Dat Nguyen Salt Lake City, Utah E-mail: [email protected] Website: motionvivid.com

EDUCATION MFA in Dance, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah 2015- With Screendance Certificate Expected graduation: May 2020 Thesis work: TBD Curriculum included: daily training in Modern and Ballet technique; Advanced Improvisation and Contact Improv; Grad Dance Technology; three semesters of Workshop; Research Design; Aesthetics and Criticism; Teaching Method; Dancing Bodies; Dance Administration in Academe; two semesters in Grad Dance Performance; two semesters in Advanced Principles of Teaching; Thesis Research Studio; two semesters of Thesis Research. Faculty: Luc Vanier, Stephen Koester, Ellen Bromberg, Brent Schneider, Sharee Lane, Eric Handman, Satu Hummasti, Molly Heller, Daniel Clifton, Scotty Hardwig.

BFA in Dance, Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, TX 2012-2014 Graduated Summa Cum Laude Curriculum included: daily training in Modern and Ballet technique; Pilates; Contemporary/Lyrical; Intro to Tap; Dance History; Dance as Art; Social and Folk Dance; Dance and Technology; Principles of Dance Technique; Dance Criticism and Analysis; Dance Pedagogy; Career Resources in Dance; Senior Studio; five semesters in Repertory; three semesters in Choreography, and four semesters in Dance Workshop/Costume Crew. Faculty: Jennifer Pontius, Dr. Cindy Gratz, Dana Nicolay, Betty Nicolay, Andy Noble, Dionne Noble, Erin Reck, Elijah Gibson, Jonathan Smith, Kiera Amison, Jennifer Mabus, Travis Prockop, Kim Clay, David Deveau, Rebecca Cobo, and Barry Doss.

Texas A&M University – Corpus Christi, Corpus Christi, TX 2010-2012 Curriculum included: two semesters in Acting; Stage Craft; Theatre Workshop; Voice and Diction; Script Analysis; Ballet; Modern; Jazz; Dance Performance; two semesters in Dance Composition Faculty: Joseph Don Luna, Kelly Russell, Phil Johnson, and Jilissa Cotten.

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TEACHING EXPERIENCE School of Dance – University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah Spring 2018 DANC 1075 – Dance : A Creative Process Lead Teacher. This course accesses aspects of the creative process through the medium of movement and dance. Non-major students explore different dance forms and modes of creativity used in artistic discovery. DANC 6820 – Aesthetics & Criticism Teaching Assistant to visiting professor Nathan Dryden. This seminar is designed for advanced inquiry in selected areas of dance philosophy and criticism. The course focuses on fundamental questions of values in relationship to the arts. DANC 1730 – Dance: Viewing, Writing, and Talking Guest Lecturer & Teaching Assistant to Professor Molly Heller. This course aims to expand one’s perspectives through viewing, writing about and discussing contemporary dance. Through this course, students broaden their knowledge about the work and artists that represent today’s field of contemporary dance as it is happening in the US and around the world. Through writing and talking about dance, students become more articulate in the ability to discuss ideas and in their ability to be effective advocates for dance. Students will be asked to challenge their cultural and aesthetic perceptions and biases, to broaden their artistic dimensionality and to reflect on their role in self- sustaining creativity. We will also grow our artistic community through virtual and in- person conversations with artists from all over the world. BALLE 2330 – Modern Technique II (for Ballet Majors) – Guest Instructor DANC 2321 – Ballet II – Guest Instructor DANC 1320 – Technique – Guest Instructor DANC 1030 – Non-Majors Advanced Modern Dance – Guest Instructor DANC 1021 – Contact Improvisation – Guest Instructor Fall 2017 DANC 1023 – Non-Major Dance Composition Lead Teacher. This course is designed for non-majors to provide structured learning and experience with group improvisation and dance composition. Fundamental concepts of dance composition and choreography are explored DANC 6430 – Screendance Guest Lecturer & Teaching Assistant to professor Ellen Bromberg. This class welcomes graduate students who never have any video making experience as well as film grad students who never dance before, to come together to create, as well as discuss, and theorize dancing on the screen. THEA 2240 – 2nd year Movement for Actor Training Program Guest Instructor & Teaching Assistant to visiting professor Jacque Bell. This class introduces the fundamentals of movement and their relationship to acting. Focus is on body alignment, awareness, placement, centering, and grounding in space. Course explores Alexander technique as well as Modern and Ballet technique. DANC 1310 – Technique – Guest Instructor

