Nik Owens (he/him/his) is from Los Angeles, CA, and began his movement experience as a competitive gymnast for 15 years. He began his dance training in his senior year of high school and continued at Wesleyan University, where he received a BA in Dance and a certificate in Environmental Studies. He lived in New York City for 11 years where he was a company member/collaborator with and performed works by Raja Kelly/The Feath3r Theory, Bryn Cohn and Artists, Hélène Simoneau Danse, The Bang Group, Kayla Farrish Decent Structures Arts, Dual Rivet, 10 Hairy Legs, Tiffany Mills Company, Kyle Marshall Choreography, and others. Currently, he collaborates, performs, and teaches with David Dorfman Dance. He has been afforded the opportunity to teach at institutions such as Wesleyan University, Gibney Dance Center, Rivertown Dance Academy, Dancewave, and many others. In 2021–2023, Nik was commissioned to choreograph and perform his 25-minute solo work, The Right Kind, at Rivertown Dance Academy, Wesleyan University, and Arts on Site. He has choreographed other works for Rivertown Dance Academy and The Wooden Floor in California in 2018 (under David Dorfman Dance alongside Kendra Portier). Currently, he is pursuing his MFA at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.