Owen/Cox Dance Group is a contemporary dance company based in Kansas City, Missouri. The company is committed to creating new music and dance collaborations, presenting high-quality contemporary dance performances with live music, and engaging as wide an audience as possible through affordable live performances and education and outreach programs.

The company, founded by choreographer Jennifer Owen and composer Brad Cox, is widely recognized for its engaging and thought-provoking artistic collaborations. From the group’s whimsical modern jazz rendition of “The Nutcracker and the Mouse King” to meditations on mortality in the Helen Gillet collaboration “Skin,” the ensemble consistently produces fresh and vibrant new works that are classical in form, but contemporary in expression.

Upcoming Events

New Dance Partners

at Yardley Hall Lasts 1 hour

Fri, Sep 18, 2026 7:30pm
Sat, Sep 19, 2026 7:30pm

The Nutcracker & the Mouse King

at Yardley Hall Lasts 1 hour

Sat, Dec 12, 2026 7:30pm
Sun, Dec 13, 2026 2:00pm

Collaboration with Bach Aria Soloists- Bach Moves

Sat, Feb 13, 2027 7:30pm

OCDG: 20th Anniversary Retrospective Concert

at City Stage in Union Station Lasts 1 hour

Fri, Apr 9, 2027 8:00pm
Sat, Apr 10, 2027 8:00pm
Sun, Apr 11, 2027 2:00pm