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Spring 2017 DANC 1720 – Introduction to Dance Technology Lead Teacher. This class introduces freshmen of the modern dance program to the basic of technology – making photos, music, videos, and website – in order to prepare them for extensive training on those topics that will be taught in their next three year of college. DANC 1023 – Non-Major Dance Composition – Guest Instructor Fall 2016 DANC 6430 – Screendance Teaching Assistant to professor Ellen Bromberg. This class welcome graduate students who never have any video making experience as well as film grad students who never dance before, to come together to create, as well as discuss, and theorize dancing on the screen. Spring 2016 DANC 1720 – Intro to Technology Guest Instructor & Teaching Assistant to instructor Florian Alberge. This class introduces freshmen of the modern dance program to the basic of technology – making photos, music, videos, and website – in order to prepare them for extensive training on those topics that will be taught in their next three year of college.

George Washington Carver High School, Houston, TX 2015 Taught dance technique. Styles taught: ballet, contemporary Age group: 8-16 Red Door Production, Houston, TX 2015 Taught dance technique. Styles taught: ballet, contemporary Age group: 8-16 Lake Houston Performing Arts Center 2015 Taught dance technique. Styles taught: ballet, contemporary, jazz Age group: 5-16

CREATIVE RESEARCH From Flesh to 2018 Location: Marriott Center for Dance, Salt Lake City, Utah A 8 min site specific infused with TV live streaming tech for 2 dancers Stuck in Mediation 2017 Location: Marriott Center for Dance, Salt Lake City, Utah A 8 min group work fused with live projection – 7 dancers Breath of Being 2017 Location: Marriott Center for Dance, Salt Lake City, Utah A 11 min group work for 7 dancers Music by Teeth

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Vividly Kinetic 2017 Location: Marriott Center for Dance, Salt Lake City, Utah A 7 min solo Interlacing 312 2016 Location: Marriott Center for Dance, Salt Lake City, Utah A 10 min duet Music by Michael Wall Our Memories Pass Through Me Like That Meteor Shower Sky 2016 Location: Classroom 130, Marriott Center for Dance, Salt Lake City, Utah A 13 min duet performed in a self-designed installation Music by Sylvie Vartan, Michael Wall Water Solos 2016 Location: Sugar Space Arts Warehouse, Salt Lake City, Utah 3 self-performed solos, approximately 15 min Music: Edith Piaf, Dissection through Interconnections 2016 Location: Sugar Space Arts Warehouse, Salt Lake City, Utah A 15 min trio Music: Tennis, David Byrne Bobby Watson and What Did You Say? 2015 Location: Film and Media Arts Building A 12 min quartet performed in a self-designed installation that incorporated live feed video projection A.U.M 2014 In collaborations with Carla Pinto and dancers Location: James and Nancy Gaertner Performing Arts Center, Huntsville, TX A 14 min group dance for 9 dancers Music by Senking, Fred Firth, and Inner Splendor Media Pas de Odalisques (excerpt from Le Corsaire) 2014 Location: James and Nancy Gaertner Performing Arts Center, Huntsville, TX Staging a Pas De Troi – classical repertory Music by Ludwig Minkus Brain Flowers 2014 Location: Performing Arts Center, Johnson State College, Johnson, VT A 6 min trio Music by Thom Hanreich Dispatched Love 2014 Location: James and Nancy Gaertner Performing Arts Center, Huntsville, TX A 5 min group dance for 3 dancers Music by Roy Orbison, David Lynch Core of Heart 2014 Location: James and Nancy Gaertner Performing Arts Center, Huntsville, TX A 4 min solo Music by Anthony Stewart Head & George Sarah

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Imagine 2012 Location: Texas A&M University Corpus Christi, TX A 3 min solo, self-performed Poem by Maya Angelou When I Painted It Black, You Stopped The Water From Running 2012 Location: Performing Arts Center, Johnson State College, Johnson, VT A 5 min group dance for 6 dancers Music by Zoe Keating

