My name is Tin Nguyen; I'm a dancer and artist with my wife. We try to integrate Art into all things that we do, for William Blake etched: "the whole Business of Man is the Arts and all Things Common". Gettin to rub elbows with many different kinds of folks keeps us sharp (Provers: Iron sharpens Iron) and in-tune to the real work (John 4:34) Jesus said (to the disciples), "My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work."
Contact us: adancernamedTin@gmail.com
A R T I S T S T A T E M E N T
My dance training started with my exposure to Breaking 16 years ago. Breaking was a passion, and now over the years it has become a joy. Because of how I grew up, I felt that I had no identity until I started dancing. I went to local colleges to learn Modern Dance and other styles like Jazz and Ballet. Dance was my refuge from the storms of life, and it is my framework to understand all things. I currently teach dance in the region of College Station and Bryan, Texas.
I wrote an article for people who wants to learn how to break
Some highlighted performance experiences:
- UCR Dance Lab Collaboration with Wendy Rogers 2022
- Countdown New Years Event, San Bernandino, 2022
- Audiotistic, San Francisco, 2021
- Electric Daisy Carnival, Las Vegas, 2021
- Model for Spoke & Weal, Los Angeles, 2021
- Temper Tantrum Dance, 2020
- FABE Dance, "Drugs can't Buy" 2019
- Antics Hip-Hop, "Sneaker Suites" 2018-2019
- Renaissance Pleasure Faire, Caliban the Fantastikal, 2017
- ...and shows, festivals, open mics, circles, practices, shoots, workshops, volunteer events thru the years...
- A collection of video works can be found here: Dance Video Gallery
I work with traditional mixed media (ink, charcoal, pastels, paints, markers, etc) and am trained in drawing / illustration. I've exhibited in galleries, drawn commissions for people, and sketched for companies in special events.
My latest work: BIBLE DRAWINGS FOR A FRIEND
My interest in taking photographs came early from living in Vietnam with my father, who drew sketches and had a 35mm point-and-shoot, and my mother who was a tailor and had fashion magazines strewn about her workshop. I love both film and digital, disposable cameras and toys. Taking pictures is a joy. Portraits, Graduations, Lifestyle, Street, Fashion, Sports, Parties, Photobooths, etc... I enjoy taking pics of people the most. To me, video work is a natural extension to still pictures, and I approach videos as portraiture and documentation.
Here's my setup:
Film 35mm: canon av-1 (50mm), n8008 (50mm, 80-200mm, 43-86mm, and 300mm), disposables, and Kodak film scanner
Digital + Video: a7ii (16-35mm, 24-70mm, 43-86mm, 80-200mm, and 300mm) with Gimbal and Video Cage, GoPro
I've worked with ARZ (Arcade Rental Zone) since 2017. This job is more Art than work in all its aspects. We do the smallest to the biggest events. We've delivered three machines to a kid's birthday party to a box-truck-full to San Francisco Comic Con to two-Penske-full to McCarran Airport. We've delivered to Footlocker, Sony, Apple, Nars Cosmetics, and Nike; we've shipped to fancy hotels in Berverly Hills, films sets in Downtown LA, to a highschool in Hemet, and to a banquet hall in El Centro near the Cali-Mexico border. We've sent one man to be a blackjack dealer with two small machines at a barmitzvah, to teaming up with our friend Fun Time Arcade to do an corpo event in Orange County.
This job is no joke. Logistically, it is very hard with maintenance and delivery of old machines with 'personalities', with multiple deliveries and pick-ups in overlapping time frames, so improvising and fixing on-the-fly is a crucial component to success. Customer service is difficult and its own animal. I've learned how to drive, deliver, deal cards, dolly, ratchet straps, program arcade boards, set-up, pick-up, pack, ship, and handle complaints on this job (and those are things which I remember)
Been a f-stop technician since 2018 with Charlie Rock Firestopping and since 2023 with Apex Firestopping I've done drywall, electrical closets, garages, wall joints, plumbing & electrical & a/c penetrations, lofts, hospitals, labs, campuses, and entire condo complexes. Construction is a great job for its simplicity, freedom, and honesty.
I am a receptionist at Grand Nail Spa in central Texas. This is about the chillest job that I've had as I am in the South and not Los Angeles, which means people are generally sweeter and less in a hurry. Phone handling, appointments, cashier duties, translation (most nail techs are Vietnamese), and in general customer satisfaction.
Had a three year stint with Curry House (closed) where I started as a cashier and host to a server. Duties were basically everything front of house: phones, togo orders (from taking to packing to handing it to customer), food expediting, bussing, cashier, opening to closing shop, dine-in, washing dishes, preparing desserts and drinks etc... It was a tough, fast-paced job where I learned a lot.
The point of life is to love God with all your heart, mind, soul, and strength. The point of Dance (and all Arts) is to glorify and to praise God. (Matthew 6:24) "No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon."
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