diff --git a/modules/@angular/animations/src/animation_metadata.ts b/modules/@angular/animations/src/animation_metadata.ts
index 85e2a11ef6..90bf2de8f9 100755
--- a/modules/@angular/animations/src/animation_metadata.ts
+++ b/modules/@angular/animations/src/animation_metadata.ts
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ export interface AnimationStateMetadata extends AnimationMetadata {
  */
 export interface AnimationTransitionMetadata extends AnimationMetadata {
   expr: string|((fromState: string, toState: string) => boolean);
-  animation: AnimationMetadata;
+  animation: AnimationMetadata|AnimationMetadata[];
 }
 
 /**
@@ -86,8 +86,8 @@ export interface AnimationKeyframesSequenceMetadata extends AnimationMetadata {
  * @experimental Animation support is experimental.
  */
 export interface AnimationStyleMetadata extends AnimationMetadata {
-  styles: {[key: string]: string | number}[];
-  offset: number;
+  styles: {[key: string]: string | number}|{[key: string]: string | number}[];
+  offset?: number;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -341,27 +341,9 @@ export function sequence(steps: AnimationMetadata[]): AnimationSequenceMetadata
 export function style(
     tokens: {[key: string]: string | number} |
     Array<{[key: string]: string | number}>): AnimationStyleMetadata {
-  let input: ɵStyleData[];
-  let offset: number = null;
-  if (Array.isArray(tokens)) {
-    input = <ɵStyleData[]>tokens;
-  } else {
-    input = [<ɵStyleData>tokens];
-  }
-  input.forEach(entry => {
-    const entryOffset = (entry as ɵStyleData)['offset'];
-    if (entryOffset != null) {
-      offset = offset == null ? parseFloat(<string>entryOffset) : offset;
-    }
-  });
-  return _style(offset, input);
+  return {type: AnimationMetadataType.Style, styles: tokens};
 }
 
-function _style(offset: number, styles: ɵStyleData[]): AnimationStyleMetadata {
-  return {type: AnimationMetadataType.Style, styles: styles, offset: offset};
-}
-
-
 /**
  * `state` is an animation-specific function that is designed to be used inside of Angular2's
  * animation DSL language. If this information is new, please navigate to the {@link
@@ -573,9 +555,5 @@ export function keyframes(steps: AnimationStyleMetadata[]): AnimationKeyframesSe
 export function transition(
     stateChangeExpr: string | ((fromState: string, toState: string) => boolean),
     steps: AnimationMetadata | AnimationMetadata[]): AnimationTransitionMetadata {
-  return {
-    type: AnimationMetadataType.Transition,
-    expr: stateChangeExpr,
-    animation: Array.isArray(steps) ? sequence(steps) : <AnimationMetadata>steps
-  };
+  return {type: AnimationMetadataType.Transition, expr: stateChangeExpr, animation: steps};
 }
diff --git a/modules/@angular/compiler-cli/integrationtest/src/animate.ts b/modules/@angular/compiler-cli/integrationtest/src/animate.ts
index 234a650c5a..0c746888bd 100644
--- a/modules/@angular/compiler-cli/integrationtest/src/animate.ts
+++ b/modules/@angular/compiler-cli/integrationtest/src/animate.ts
@@ -5,12 +5,8 @@
  * Use of this source code is governed by an MIT-style license that can be
  * found in the LICENSE file at https://angular.io/license
  */
-
-import {AUTO_STYLE, Component, animate, state, style, transition, trigger} from '@angular/core';
-
-export function anyToAny(stateA: string, stateB: string): boolean {
-  return Math.random() != Math.random();
-}
+import {AUTO_STYLE, animate, state, style, transition, trigger} from '@angular/animations';
+import {Component} from '@angular/core';
 
