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Dancer, choreographer, writer and theater director Anne Nguyen founded the par Terre Dance Company in 2005. She has created about twenty dance and theatre-dance shows and one short film, Épicentre. Her shows have been presented more than 750 times in 27 countries, on 6 continents. Appointed Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres in 2015, awarded the Nouveau Talent Chorégraphie SACD prize in 2013, Anne Nguyen has been an associate artist to many theaters and cultural venues, such as Chaillot – Théâtre national de la Danse from 2015 to 2018. Her first solo, Square Root, won second prize in the Masdanza contemporary choreography competition in 2009.

In 2023/2024, the par Terre / Anne Nguyen Dance Company is an associate artist to Théâtre Molière -> Sète scène nationale archipel de Thau (34), La Manufacture CDCN Nouvelle-Aquitaine Bordeaux • La Rochelle, with the support of ministère de la Culture, Théâtre de Choisy-le-Roi, Scène conventionnée d’intérêt national – Art et création pour la diversité linguistique (94), and is taking part in an artist-in-residence program in Ivry-sur-Seine, in partnership with la briqueterie – CDCN (94). Anne Nguyen is invited to an artistic and cultural co-construction at La Maison des Métallos in January 2024.

Since 2005, the year of its creation, the par Terre Dance Company has been invited to take part in artist-in-residence programs in Chaillot – Théâtre national de la Danse, at Théâtre Louis Aragon – Scène conventionnée de Tremblay-en-France, at l’Espace 1789 – Scène conventionnée de Saint-Ouen, at Le Prisme – Centre de Développement Artistique de Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, at Le Rive Gauche – Scène conventionnée de Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray, at Théâtre 71 – Scène nationale de Malakoff, at Scènes du Golfe – Vannes et Arradon, at Théâtre André Malraux de Chevilly-Larue, at Centre culturel l’Imprévu de Saint-Ouen-l’Aumône, at L’Auditorium Seynod, at Centre d’Art et de Culture de Meudon, and has been in residency at CENTQUATRE-PARIS, at CND Centre national de la danse, at la briqueterie – CDCN du Val-de-Marne as well as at several National Choreographic Centres.

Anne Nguyen’s shows have been presented at many prestigious festivals, such as Holland Festival in Amsterdam, Tanz im August Festival in Berlin, Crossing The Line Festival in New-York, OzAsia Festival in Adélaïde, Festival d’Avignon IN and OFF, URB Festival in Helsinki, Huê Festival in Vietnam, COLOURS International Dance Festival in Stuttgart, Biennale de danse du Val-de-Marne, Festival de danse de Cannes, Groove’N’Move Festival in Geneva, Festival de la Cité Lausanne, Schrittmacher Festival in Heerlen, Tanz Bremen Festival, Potsdamer Tanztage in Potsdam, Underconstruction Festival in Wuppertal, TANZtheater INTERNATIONAL Festival in Hanover, Kidanse Festival by L’Echangeur CDCN, Odyssées en Yvelines Festival by Théâtre de Sartrouville et des Yvelines – CDN, or Dies de Dansa Festival in Barcelona.

The par Terre / Anne Nguyen Dance Company has been presented at prestigious French venues, including La Villette, Chaillot – Théâtre national de la Danse, Opéra de Limoges, Opéra de Massy, Opéra de Saint-Étienne, numerous National Scenes, Conventioned scenes of national interest, National Choreographic Development Centres, National Choreographic Centres and National Drama Centres, as well as at many international venues, including Gibney Dance in New-York, Salders Wells Theatre in London, le TQW in Vienna, Akademie der Künste in Berlin, PACT Zollverein in Essen, Tanztheater Wuppertal, Mercat de les flors in Barcelona, Dansens Hus in Stockholm, NorrlandsOperan in Umeå, Dansehallerne in Copenhagen, Charleroi Danse, KVS in Brussells, Theater Rotterdam, Frascati in Amsterdam, Kortrijk Theater, Amare in The Hague, tanzhaus nrw in Düsseldorf, Theater im Pfalzbau in Ludwigshafen, HELLERAU in Dresden, National Center for Dance Bucharest, Theater Azarian in Sofia, Trafó in Budapest, Zagreb Dance Center, Yangon National Theater, Kuala Lumpur Performing Art Center, Ben Thanh Theatre in Hô Chi Minh, Centre Culturel Français in Kinshasa, or Brasil’s Bank Cultural Center in Brasilia.

Anne Nguyen’s short film Épicentre, presented internationally, won the Performance Award at Urban Films Festival 2022 and the 3rd place Audience Award at TANZAHOI International Dance Film Festival 2022.

For its international tours, the par Terre Dance Company has often received the support of the French Institute, and occasionally that of the City of Paris. Anne Nguyen has been regularly supported by ADAMI for her choreographic works, as well as ONDA for the touring of her shows. In the past, she has benefitted from the support of ARCADI Ile-de-France. Square Root has been supported by IDEE – programme Culture 2000 de l’Union Européenne. Square Root, PROMENADE OBLIGATOIRE and Heracles on his head have been supported by Initiatives d’Artistes en Danses Urbaines, with the support of Fondation de France, Caisse des Dépôts, l’Acsé and Fonds Social Européen. Autarcie (….) was awarded a writing grant from the Beaumarchais-SACD association. À mon bel amour has been supported by Fonds Transfabrik – Fonds franco-allemand pour le spectacle vivant.

The par Terre Dance Company is funded by l’Aide pluriannuelle du Ministère de la Culture / DRAC Ile-de-France, la Région Ile-de-France for “Permanence Artistique et Culturelle” and l’Aide au fonctionnement du Département du Val-de-Marne.