O-Jak Bridge Art & Dance Festival Presents ‘Wonderland’

A Multicultural Journey Through Imagination and Connection

ⓒO-Jak Bridge Art & Dance Festival ‘Wonderland’

The O-Jak Bridge Art & Dance Festival, founded and directed by MiYoung Margolis, returns for its fourth annual celebration on November 8 (7:30 PM) and November 9 (3:30 PM) at the Broadway Performance Hall in Seattle.

This year’s theme, ‘Wonderland’, reimagines Alice in Wonderland through a multicultural lens — transforming the stage and gallery into a dreamlike landscape where dance, art, and storytelling meet.

A Story-Driven Celebration of Global Art

Unlike a traditional dance showcase, O-Jak unfolds as a continuous narrative world, where each year introduces new characters, themes, and artistic genres woven into one evolving story.

Within this imaginative universe, every performance — from contemporary dance and traditional movement to fashion, live painting, and music — becomes a chapter connected to the next.

This storytelling approach has built O-Jak a dedicated and growing fan base, as audiences return each year to see how the story evolves.

The festival’s enduring charm lies in this sense of continuity — blending multiple art forms while inviting the audience to journey alongside the characters, discovering love, culture, and beauty in ever-new ways.

The 2025 Production — ‘Wonderland’

Wonderland features over 100 artists, dancers, and designers across three acts — Descent into Wonderland, Disrupted Time and Space, and The Chess Game & Awakening.

The production unites cultural and contemporary forms, integrating performances by MiYoung Margolis Dance Collective, Adage Ballet Academy, Khambatta Dance Company, Bellevue TKD MuHan Team, WWU Dance Team, DunHuang Dance (Amy Sun), Morado Korean Dance, Jerboa Dance, Brittany Parker’s Coalescence Dance Company, and others.

Parallel Exhibition at Gallery B612: Wonderland

October 30 – December 10, 2025

The Wonderland exhibition at Gallery B612 invites audiences to enter whimsical new worlds and experience the distinctive perspectives of fourteen local and international artists.

Inspired by Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, the exhibition emphasizes imagination and interpretation over literal representation.

From gentle ink-brush to large-scale ceramic, experimentation and transformation can be found across media and style.

Spotlight Artists:

Seattle artist Steffanie Lorig, who refines figures and faces within abstraction; and Korean brush-and-ink specialist YooSho Nam, whose new Wonderland series anchors the exhibition.

Featured Artists:

Rubin Quarcoopome · Russell Strada · Lisa Marie Barber · Ruby Lindner · RunChuan Tian · Lindsay Iredale · Tina (TJ) Ostrander · Steve Jensen · Rebecca Mott · Ashley Worobec · Caitlin McIver · MiYoung Margolis

The exhibition also celebrates cross-disciplinary collaboration: O-Jak Bridge Art & Dance Festival will present a modern-dance interpretation of Wonderland on November 8 & 9 at Broadway Performance Hall, where YooSho Nam will create a live painting on stage.

Additionally, Gallery B612 will host a music-and-dance event on November 11, featuring compositions directly inspired by the exhibited artworks.

Together, the performance and exhibition form a unified artistic journey — where dance meets visual art and movement meets stillness.

Through this shared vision, East and West come together in harmony, blending classical and contemporary sensibilities into one inclusive artistic language.

About the Founder — MiYoung Margolis

MiYoung Margolis is a Korean American interdisciplinary artist, founder, and artistic director based in Seattle.

She is celebrated for her ability to bridge Eastern and Western aesthetics through dance, visual art, and wearable design — creating work that unites movement, texture, and emotion across cultures.

Her artistic practice merges the emotional depth of Korean tradition with the bold experimentation of contemporary American art.

As both choreographer and mixed-media artist, Margolis transforms performance into a living canvas where body and material coexist as expressions of identity, imagination, and empathy.

As the Founder and Artistic Director of Gallery B612 and the O-Jak Bridge Art & Dance Festival, she has become a vital voice in Seattle’s cultural landscape — fostering cross-cultural collaboration and redefining how art can connect communities.

Through her vision, she continues to build a creative bridge between people, art forms, and worlds — rooted in Seoul, reimagined in Seattle.

About the O-Jak Bridge Art & Dance Festival

Founded in 2022 by MiYoung Margolis, the O-Jak Bridge Art & Dance Festival has become one of Seattle’s most distinctive multicultural art events — celebrating diversity through dance, visual art, live painting, and fashion.

The name O-Jak comes from a Korean folktale about two lovers separated by the Milky Way who reunite once a year on a bridge built by magpies.

In that same spirit, the festival acts as a symbolic bridge connecting cultures, artists, and audiences, uniting them through imagination, heritage, and emotion.

Festival Timeline:

▲2022 – “The Beginning: Stories of Love” — A debut celebration of love in its many forms, laying the foundation for O-Jak’s mission to connect hearts and communities. ▲2023 – “Non-Traditional Swan Lake” — A bold fusion of Korean contemporary movement with classical ballet, street dance, and multimedia art that redefined tradition. ▲2024 – “Scheherazade: One Thousand and One Nights” — A poetic exploration of storytelling and love, featuring over 80 artists across dance, fashion, and live painting. ▲2025 – “Wonderland” — A global reimagining of Alice in Wonderland, bringing together over 100 artists and visual creators to bridge East and West, art and audience, imagination and reality.

Through these productions, O-Jak has grown from a single-stage performance into a movement for artistic unity and cross-cultural exchange — building bridges not only between art forms but between people.

Performance dates and ticket information are as follows. The show will take place on November 8, 2025, at 7:30 PM and November 9, 2025, at 3:30 PM at the Broadway Performance Hall in Seattle, WA. Tickets are available through StrangerTickets.