 @Component({
   selector: 'animate-cmp',
@@ -20,7 +16,7 @@ export function anyToAny(stateA: string, stateB: string): boolean {
         state('*', style({height: AUTO_STYLE, color: 'black', borderColor: 'black'})),
         state('closed, void', style({height: '0px', color: 'maroon', borderColor: 'maroon'})),
         state('open', style({height: AUTO_STYLE, borderColor: 'green', color: 'green'})),
-        transition(anyToAny, animate('1s')), transition('* => *', animate(500))
+        transition('* => *', animate('1s'))
       ])],
   template: `
     <button (click)="setAsOpen()">Open</button>
diff --git a/modules/@angular/compiler-cli/integrationtest/src/module.ts b/modules/@angular/compiler-cli/integrationtest/src/module.ts
index 6772466f42..2d1b6d94e3 100644
--- a/modules/@angular/compiler-cli/integrationtest/src/module.ts
+++ b/modules/@angular/compiler-cli/integrationtest/src/module.ts
@@ -8,9 +8,9 @@
 
 import {ApplicationRef, NgModule} from '@angular/core';
 import {FormsModule} from '@angular/forms';
+import {NoopAnimationsModule} from '@angular/platform-browser/animations';
 import {ServerModule} from '@angular/platform-server';
 import {MdButtonModule} from '@angular2-material/button';
-
 // Note: don't refer to third_party_src as we want to test that
 // we can compile components from node_modules!
 import {ThirdpartyModule} from 'third_party/module';
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ import {CompForChildQuery, CompWithChildQuery, CompWithDirectiveChild, Directive
     ComponentUsingThirdParty,
   ],
   imports: [
+    NoopAnimationsModule,
     ServerModule,
     FormsModule,
     MdButtonModule,
diff --git a/modules/@angular/core/src/animation/animation_metadata_wrapped.ts b/modules/@angular/core/src/animation/animation_metadata_wrapped.ts
index 9c0823f05d..b433d7592e 100644
--- a/modules/@angular/core/src/animation/animation_metadata_wrapped.ts
+++ b/modules/@angular/core/src/animation/animation_metadata_wrapped.ts
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ export interface AnimationStateMetadata extends AnimationMetadata {
  */
 export interface AnimationTransitionMetadata extends AnimationMetadata {
   expr: string|((fromState: string, toState: string) => boolean);
-  animation: AnimationMetadata;
+  animation: AnimationMetadata|AnimationMetadata[];
 }
 
 /**
@@ -53,8 +53,8 @@ export interface AnimationKeyframesSequenceMetadata extends AnimationMetadata {
  * @deprecated This symbol has moved. Please Import from @angular/animations instead!
  */
 export interface AnimationStyleMetadata extends AnimationMetadata {
-  styles: {[key: string]: string | number}[];
-  offset: number;
+  styles: {[key: string]: string | number}|{[key: string]: string | number}[];
+  offset?: number;
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/modules/@angular/platform-browser/animations/src/dsl/animation_timeline_visitor.ts b/modules/@angular/platform-browser/animations/src/dsl/animation_timeline_visitor.ts
index 084df085b3..6422cc1eec 100644
--- a/modules/@angular/platform-browser/animations/src/dsl/animation_timeline_visitor.ts
+++ b/modules/@angular/platform-browser/animations/src/dsl/animation_timeline_visitor.ts
@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ export class AnimationTimelineVisitor implements AnimationDslVisitor {
     const firstKeyframe = ast.steps[0];
 
     let offsetGap = 0;
-    const containsOffsets = firstKeyframe.styles.find(styles => styles['offset'] >= 0);
+    const containsOffsets = getOffset(firstKeyframe) != null;
     if (!containsOffsets) {
       offsetGap = MAX_KEYFRAME_OFFSET / limit;
     }
@@ -291,8 +291,9 @@ export class AnimationTimelineVisitor implements AnimationDslVisitor {
 
