Jennifer Owen

Artistic Director, Choreographer,

Dancer

Jennifer Owen received her ballet training from Pacific Northwest Ballet School, San Francisco Ballet School, School of American Ballet, and the Bolshoi Ballet Academy. She went on to dance with the Russian State Ballet, Moscow Renaissance Ballet, Kansas City Ballet, Hong Kong Ballet, BalletMet, and had the unique experience of appearing as a guest artist with the National Ballet of Turkmenistan.  Notable roles Jennifer has danced include the title role in “Giselle,” Kitri in “Don Quixote,” principal roles in George Balanchine's “Tchaikovsky Pas de Deux” and “Donizetti Variations”, and the central pas de deux in Todd Bolender's “Arena.”  Jennifer is currently artistic director, dancer, and choreographer for the Owen/Cox Dance Group, an ensemble she founded with composer Brad Cox in 2006.  She has choreographed numerous works for the Owen/Cox Dance Group, as well as nine works for Kansas City Ballet's In the Wings choreographic workshop, a piece for Quixotic Performance Fusion, and a winning entry for the 2006 Columbus Choreography Project.  Jennifer is the recipient of a 2000 Princess Grace Honorarium.

Brad Cox

Co-Artistic Director,

Music Director,

Composer

Composer and pianist Brad Cox is co-artistic director and musical director for Owen/Cox Dance Group, a group he formed with dancer/choreographer Jennifer Owen in order to perform their original music and dance collaborations.  Brad has created a large and wide-ranging body of work, including over thirty large ensemble jazz pieces, over twenty chamber music and choral works, and numerous highly personal arrangements.  He has been a performing member of such diverse ensembles as The People's Liberation Big Band of Greater Kansas City, the Argentine tango group Tango Lorca, and the heavy metal/comedy act jazzdischarge.  He has written a number of arrangements for Sony Classical recording artist Nathan Granner, and has worked with Grammy award-winning producer and engineer Russ Elevado in creating arrangements for Krystle Warren and Nigerian guitarist Keziah Jones.