Screendance Ann (or the making of “Bright Eyes”) 2018 Salt Lake City, UT – 9 min dance documentary/screendance hybrid The Rhythm of O 2017 Salt Lake City, UT – 4 min screendance Mist 2017 Salt Lake City, UT – A study of Maya Derren cutting technique The Advent of Two 2017 Salt Lake City, UT – A study of Charles Atlas camera technique The Girl in The Photographs 2016 Salt Lake City, UT – 10 min dance narrative Interconnection through Dissections 2016 Salt Lake City, UT – 5 min dance for 3 dancers Speak Loudly When You Hear Noises 2014 Huntsville, TX – 6 min solo Badoreos 2013 Huntsville, TX – 6 min dance for 2 dancers 500 feet 2013 Huntsville, TX – 3 min study solo The One That Doesn’t Work 2013 Huntsville, TX – 3 min study solo

PERFORMATIVE RESEARCH v Professional Level Company: Nicolay Dance Work, Houston, TX 2013 - 2015 Main concerts included: Beyond 2015 Timeline 2014 Choreographer: Dana Nicolay Company founding member Repertory included: • Sakura – a 8 min duet • Vivaldi Trois – a 9 min trio

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• Alone, Again, Anew – a 9 min group dance • Chaordinum – a 11 min group dance • Into Darkness – a 10 min group dance • Anthem – a 10 min group dance • Dream Birds – a 8 min group dance • Free Fall – a 4 min group dance • Mes Amis – a 17 min dance for five dancers • Burgarmasca – a 6 min ballet • Sabachthani – a 6 min men piece • Chiaroscuro – a 7 min duet – understudy • Hands On – a 4 min duet – understudy v University Level University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah 2015- Concerts included: Graduate Thesis Proposal 2016 Fall and Spring Performing Dance Company 2015-2016 Honest Bodies 2015 Grad Salon 2015

Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, TX 2012-2014 Concerts included: Vantage Point 2014 Radiate 2014 Encompassing Bodies 2014 Dances @ 8 2014 Home and Away 2013 Departure 2013 Elbow Room* 2013 XXI – Pieces of a Whole 2013 Reach 2012 Theatre and Dance Scholarship Gala: An Evening at Moulin Rouge 2012 B.F.A – Before Falling into Action 2012 Location: Performing Arts Center, Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, TX *Location: Crazywood Arts & Movement Complex, Huntsville, TX Performed in Works: • Ultra Loungers by guest artist Gerald Theorét – a 18 min ballet – soloist • Anthem by Dana Nicolay – a 10 min group dance • Free Fall by Dana Nicolay – a 4 min group dance • Dream Birds by Dana Nicolay – a 8 min contemporary ballet • Alone, Again, Anew by dana Nicolay – a 9 min group dance • Elbow room by Kim Clay – thesis concert – improver

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¨ Original choreography: • Import Export by guest artist Maurice Causey – a 12 min contemporary dance • Ballet Suite by Jennifer Pontius – a 6 min ballet – pas de deux couple • Social Fabric by Dana Nicolay – a 12 min group dance • Shaving the Stone by Dana Nicolay – a 5 min ballet • Can Can by Jonathan Charles Smith – a 3 min group dance • Kaleidoscope by Tim Holecek – a 6 min group dance • Good Girl by Alexis Preston – a 3 min solo • Behind The Painted Scene by Adorina Nguyen – a 6 min ballet • The Courageous Flight of a Faithful Self by Melissa Compian – a 7 min group dance

Texas A&M University – Corpus Christi, TX 2011-2012 Island Dance Demo (3 times) Location: Performing Art Center, Texas A&M University – Corpus Christi, TX Performed in all original choreography by: ¨ Jilissa Cotten: • Limbus – a 10 min group dance • A Season for the Lotus – a 5 min ballet • Envious Chatter – a 4 min jazz piece • Frenetic Abyss – a 5 min jazz piece • Walking in Space – a 4 min musical theatre jazz piece • Let’s Get Something Straight – a 8 min modern piece • Superstar – a 4 min musical theatre jazz piece • Dancin’ in the Streets – a 5 min jazz piece • Moonlight – a 6 min ballet • Black Orchid – a 4 min jazz piece • Variations – a 6 min modern piece • Let’s go – a 4 min musical theatre jazz piece • Tripped Up World – a 5 min modern piece • No, Never – a 3 min modern piece • Celebration – a 4 min jazz piece ¨ Others: • Imagine – a 3 min self-choreographed solo • Owei Nati Kamaya by The S.T.A.G.E, co-choreographed – a 4 min quartet • Balancing Act by Sarah Gonzalez – a 7 min group piece Parade of Nations – by International Student Office 2012 Location: Performing Art Center, Texas A&M University – Corpus Christi, TX • Imagine – a 3 min solo Vietnam Night – by Vietnamese Student Association 2011 Location: Warren Theatre, Texas A&M University – Corpus Christi, TX Performing in Vietnamese traditional and cultural dances