     ast.steps.forEach((step: AnimationStyleMetadata, i: number) => {
       const normalizedStyles = normalizeStyles(step.styles);
-      const offset = containsOffsets ? <number>normalizedStyles['offset'] :
-                                       (i == limit ? MAX_KEYFRAME_OFFSET : i * offsetGap);
+      const offset = containsOffsets ?
+          (step.offset != null ? step.offset : parseFloat(normalizedStyles['offset'] as string)) :
+          (i == limit ? MAX_KEYFRAME_OFFSET : i * offsetGap);
       innerTimeline.forwardTime(offset * duration);
       innerTimeline.setStyles(normalizedStyles);
     });
@@ -424,3 +425,22 @@ export class TimelineBuilder {
     return createTimelineInstruction(finalKeyframes, this.duration, this.startTime, this.easing);
   }
 }
+
+function getOffset(ast: AnimationStyleMetadata): number {
+  let offset = ast.offset;
+  if (offset == null) {
+    const styles = ast.styles;
+    if (Array.isArray(styles)) {
+      for (let i = 0; i < styles.length; i++) {
+        const o = styles[i]['offset'] as number;
+        if (o != null) {
+          offset = o;
+          break;
+        }
+      }
+    } else {
+      offset = styles['offset'] as number;
+    }
+  }
+  return offset;
+}
diff --git a/modules/@angular/platform-browser/animations/src/dsl/animation_transition_factory.ts b/modules/@angular/platform-browser/animations/src/dsl/animation_transition_factory.ts
index 946d97d2eb..f90b8639f7 100644
--- a/modules/@angular/platform-browser/animations/src/dsl/animation_transition_factory.ts
+++ b/modules/@angular/platform-browser/animations/src/dsl/animation_transition_factory.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@
  * Use of this source code is governed by an MIT-style license that can be
  * found in the LICENSE file at https://angular.io/license
  */
-import {AnimationMetadata, AnimationTransitionMetadata, ɵStyleData} from '@angular/animations';
+import {AnimationMetadata, AnimationTransitionMetadata, sequence, ɵStyleData} from '@angular/animations';
+
 import {buildAnimationKeyframes} from './animation_timeline_visitor';
 import {TransitionMatcherFn} from './animation_transition_expr';
 import {AnimationTransitionInstruction, createTransitionInstruction} from './animation_transition_instruction';
@@ -17,7 +18,10 @@ export class AnimationTransitionFactory {
       private _triggerName: string, ast: AnimationTransitionMetadata,
       private matchFns: TransitionMatcherFn[],
       private _stateStyles: {[stateName: string]: ɵStyleData}) {
-    this._animationAst = ast.animation;
+    const normalizedAst = Array.isArray(ast.animation) ?
+        sequence(<AnimationMetadata[]>ast.animation) :
+        <AnimationMetadata>ast.animation;
+    this._animationAst = normalizedAst;
   }
 
   match(currentState: any, nextState: any): AnimationTransitionInstruction {
diff --git a/modules/@angular/platform-browser/animations/src/dsl/animation_trigger.ts b/modules/@angular/platform-browser/animations/src/dsl/animation_trigger.ts
index 384c556783..397b779c16 100644
--- a/modules/@angular/platform-browser/animations/src/dsl/animation_trigger.ts
+++ b/modules/@angular/platform-browser/animations/src/dsl/animation_trigger.ts
@@ -93,9 +93,23 @@ class AnimationTriggerVisitor implements AnimationDslVisitor {
     context.transitions.push(ast);
   }
 
-  visitSequence(ast: AnimationSequenceMetadata, context: any) {}
-  visitGroup(ast: AnimationGroupMetadata, context: any) {}
-  visitAnimate(ast: AnimationAnimateMetadata, context: any) {}
-  visitStyle(ast: AnimationStyleMetadata, context: any) {}
-  visitKeyframeSequence(ast: AnimationKeyframesSequenceMetadata, context: any) {}
+  visitSequence(ast: AnimationSequenceMetadata, context: any) {
+    // these values are not visited in this AST
+  }
+
+  visitGroup(ast: AnimationGroupMetadata, context: any) {
+    // these values are not visited in this AST
+  }
+
+  visitAnimate(ast: AnimationAnimateMetadata, context: any) {
+    // these values are not visited in this AST
+  }
+
+  visitStyle(ast: AnimationStyleMetadata, context: any) {
+    // these values are not visited in this AST
+  }
+
+  visitKeyframeSequence(ast: AnimationKeyframesSequenceMetadata, context: any) {
+    // these values are not visited in this AST
+  }
 }
diff --git a/modules/@angular/platform-browser/animations/src/dsl/animation_validator_visitor.ts b/modules/@angular/platform-browser/animations/src/dsl/animation_validator_visitor.ts
index e9a0d52c3f..e8341307e1 100644
--- a/modules/@angular/platform-browser/animations/src/dsl/animation_validator_visitor.ts
+++ b/modules/@angular/platform-browser/animations/src/dsl/animation_validator_visitor.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
  * Use of this source code is governed by an MIT-style license that can be
  * found in the LICENSE file at https://angular.io/license
  */
-import {AnimateTimings, AnimationAnimateMetadata, AnimationGroupMetadata, AnimationKeyframesSequenceMetadata, AnimationMetadata, AnimationMetadataType, AnimationSequenceMetadata, AnimationStateMetadata, AnimationStyleMetadata, AnimationTransitionMetadata} from '@angular/animations';
+import {AnimateTimings, AnimationAnimateMetadata, AnimationGroupMetadata, AnimationKeyframesSequenceMetadata, AnimationMetadata, AnimationMetadataType, AnimationSequenceMetadata, AnimationStateMetadata, AnimationStyleMetadata, AnimationTransitionMetadata, sequence} from '@angular/animations';
 
