work history

 

2017 to present   
CHOREOGRAPHER  |PERFORMANCE MAKER 

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2015-2016          
Dancer at CINEVOX JUNIOR COMPANY (Switzerland)

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2014-2015           
Dancer at T.H.E DANCE COMPANY (Singapore)

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2009-2013           
Dancer at ARABESQUE DANCE COMPANY (Vietnam) 

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                                awards

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2013
Korean Dance Association Award

Korea International Modern Dance Competition

       collaborations | performances

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)

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2019 - 2020 

Grr Grr Graoz (Choreographed: Chung Nguyen, co-created & performed: Nguyên Nguyễn) 

at 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 Sack; 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)

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2019

The Live[ing] room                             
at Performance Plus; A.Farm (HCMC, Vietnam)

The Talk (as performer)
A dance video installation, in collaboration with fashion designer Cong Tri Nguyen, choreographed by Thanh Phuong Ngo (HCMC, Vietnam)

Inside Out (as 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
at Time Between Project: Ether, curated & produced: Quyen D.Pham & Nhung Walsh (HCMC, Vietnam)

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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
at Daegu International Dance Festival (Daegu, Korea) | Open Stage (HCMC, Vietnam)

Is There (in collaboration with Boram Jun, sound composer: Tine Surel Lange) at M1 Off Stage (Singapore)

Invisible Flow (in collaboration with Thuan Huu Nguyen, sound artist: Sto Len) at Krossing Over Arts Festival (HCMC, Vietnam)

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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
at M1 Open Stage (Singapore)

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2016

A Trip Of
at Open Stage, Tanz Lobby Zurich (Zurich, Switzerland)

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2015

Sleep Walker (in collaboration with Thuy Van)
at Saigon Ranger & Sao La (HCMC, Vietnam)

                              education

 

2021

Certificate Programme for Critical Practice in Contemporary Performance (CP)3; organised by Dance Nucleus in collaboration with LASALLE College of the Arts (Singapore)

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2020  

Workshop: Organ System (Somatic Movement Education Program). Olive Bieringa, Amy Matthews, and Mary Lou Seereiter, Somatic Education Australasia, School for Body-Mind Centering®, 49 hours (Melbourne, Australia) 

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Workshop: Basic Neurocellular Patterns (Somatic Movement Education Program). Olive Bieringa, Amy Matthews, and Mary Lou Seereiter, Somatic Education Australasia, School for Body-Mind Centering®, 49 hours (Melbourne, Australia)

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2002-2009 

VIETNAM ACADEMY OF DANCE 

Intermediate Professional Education Diploma 

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                     artist-in-residence

 

2021-2023  
Grey Space (a 3 year project starts 2021-2023; Cont-act Contemporary Dance Festival (Singapore)

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2021 

(Online) Element #8: Not yet (still here) already gone, a reserach residency facilitated by Nikolaus Gansterer, organised by Dance Nucleus (Singapore)

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2020 

(Online) Southeast Asia Choreographers Network (SEACN #3), Organized by Kelola Foundation, supported by Asian Cultural Council

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2019   
Southeast Asia Choreographers Network (SEACN #2)- Platform/s; facilitated by Helly Minarti & Daniel Kok (Yogyakarta, Indonesia)

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The International Choreographers Residency, American Dance Festival | Supported by Asian Cultural Council, in partnership with Kelola Foundation (Durham, USA)

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2018

 Southeast Asia Chorelab, facilitated by Isabelle Schad | travel supported by Goethe Institut Ho Chi Minh City (Rimbun Dahan, Malaysia)

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2017  

Deep in the mountains (Korea)

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                   funds | grants

 

2019

Asian Cultural Council (USA)

participated at The International Choreographers Residency, American Dance Festival (USA), and Southeast Asian Choreographers Network, Kelola Foundation (Indonesia).

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2018

Goethe Institut Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam)

Travel grant

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2017

Prince Claus Fund (Netherlands)

Travel grant