Nicholas A. Owens is most known throughout the Indianapolis area as a dancer, free-lance choreographer, photographer and co-founder and former Artistic Director of Kenyettá Dance Company. For the past 3 years he has been directing his own professional modern dance company, NODC (Nicholas Owens Dance Company). He began dancing at age thirteen, studying at Kenyettá Dance Studio. His training includes modern, classical ballet, jazz, African Dance forms, tap and hip-hop dance. He has attended major dance workshops such as the International Association of Blacks in Dance Conference and the African American Dance Company workshop in Bloomington, Indiana. He has traveled and performed nationally and internationally. He currently teaches modern and jazz dance classes at the Indiana Ballet Conservatory. He has also taught 2 full semesters of Freshman jazz as an adjunct professor at Butler University.