Johnny Huy Nguyen is a multidisciplinary dancer, choreographer, performance maker, and son of refugees working at the intersection of street and contemporary dance, martial arts, theater, ritual, installation, and multimedia. Centering AAPI and global majority communities, he creates visceral works that interrogate the social, political, and cultural forces that shape us to ignite personal and collective
Invoking the body as a vessel for
ancestors, social change, and new possibilities
Building layered worlds as a container for
memory, history, and inheritance
Moving fluidly between the personal and the political without losing the human spirit at the center
“It was a revelation.”
Truong Tran, award-winning poet and author
“Amazing. Home. Beautiful.”
Sean San Jose, former creative director of Magic Theater
“What a tour de force! Movement felt so organic and real.”
SanSan Kwan, chair of UCBerkeley Theater, Dance, and Performance Studies
Funders
Select Awards
Walter Elise & Haas Creative Power Finalist
Isadora Duncan Dance Award Winner
United States of Asian America Festival - Headlining Artist
APAture Festival - Headlining Artist
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