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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. CV – Dat Nguyen 1 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 CV – Dat Nguyen 2 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 CV – Dat Nguyen 3 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, Swan Lake 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 CV – Dat Nguyen 4 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
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