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MRX / Sweden: Kyrie Oda

Katherine Paola De La Cruz

A portrait of Kyrie Oda standing in front of the ocean. Her long black hair is windswept draping over her face. She looks off into the distance. Photo courtesy of the artist.

It has been amazing to welcome MRX Sweden Exchange artist Kyrie Oda to the Movement Research Community! For the past several weeks, Kyrie has participated in MELT workshops and researched during studio sessions. Check out a sneak peek into Movement Research Exchange artist Kyrie Oda‘s process. In this video Kyrie moves and shifts through space creating spirals with her torso and reaching her arms upwards. She vocalizes, swinging her body and arms, in wide circles. Kyrie started her career as a dancer with H.T.Chen and Michael Mao. Since then she has been dancing in various dance companies and projects in Japan and Europe. Since 2016 Kyrie co-directs and choreographed for the dance company PA× based in Gothenburg, Sweden. www.p-a-x.org  

She shares, “I am currently working around the theme of “Stranger in a Strange Land”. As part of this I am developing a solo that is inspired by Song of the Sea in the book of Exodus.” 

Movement Research Exchange (MRX)
A vehicle to spur interaction and exchange among independent choreographers and their peers from within and outside the U.S, MRX enables Artists-in-Residence and faculty to travel outside their home environment for residency activities, informal showings, discussions and teaching opportunities.

Katherine Paola De La Cruz

Katherine Paola De La Cruz

Katherine Paola De La Cruz is a Dominican dancer and choreographer based in Queens, NY. She is a member of the Great Jones Repertory Theater Company at the La MaMa Experimental Theater Club and a 2025-26 Open Call artist at The Shed. She is a passionate choreographer, dancer and storyteller whose work center themes of social inequality, queerness, immigration and mental health.

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