Owen/Cox Dance Group

Owen/Cox Dance Group Classical in form, contemporary in expression. We create new music and dance collaborations presenting contemporary dance performances with live music

Owen/Cox Dance Group is a contemporary dance company located in Kansas City, MO. 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. With this mission in mind, founders Jennifer Owen and

Brad Cox bring together some of Kansas City's most talented artists, representing a variety of genres, to perform contemporary dance with live music. With diverse backgrounds ranging from the Bolshoi Ballet and the Leningrad Chamber Orchestra, to Alvin Ailey and Dave Brubeck, these dancers and musicians form a highly skilled and multi-faceted corps. The collaborative results speak for themselves: fresh and vibrant new works that are classical in form, but contemporary in expression.

There's still time to get season tickets for our 20th Anniversary Season!Season ticket packages include:New Dance Partne...
09/03/2026

There's still time to get season tickets for our 20th Anniversary Season!

Season ticket packages include:
New Dance Partners with Choreographer Christopher Edmund Page-Sanders. Executive/Artistic Director Jennifer C. Owen working with Storling Dance Theater.

For the Love of Dance- Our annual fundraiser with special performance by Calvin Arsenia

The Nutcracker and the Mouse King in partnership with The People's Liberation Big Band of Greater Kansas City and the Midwest Trust Center at Johnson County Community College

Bach Moves in collaboration with the Bach Aria Soloists for one night only at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art

20th Anniversary Retrospective Concert and Celebration reuniting dancers and musicians from our two-decade history with works spanning the company's diverse repertoire!

Tickets are available through Midwest Trust Center at Johnson County Community College, or on our website owencoxdance.org only until September 19th!

We're excited to bring The Nutcracker and the Mouse King back to Midwest Trust Center at Johnson County Community Colleg...
08/04/2026

We're excited to bring The Nutcracker and the Mouse King back to Midwest Trust Center at Johnson County Community College this year!

Tickets are on sale for a fabulous season of celebration, new collaborations and repertoire as we look back on 20 years ...
07/01/2026

Tickets are on sale for a fabulous season of celebration, new collaborations and repertoire as we look back on 20 years of music and dance — get your season ticket package at Midwest Trust Center at Johnson County Community College or at the link in our bio!

You don’t want to miss this one!

Photography Kenny Johnson
Dancer Winston Dynamite Brown

Join us for our 20th Anniversary Season!Creative Intersections Directed by Olivia Emert New Dance Partners with Choreog...
06/25/2026

Join us for our 20th Anniversary Season!

Creative Intersections Directed by Olivia Emert

New Dance Partners with Choreographer Christopher-Page Sanders
(Jennifer Owen to choreograph for Storling Dance Theater)

For the Love of Dance- the Owen/Cox annual fundraiser with special performance by Calvin Arsenia

The Nutcracker and the Mouse King in partnership with The People’s Liberation Big Band of Greater Kansas City and the Midwest Trust Center

Bach Moves in collaboration with the Bach Aria Soloists for one night only at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art

20th Anniversary Retrospective Concert and Celebration reuniting dancers and musicians from our two-decade history with works spanning the company’s diverse repertoire!

Photography by
Second slide photo by

Our biggest and best season yet is coming!Celebrate our 20th season with six can’t miss events culminating in a fabulous...
06/22/2026

Our biggest and best season yet is coming!

Celebrate our 20th season with six can’t miss events culminating in a fabulous Retrospective concert next April!

Season ticket packages go on sale July 1, and can be purchased on our website owencoxdance.org or through Midwest Trust Center at Johnson County Community College

Photography Kenny Johnson
Dancer Marian Faustino

04/10/2026

Premiering tonight—Owen/Cox and Krystle Warren with And Wonder!

Blending Warren’s deeply expressive songwriting with dynamic choreography, And Wonder is an experience you don’t want to miss!

Tickets still available at www.owencoxdance.org!

We are having a blast with And Wonder—join us this weekend for a truly special collaboration with Krystle Warren and the...
04/06/2026

We are having a blast with And Wonder—join us this weekend for a truly special collaboration with Krystle Warren and the rich experience of live music and dance we are building.
You don’t want to miss it!

Tickets at the link in our bio or at www.owencoxdance.org

Friday-Sunday!
City Stage Theatre in Union Station

Read about our Executive/Artistic Director Jennifer C. Owen in KC Studio’s Women Making History!
04/01/2026

Read about our Executive/Artistic Director Jennifer C. Owen in KC Studio’s Women Making History!

In celebration of Women’s History Month, we take a look at the many women arts leaders in Kansas City who have played a key role in the growth of Kansas City’s cultural sector.

03/27/2026

We open tonight!!

Join us for a truly special evening of music with the St. Petersburg String Quartet and the fabulous vision of Jennifer Owen and the dancers of Owen/Cox.

Friday-Saturday-Sunday

Tickets still available!

We loved having Kora Smith from TeenTix at our open rehearsal. Owen/Cox partners with TeenTix to offer $5 ticket passes ...
03/27/2026

We loved having Kora Smith from TeenTix at our open rehearsal.
Owen/Cox partners with TeenTix to offer $5 ticket passes to teens.
Read her review here!

Chiaroscuro, meaning light to dark, is often used as an artistic technique to describe dramatic contrasts.

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4220 Mercier
Kansas City, MO
64111

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