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American Ballet Theatre 2014 Performed in summer intensive final showing concert Location: studio, New York City, NY Performed in works: • Czardas from Coppelia – staged by Charles Askegard • Variations for 12 – choreography by Anton Dolin, staged by Ethan Brown • City Scape – original choreography by Hollie Wright

Corpus Christi Concert Ballet, Corpus Christi, TX 2011 The Nutcracker Choreographer: Thom Clower Location: American Bank Center, Corpus Christi, TX Performed in guests/party scene and Russian Trepak variation

Acting Experience 2010-2012 Location: Wilson and Warren Theatre, Texas A&M University – Corpus Christi, TX Performed as actor in: • Trojan Horse directed by Kelsey Clay – role: Matthew • The Legend of The Thunder God directed by Haley Skeans – role: Young boy

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• An Actor’s Nightmare directed by Hanfeng Liu – role: Henry and Executioner • The Happy Ones directed by Hannah Morrison – role: Bao Ngo • The Baltimore Waltz directed by Dani Stetka – role: dancer

Harbor Playhouse, Corpus Christi, TX 2011 West Side Story Director: Joel Early Choreographer: Jilissa Cotten Location: Harbor Playhouse, Corpus Christi, TX Role: Pepe

PRODUCTION EXPERIENCE School of Dance – University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 2015-2018 Performing Dance Company; Utah Ballet 1; Utah Ballet 2; Utah Ballet 3; Hansel & Gretel; Honest Bodies; Shirt & Skin; Senior Showcase Duty: Flyman, deckhand, sound board operator, light board operator, spot-light operator, stage manager Department of Dance – Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, TX 2012-2015 L'Enfant et les Sortilèges – in collaboration with School of Music 2015 Duty: Dance Rehearsal Assistant Texas Dance Improvisation Festival 2014 Duties: registration Vantage Point; Radiate; Home and Away; Departure, and Reach 2012-2014 Duties: costumes construction crew, stitcher, cutter ; poster designer Heart of Texas – American College Dance Association South Conference 2013 Duties: registration table; pager for dancers; classroom monitor Burklyn Ballet Theatre 2012-2013 Location: Johnson State College, Johnson, VT Duties: strike dance studios and the stage; help with costumes, props for performances Theatre Department – Texas A&M University – Corpus Christi, TX 2011 Shows: Urinetown; The Skin of Our Teeth; Spring Awakening, and The Odyssey Duty: scenery construction crew – supervised by Phil Johnson Show: Corpus Christi Idol Duties: registration table; pager for contestants; usher Bailando Dance Festival – Corpus Christi Concert Ballet 2011 Location: Harbor Playhouse, Corpus Christi, TX Duty: pager for dancers InStep Dance Studio recital 2011 Location: Harbor Playhouse, Corpus Christi, TX Duty: pager, keep children calm and quiet

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OTHER TRAINING & WORKSHOP American College Dance Association North West Conference 2016-2018

Salt Dance Fest 2015; 2017-2018 Two weeks of moving, researching movement, and exploring the creative process. Faculty: Eric Handman, Paul Matteson, Idan Shirabi

American Ballet Theatre, New York City, NY 2014 Collegiate Summer Intensive. Classes included: daily Men’s class; daily Pas de Deux; Yoga; Pilates, and daily Repertory and rehearsal. Faculty: Melissa Bowman, Charles Askegard, Ethan Brown, and Rosanna Servalli

Burklyn Ballet Theatre, Johnson, VT 2012-2014 Classes included: daily ballet technique and one other technique that differs every week (modern/jazz/contemporary/choreography); Men’s class; Pas de Deux, and daily rehearsal for weekly concerts. Faculty: artistic director Joanne Whitehill, Ashley Nemeth, Rob Royce, Jared Mesa, Arthur Leeth, Helen Starr, Alun Jones, John Gardner, Amanda McKerrow, Robert Mills, Julia Gleich, Peter Merz, Joseph Goodman, Kim Robards, Molly Faulkner, Thom Clower