 import {normalizeStyles, parseTimeExpression} from '../util';
 
@@ -52,7 +52,9 @@ export type StyleTimeTuple = {
  * Otherwise an error will be thrown.
  */
 export function validateAnimationSequence(ast: AnimationMetadata) {
-  return new AnimationValidatorVisitor().validate(ast);
+  const normalizedAst =
+      Array.isArray(ast) ? sequence(<AnimationMetadata[]>ast) : <AnimationMetadata>ast;
+  return new AnimationValidatorVisitor().validate(normalizedAst);
 }
 
 export class AnimationValidatorVisitor implements AnimationDslVisitor {
@@ -62,9 +64,13 @@ export class AnimationValidatorVisitor implements AnimationDslVisitor {
     return context.errors;
   }
 
-  visitState(ast: AnimationStateMetadata, context: any): any {}
+  visitState(ast: AnimationStateMetadata, context: any): any {
+    // these values are not visited in this AST
+  }
 
-  visitTransition(ast: AnimationTransitionMetadata, context: any): any {}
+  visitTransition(ast: AnimationTransitionMetadata, context: any): any {
+    // these values are not visited in this AST
+  }
 
   visitSequence(ast: AnimationSequenceMetadata, context: AnimationValidatorContext): any {
     ast.steps.forEach(step => visitAnimationNode(this, step, context));
diff --git a/modules/@angular/platform-browser/animations/src/util.ts b/modules/@angular/platform-browser/animations/src/util.ts
index f6c85f0b5a..c51dc046e6 100644
--- a/modules/@angular/platform-browser/animations/src/util.ts
+++ b/modules/@angular/platform-browser/animations/src/util.ts
@@ -49,9 +49,13 @@ export function parseTimeExpression(exp: string | number, errors: string[]): Ani
   return {duration, delay, easing};
 }
 
-export function normalizeStyles(styles: ɵStyleData[]): ɵStyleData {
+export function normalizeStyles(styles: ɵStyleData | ɵStyleData[]): ɵStyleData {
   const normalizedStyles: ɵStyleData = {};
-  styles.forEach(data => copyStyles(data, false, normalizedStyles));
+  if (Array.isArray(styles)) {
+    styles.forEach(data => copyStyles(data, false, normalizedStyles));
+  } else {
+    copyStyles(styles, false, normalizedStyles);
+  }
   return normalizedStyles;
 }
 
diff --git a/modules/@angular/platform-browser/animations/test/dsl/animation_spec.ts b/modules/@angular/platform-browser/animations/test/dsl/animation_spec.ts
index c45456f37f..50f8c6ebb6 100644
--- a/modules/@angular/platform-browser/animations/test/dsl/animation_spec.ts
+++ b/modules/@angular/platform-browser/animations/test/dsl/animation_spec.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
  * Use of this source code is governed by an MIT-style license that can be
  * found in the LICENSE file at https://angular.io/license
  */
-import {AUTO_STYLE, AnimationMetadata, animate, group, keyframes, sequence, style, ɵStyleData} from '@angular/animations';
+import {AUTO_STYLE, AnimationMetadata, AnimationMetadataType, animate, group, keyframes, sequence, style, ɵStyleData} from '@angular/animations';
 
