Chung Nguyen (he/them) is a Vietnamese dance artist, somatic movement facilitator and registered Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapist, with over a decade of international experience. In 2022, he migrated to Naarm/Melbourne to live with his partner. Passionate about the body-mind connection, consciousness, dreams, memories and healing, Chung's work is deeply grounded in somatic and contemplative approaches. Through his creative research over the past few years, Chung explores the intersection of performance art, dance, and healing, examining his queer identity in relation to Vietnamese culture and history. He investigates the interplay between the body, domestic and found objects, and natural materials within living environments. He fosters a profound relational presence that connects the performer, the audience, and the more-than-human world, striving to inspire positive changes in society. Chung is a graduate of the Vietnam Dance Academy in Hanoi (Vietnam) and holds a diploma in Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy (Body Intelligence Training), and is pursuing an additional qualification in Somatic Movement Education (Somatic Education Australasia). From 2009-2016, Chung worked as a full-time dancer at Arabesque Dance Company (Vietnam), T.H.E Dance Company (Singapore), and Cinevox Junior Company (Switzerland), and in 2013 was awarded a special prize at the Korea International Modern Dance Competition. In 2021, Chung completed the Certificate Programme for Critical Practice in Contemporary Performance organised by Dance Nucleus (Singapore). Chung’s performances and cross-disciplinary collaborations have been presented across Asia, Europe, America and Australia, including AM/FM Therapy (Grey Space, Cont-act Contemporary Dance Festival with a development residency ARTEFACT #5, supported by Dance Nucleus 2022, Singapore), Bardo (Live Dreams: Transcend, Liveworks Festival Of Experimental Art 2021, Sydney, Australia & Re: Live Performance Lab “Shifting Roots”, Brooklyn, USA), The Sack (No Cai Bum Art Week 2020, Vietnam | Performance Plus 2019; Mot+++, Vietnam | Para\\el Performance Space 2019, Brooklyn, USA | American Dance Festival 2019, The International Choreographers Residency, Durham, USA), The Hooks: No.2 (Time Between Project: Ether 2019, HCMC, Vietnam), to name just a few. Over the past decade, Chung has participated in artist-in residencies including Deep in the Mountains (South Korea), Southeast Asia Choreolab, (Malaysia), The International Choreographers Residency-American Dance Festival (Durham, USA), Southeast Asia Choreographers Network 2 & 3 (Indonesia and online), and Grey Space, Cont-act Contemporary Dance Festival (Singapore). Chung has also received grants supported by the Asian Cultural Council, and travel grants supported by the Prince Claus Fund and Goethe-Institut in Ho Chi Minh City.