Nik Owens (Company Member) began his move- ment experience as a competitive gymnast for 15 years and 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 has worked with Nicholas Leichter, Tania Isaac, and Kyle Abraham/Abraham.In.Motion and has per- formed works by The Dance Exchange, Raja Kelly/ The Feath3r Theory, Bryn Cohn and Artists, Helen Simoneau Danse, The Bang Group, Kayla Farrish- Decent Structures Arts, Dual Rivet, 10 Hairy Legs and others. He has worked on several duet proj- ects and has been commissioned to create works at Rivertown Dance Academy in New York and The Wooden Floor (under David Dorfman Dance) in California. He currently collaborates and performs with Tiffany Mills Company, Kyle Marshall Chore- ography, and David Dorfman Dance. In 2021 he began working on a solo of his own creation called The Right Kind and plans to continue that project’s choreographic journey. Lisa Race (Guest Artist ) danced in NYC for many years before moving to Connecticut, where she is a Professor of Dance at Connecticut College. Race first began dancing with DDD in 1989, and received a Bessie in 1995 for her dancing with the company. Her choreography has been seen at the former DTW, Danspace Project, Dancenow and MR at the Judson Church. She has been fortu- nate to teach at dance festivals, including Bates, ADF and ImPulsTanz, and has given workshops at many locations around the globe. Race has col- laborated with Shawn Hove on three dance films, and is currently in the midst of a collaboration with Rachel Boggia and Sydney Bryan, centered on Race’s mother Beverly (1920-2022).
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