 import {Animation} from '../../src/dsl/animation';
 import {AnimationTimelineInstruction} from '../../src/dsl/animation_timeline_instruction';
@@ -374,6 +374,38 @@ export function main() {
              expect(finalAnimatePlayerKeyframes[0]['height']).toEqual('300px');
              expect(finalAnimatePlayerKeyframes[1]['height']).toEqual('500px');
            });
+
+        it('should respect offsets if provided directly within the style data', () => {
+          const steps = animate(1000, keyframes([
+                                  style({opacity: 0, offset: 0}), style({opacity: .6, offset: .6}),
+                                  style({opacity: 1, offset: 1})
+                                ]));
+
+          const players = invokeAnimationSequence(steps);
+          expect(players.length).toEqual(1);
+          const player = players[0];
+
+          expect(player.keyframes).toEqual([
+            {opacity: 0, offset: 0}, {opacity: .6, offset: .6}, {opacity: 1, offset: 1}
+          ]);
+        });
+
+        it('should respect offsets if provided directly within the style metadata type', () => {
+          const steps =
+              animate(1000, keyframes([
+                        {type: AnimationMetadataType.Style, offset: 0, styles: {opacity: 0}},
+                        {type: AnimationMetadataType.Style, offset: .4, styles: {opacity: .4}},
+                        {type: AnimationMetadataType.Style, offset: 1, styles: {opacity: 1}},
+                      ]));
+
+          const players = invokeAnimationSequence(steps);
+          expect(players.length).toEqual(1);
+          const player = players[0];
+
+          expect(player.keyframes).toEqual([
+            {opacity: 0, offset: 0}, {opacity: .4, offset: .4}, {opacity: 1, offset: 1}
+          ]);
+        });
       });
 
       describe('group()', () => {
diff --git a/scripts/ci-lite/offline_compiler_test.sh b/scripts/ci-lite/offline_compiler_test.sh
index cd0ada6e8d..50d8fe8e97 100755
--- a/scripts/ci-lite/offline_compiler_test.sh
+++ b/scripts/ci-lite/offline_compiler_test.sh
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ set -ex -o pipefail
 
 # These ones can be `npm link`ed for fast development
 LINKABLE_PKGS=(
-  $(pwd)/dist/packages-dist/{common,forms,core,compiler,compiler-cli,platform-{browser,server},platform-browser-dynamic,router,http}
+  $(pwd)/dist/packages-dist/{common,forms,core,compiler,compiler-cli,platform-{browser,server},platform-browser-dynamic,router,http,animations}
   $(pwd)/dist/tools/@angular/tsc-wrapped
 )
 
diff --git a/tools/public_api_guard/animations/typings/animations.d.ts b/tools/public_api_guard/animations/typings/animations.d.ts
index 16286467c8..8d8af5ed45 100644
--- a/tools/public_api_guard/animations/typings/animations.d.ts
+++ b/tools/public_api_guard/animations/typings/animations.d.ts
@@ -81,15 +81,17 @@ export interface AnimationStateMetadata extends AnimationMetadata {
 
 /** @experimental */
 export interface AnimationStyleMetadata extends AnimationMetadata {
-    offset: number;
+    offset?: number;
     styles: {
         [key: string]: string | number;
+    } | {
+        [key: string]: string | number;
     }[];
 }
 
 /** @experimental */
 export interface AnimationTransitionMetadata extends AnimationMetadata {
-    animation: AnimationMetadata;
+    animation: AnimationMetadata | AnimationMetadata[];
     expr: string | ((fromState: string, toState: string) => boolean);
 }
 
diff --git a/tools/public_api_guard/core/typings/core.d.ts b/tools/public_api_guard/core/typings/core.d.ts
index 25b6a35321..8105f77149 100644
--- a/tools/public_api_guard/core/typings/core.d.ts
+++ b/tools/public_api_guard/core/typings/core.d.ts
@@ -70,9 +70,11 @@ export declare type AnimationStateTransitionMetadata = any;
 
 /** @deprecated */
 export interface AnimationStyleMetadata extends AnimationMetadata {
-    offset: number;
+    offset?: number;
     styles: {
         [key: string]: string | number;
+    } | {
+        [key: string]: string | number;
     }[];
 }
 
@@ -91,7 +93,7 @@ export interface AnimationTransitionEvent {
 
 /** @deprecated */
 export interface AnimationTransitionMetadata extends AnimationMetadata {
-    animation: AnimationMetadata;
+    animation: AnimationMetadata | AnimationMetadata[];
     expr: string | ((fromState: string, toState: string) => boolean);
 }