CV
Career History
2017 - present
Freelance Choreographer | Performer | Somatic Movement Facilitator
2023 - present
Registered Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapist
2015 - 2016
Dancer at Cinevox Junior Company (Switzerland)
2014 - 2015
Dancer at T.H.E Dance Company (Singapore)
2009 - 2013
Dancer at Arabesque Dance Company (Vietnam)
Awards
2013
Korean Dance Association Award
Korea International Modern Dance Competition (Korea)
Education
2024 - 2025
Exercise Research Australia (Melbourne)
Certificate IV in Allied Health Assistance
2022 - 2023
Body Intelligence Training (Melbourne)
Diploma in Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy
2002 - 2009
Viet Nam Academy of Dance (Vietnam)
Intermediate Professional Education Diploma (Dance)
Performances | Collaborations
2025
Fluid Memories (work in progress), in collaboration with James Nguyen and Gav Barbey, The Front Studio Residency, Temperance Hall (Melbourne)
2024
Fluid Memories: Self-portrayal
Work-in-development, as part of the Independent Choreographers Program (ICP) outcome, presented and supported by Dance House Melbourne and Insite Arts.
2022
What is the point if we don't share a good dream together, right?
A process-based performance, choreographed by Chung Nguyen, dancers: Nur Rifzky Hidayat, Angel Rahmana Putra, Fazri Arif Sahputra, Suci Nur Alif, Dhea Two Hesty, Dewi Safitri, Silvy Harika. West Sumatera Dance Festival, Padangpanjang, Indonesia.
AM/FM Therapy
A collaborative work by Chung Nguyen (Vietnam), Pakhamon Much Hemachandra (Thailand), and Annamaria Ajmone (Italy). Sound/Music by Julia Santoli (USA). Curated by Anthea Seah (Singapore/USA). Grey Space Residency organised by Cont-act Contemporary Dance Festival, with a development residency ARTEFACT#5 supported by Dance Nucleus (Singapore).
2021
Another Lie, Another Delusion hoặc Lại Một Sự Dối Trá Khác
(Online + on-site screening) A video artwork created by Chung Nguyen, inspired by the short story IT’S ALL LIES. IT’S ALL DELUSIONAL by writer/visual artist Nguyễn Thúy Hằng.
Bardo, in collaboration with Julia Santoli
A video work presented/screened online at Live Dreams: Transcend, curated by Choy Ka Fai, LIVEWORKS FESTIVAL OF EXPERIMENTAL ART (Sydney, Australia), & Re: Live Performance Lab “Shifting Roots”, curated by Kathie Halfin (Brooklyn, USA)
2019 - 2020
Grr Grr Graoz (Choreographed: Chung Nguyen, co-created & performed: Nguyên Nguyễn), Open Stage, organized by Arabesque Dance Company (HCMC, Vietnam)
Canary in the coal mine (tạm dịch: "hoàng yến trong mỏ than")
at Ether: The Rebirth; Time Between project, supported by Goethe Institut HCMC and Quoc Thao Theatre (HCMC, Vietnam)
The Sacks: a series of performances
at No Cai Bum Art Week 2020 (Hue, Vietnam) | Performance Plus 2019; Mot+++ (HCMC, Vietnam) | Para\\el Performance Space (2019); curated by Leili Huzaibah (Brooklyn, USA) | American Dance Festival (2019); The International Choreographers Residency (Durham, USA)
2019
The Live[ing] room
Performance Plus; A.Farm (HCMC, Vietnam)
The Talk (as a performer)
A dance video installation, in collaboration with fashion designer Cong Tri Nguyen, choreographed by Thanh Phuong Ngo (HCMC, Vietnam)
Inside Out (as a performer)
A performative exhibition choreographed by Isabelle Schad (Malaysia)
While in RD (in collaboration with Sherli Novalinda)
A site-specific work, Dancing in Place Project (Malaysia)
The Hooks: No.2
Time Between Project: Ether, curated & produced: Quyen D.Pham & Nhung Walsh (HCMC, Vietnam)
2018
Memento Mori (as a guest artist)
A community project (Vietnam)
IMbalance (choreographed & performed: Chung Nguyễn, Chinh Khanh, Tieu Thinh) at Wintercearig Project, director: Tricia Nguyen (HCMC, Vietnam)
The Hooks: No.1
