🎭 O-Jak Bridge Art & Dance Festival 2025

Dates & Times:

• Saturday, November 8, 2025 — 7:30 PM

• Sunday, November 9, 2025 — 3:30 PM

Venue: Broadway Performance Hall, Capitol Hill, Seattle

Step into Wonderland this fall at the 4th annual O-Jak Bridge Art & Dance Festival — Seattle’s most imaginative celebration where dance, visual art, music, and fashion converge on one stage.

At its heart, O-Jak was founded as a cultural bridge — a platform where traditions meet innovation, and where artists and audiences from diverse backgrounds can come together in dialogue. By weaving dance, visual art, music, and fashion into a single immersive experience, O-Jak celebrates both heritage and experimentation. More than just a stage, it is a festival dedicated to community building, cross-cultural understanding, and the belief that art can connect us across boundaries.

Founded and directed by Seattle artist and choreographer MiYoung Margolis, O-Jak brings together more than 100 international and local artists, weaving together Korean, Chinese, and Cambodian traditions alongside Taekwondo, Ballet, and Contemporary dance into a breathtaking tapestry of movement and expression.

✨ This year’s theme, “Wonderland,” transforms the stage into a dreamscape across three immersive acts:

• Act 1: Descent into Wonderland — Alice’s first steps into the surreal, guided by whimsical ballet, pantomime, and ensemble works.

• Act 2: Tea Party, “Disrupted Time & Space” — A kaleidoscope of surreal trains, fantastical tea ceremonies, live painting, and cross-cultural collaborations that bend reality.

• Act 3: Chess Game & Awakening — A climactic duel of queens, martial artistry, and the delicate return from dream to reality.

Beyond the stage, audiences will encounter live painting performances, innovative fashion showcases, and original compositions, making O-Jak not just a performance but a fully immersive cultural experience.

🎭 Participating Artists by Act

ACT 1

• MiYoung Margolis Dance Collective – Korean contemporary fusion

• Adage Ballet Academy – Ballet & contemporary trio dance

• Jessica Kilpatrick – Kilvani Designs Fashion show 

• Joseph Ehrenpreis – Guitarist & composer for festival’s original music

ACT 2

• Cyrus Khambatta - Khambatta Dance Company – Contemporary duo dance

• Cristian West’s Western Washington University Dance Team – Contemporary dance

• Amy Sun – Traditional Chinese Dance UW

• Dany Srey – Traditional Khmer blessing dance

• Jaime Waliczek : Jerboa Dance Company – Duo Acrodance

• Alexandre Kronz – Contemporary dance

• YooSho Nam – Live painting on stage

ACT 3

• Morado Korean Dance – Traditional Korean dance

• Brittany Parker & Coalescence Dance Company – Broadway jazz dance

• Bellevue Tae Kwon DO - MooHan (Infinity) Taekwondo Demo Team – National award-winning martial arts performance

Visual & Multimedia Collaborations (all acts)

• Sus Studios – Immersive projection backdrops

• Aubree Barber – Analog projection artist

🌟 Supported by the Consulate General of Korea in Seattle and Gold Sponsors Chan Seattle, Dark Arts Software, Gallery B612, GolMok Market Bar, Nana & Nani Interior Design & Renovation, Occhi Belli, Soul to Seoul, with Silver Sponsor Shared Tea Chinatown, O-Jak has become one of the Pacific Northwest’s most dynamic and inclusive festivals — a bridge that connects communities through art, dance, and shared imagination.