American College Dance Association South Conference 2013

Butler Community School, Austin, TX 2013 Daily Ballet Technique with conditioning Faculty: Christopher Swaim, Terri Lynn Wright, and Arletta Howard Logan

Corpus Christi Concert Ballet, Corpus Christi, TX 2011-2012 Daily Ballet Technique Faculty: artistic director Nancy Sulik, Chrisi Carter, Thom Clower

OTHER SKILLS Language: fluent in Vietnamese Dance Photography: Portfolio includes shooting for concerts: GALA 2018 Utah Ballet II 2018 In. Memory. Of. 2018 Fugue 2017 Utah Ballet I 2017 Asteria 2017 On Site 2017 They Reminisce 2017

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Homeward 2017 “( )” 2017 Performing Dance Company 2017 Suite Space 2017 Performing Dance Company 2016 Magazine Street #22 2016 Reimagining the West 2016 The Long and Short of It 2016 Fall Student Concert 2016 E.volve 2016 Red Lake 2016 CAMEO 2015 If These Walls Could Speak 2015 L'Enfant et les Sortilèges 2015 If These Walls Could Speak 2015 Anomaly 2014 Discrimi-NATION 2014 Encompassing Bodies 2014 Dances @ 8 2014 Radiate 2014 The EDGE 2014 Nuance 2014 At Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, TX Graphic design: able to use Photoshop well to design posters for many events, included: Sam Houston State University – Huntsville, TX ¨ SHSU Dance Department 2014 • Vantage Point Texas A&M University – Corpus Christi, TX ¨ International Student Office 2010-2012 • Parade of Nations – three years in a row ¨ Theatre Department 2011 • Corpus Christi Idol – created poster and logo • Island Dance Demo – collaborated with faculty to formulate poster ¨ Vietnamese Student Association 2010 • Badminton Tournament • Moon Festival • Vietnam Night • Banner to present the organization in International Education Week Camp counseling: thrice served as counselor at Burklyn Ballet Theatre Summer Intensives. Duty: bed checking; assisting students and advising on technique; on-call at night; checking on supplements; closing and opening studios

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LEADERSHIP University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah Fine Arts Fee (FAF) Grant Committee Representative 2017-2018 Together with other committee representatives from the College of Fine Arts, the FAF grant committee manages more than $150,000 in grant money for student-led projects throughout the College of Fine Arts. We are in charge of reviewing grants, distributing grant money, as well as reviewing the progress of projects funded by FAF grant. Student Advisory Committee (SAC) Chair 2017-2018 Duties included: organize SAC meetings; in charge of organizing Retention, Promotion, and Tenure (RPT) Review Committee with the SAC (The RPT committee convenes to discuss students’ evaluations of faculty when faculty seeks Retention, Promotion, or Tenure); meet monthly with the Chair of the Department or the Director of School of Dance to convey, express concern for the student body; organize social activities, enhancing connection between students (include Halloween skit, Pauhana end of each semester presentation of works) Student Advisory Committee (SAC) Representative 2015-2017 Duties included: meet monthly with the Chair of the Department or the Director of School of Dance to convey, express concern for the student body; organize social activities, enhancing connection between students (include Halloween skit, Pauhana end of each semester presentation of works) Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, TX Chi Tau Epsilon: Dance Honor Society – member 2012-2014 Texas A&M University – Corpus Christi, TX Vietnamese Student Association: an organization that culturally presents Vietnamese students community on campus – member from 2010 to 2012; Vice President of Public Relation during Fall 2010 The S.T.A.G.E: a dance organization on campus advised by professor Jilissa Cotten – member – co-choreographed a dance with officers

AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIP President’s List – Sam Houston State University – Fall 2012 Dean’s List SHSU College of Fine Arts and Mass Communication – Fall 2012 to Fall 2014 SHSU Dance Department Scholarship - $1,000 – Fall 2014 Silver Scissor Award for Excellence in Costume Construction – SHSU Dance Department – Spring 2014 Half Scholarship for American Ballet Theatre Collegiate Summer Intensive – 2014 SHSU BearKat Transfer Scholarship - $3,000 each year for 2 years – Fall 2012 to Spring 2014 Burklyn Ballet Counselor Study Scholarship – three summer intensives – from 2012 to 2014 International student ESLI scholarship – $1,000 each year for 2 years –Fall 2010 to Spring 2012 Excellence in Poster Design – TAMUCC Theatre Department – Spring 2011

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