Daegu International Dance Festival (Daegu, Korea) | Open Stage (HCMC, Vietnam)
Is There (in collaboration with Boram Jun, sound composer: Tine Surel Lange) M1 Off Stage (Singapore)
Invisible Flow (in collaboration with Thuan Huu Nguyen, sound artist: Sto Len) Krossing Over Arts Festival (HCMC, Vietnam)
2017
Is There (in collaboration with Boram Jun, sound composer: Tine Surel Lange) at Korea National Theater (S.Korea) - part of Deep in The Mountains Residency
Reallusion (a collaborative work by Chung Nguyen, Phuong Thanh Ngo, Thuan Huu Nguyen, Thuy Van, sound artist: Dao Duy Tung, lighting: Duong Quoc Khoa)
Interactive to sculptural work by visual artist Ly Hoang Ly, The Factory Contemporary Arts Centre, (HCMC, Vietnam)
A Trip Of
M1 Open Stage (Singapore)
2016
A Trip Of
Open Stage, Tanz Lobby Zurich (Zurich, Switzerland)
2015
Sleep Walker (in collaboration with Thuy Van)
Saigon Ranger & Sao La (HCMC, Vietnam)
Artist-In-Residence
2026
Moving Forward Residency, LGI, WXYZ studio, Melbourne (Australia)
2025
The Front Studio Residency, Temperance Hall, Melbourne (Australia)
2021-2023
Grey Space (a 3-year project starts 2021-2023; Cont-act Contemporary Dance Festival (Singapore)
2021
(Online) Element #8: Not yet (still here) already gone, a research residency facilitated by Nikolaus Gansterer, organised by Dance Nucleus (Singapore)
2020
(Online) Southeast Asia Choreographers Network (SEACN #3), Organized by the Kelola Foundation, and supported by the Asian Cultural Council
2019
Southeast Asia Choreographers Network (SEACN #2)- Platform/s; facilitated by Helly Minarti & Daniel Kok (Yogyakarta, Indonesia)
The International Choreographers Residency, American Dance Festival | Supported by Asian Cultural Council, in partnership with Kelola Foundation (Durham, USA)
2018
Southeast Asia Chorelab, facilitated by Isabelle Schad | travel supported by Goethe Institut Ho Chi Minh City (Rimbun Dahan, Malaysia)
2017
Deep in the mountains (Korea)
Professional Development | Artist Labs
Somatic Movement Education Program: Senses and Perceptions 1
School for Body-Mind Centering® / Somatic Education Australasia
Course, 28 hours, February 2025, Melbourne, Australia
Somatic Movement Education Program: Muscular System
School for Body-Mind Centering® / Somatic Education Australasia
Course, 63 hours, April 2024, Melbourne, Australia
Independent Choreographers Program (ICP), Dance House Melbourne
August - December 2024, Melbourne, Australia
Somatic Movement Education Program: Primitive Reflexes, Righting Reactions & Equilibrium Responses
School for Body-Mind Centering® / Somatic Education Australasia
Course, 42 hours, March 2023, Melbourne, Australia
Somatic Movement Education Program: Fluids Systems
School for Body-Mind Centering® / Somatic Education Australasia
Course, 49 hours, October 2022, Melbourne, Australia
Certificate Programme for Critical Practice in Contemporary Performance (CP)3, Dance Nucleus in collaboration with Lasalle College of the Arts
Online, Apr - Aug 2021, Singapore
Somatic Movement Education Program: Organ Systems
Somatic Education Australasia / School for Body-Mind Centering®
Course, 49 hours, Feb 2020, Melbourne, Australia
Somatic Movement Education Program: Basic Neurocellular Patterns
Somatic Education Australasia / School for Body-Mind Centering®
Course, 49 hours, Feb 2020–Mar 2020, Melbourne, Australia
Funds | Grants
2026
The City of Melbourne Arts Grants
2019
Asian Cultural Council (USA)
For the participation in The International Choreographers Residency, American Dance Festival (USA), and Southeast Asian Choreographers Network, Kelola Foundation (Indonesia).
2018
Goethe Institut Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam)
Travel grant
2017
Prince Claus Fund (Netherlands)
Travel grant