I am a performance artist who studies how and why bodies move. I am interested in how performance creates and changes our perception of identity, space-time, and relationships. My work is autoethnograhpic, examining and excavating my lived experience as a 2nd generation queer Vietnamese-American, a child of refugees. I ‘write’ and choreograph with varied mediums: dance, singing-songwriting, poetry, live installation, video projection, and sound scoring.

 

While I have closely studied many movement forms (contemporary and modern dance, House, Jazz, Ballet, Yoga, and Tae-Kwon-Do), I am most concerned with creating a choreographic voice that reflects my Vietnamese and Queer family and community. My research is largely informed by Feldenkrais, a somatic practice that forefronts one’s potential to change and the importance of doing less, listening more. Having received Bachelors in Arts in Human Biology from Brown University, I use anatomically specific language as a poetic form to transform the way my students perceive and move in the world. I continued my research at the School of Dance at University of the Arts, where I received his Master in Fine Arts in 2024. 

 

I have had an expansive, shape-shifting career in commercial, concert, and experimental dance. I have toured internationally with singer Melanie Martinez (choreographed by Brian Friedman) and with Dana Foglia Dance (choreographer for Beyoncé). I have also collaborated with notable concert choreographers such as Netta Yerushalmy, Doug Varone, and Jenn Nugent. I earned the position of Artist in Residence during my third year teaching at University of the Arts (Philadelphia) in 2023-24. I have produced works at University of the Arts, Philadelphia’s Asian Arts Initiative, Brown University’s Arts Institute, and Brockus Shift/West Residency in Los Angeles and my dance films have screened at festivals in the UK, Canada, LA, New Orleans, and on global streaming platform Nowness Asia.

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Currently, I am living in Oakland, reconnecting with the land and community I grew up in. I am singing with Free Key Choir, a DIY choir based in the city, and I am resting from the pursuit of product. I teach Feldenkrais weekly in Oakland (see 'Feldenkrais' below "about" subheader).