deeply rooted in the human desire to be heard, seen and understood, choreographed by local Trans and Queer artist Kaley Logan.

• Choreographer Annie Kahane re-imagines folkloric form through a contemporary lens, interweaving Persian and Jewish music and dance traditions. Four Seasons of Hamadan is a duet for violin and dancer performed to a score by Kian Ravaei.

Sunday, June 22 at 7 p.m.:
The Chronic Caucasian, a solo dance work choreographed and performed by movement artist, director and aspiring clown Felicia St. Cyr, uses her lineage as a St. Cyr—a name historically associated with war and martyrdom—as a point of entry to examine how privilege, trauma and denial are passed on and embedded into the American social fabric.

Thursday, June 26 at 8 p.m.:
Daring, brutal, sensual, real. Clownery. Drag. Not boring. Immerse yourself in The Greatest Show on Earth, a hero’s journey imagined by TRIN Dance Theatre.

Friday, June 27 at 8 p.m.:
Nastia Yavorski and ABSOLEM Dance Theatre present Bang! The Most Patriotic Show in the History of the United States of America, a dance-theater love letter written out of American war history. In this fever dream of a night, people gather in a nightclub and much is revealed about each character’s place in American society. As an “ever-evolving” society, how much have we actually left behind? How different have we really become? A Q & A will follow the performance.

Sunday, June 29 at 5 p.m.:
A Dear Walks into a Dance, a work-in-progress choreographed by Victoria Marks in collaboration with four performers, begins with a joke. Marks wonders, “What can a dance do? And what do words do?” A Deer Walks into a Dance is a love song to dance-making. A Q&A will follow the performance.

Wednesday, July 2 and Thursday, July 3 at 8 p.m.:
Currents of the Mind features three original works choreographed by Caitlin Javech and performed by project-based dance company TORRENT, each exploring the powerful intersection of psychology and physicality.

Saturday, July 5 at 8 p.m.:
Last Resort by choreographer Maya Billig, who works within the intersection of dance, theater and film, takes us to an abandoned beach resort, where we witness the absurdity of late-stage capitalism and cultural decay.

Sunday, July 6 at 5 p.m.:
• Corina Kinnear and Company presents Forgotten Time, an artful and entertaining exploration of how our perceptions and memories affect the way we experience and remember time.

• The Shadow Poems by choreographer Jordan Saenz, a duet danced by Saenz and Ariana Daub, meditates on our deepest vulnerabilities: dysregulation, fear, surrender, grief and self-compassion.

All tickets are $25, with an additional $3 per ticket fee if using a credit card. A three-performance festival pass is available for $60, plus credit card fee if applicable. For more information and to purchase tickets, call (310) 477-2055 or go to OdysseyTheatre.com.

The Odyssey Theatre is located at 2055 S. Sepulveda Blvd., West Los Angeles, 90025. Free parking is available in on-site lot.

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