Mr Nguyen Ngoc Anh is the Head of Choreography in the School of Dance at The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts.

Mr Nguyen is a remarkable dancer, a versatile choreographer, and an experienced teacher.  He teaches choreography courses, Contemporary Technique, Improvisation, and Repertory.  Mr Nguyen obtained a Master’s degree in Professional Practice, Dance (Choreography) from Middlesex University.  He also received a full scholarship from the HKAPA.

He has performed with numerous dance companies, including Wayne McGregor Dance, Phoenix Dance Theatre (UK), Vietnamese Opera Theatre, and Les Ballets Persans (Sweden), among others.  He was appointed Resident Choreographer with Union Dance Company (UK) and Rehearsal Director of Henry Oguike Dance Company (UK).

Mr Nguyen began his career as a choreographer in 2002.  He won third prize in the Vietnamese National Dance Competition in 2002, the New British Choreography Bonnie Bird Award in 2005, and the Spotlight Award at the UK Critics’ Circle Dance Awards (Spotlight Award for Male Artist) in 2008.  He also received the Outstanding Choreography Award for SENSE from the Hong Kong Dance Awards in 2015.

Recognised as a gifted choreographer, Mr Nguyen has choreographed for Theatre Regensburg in Germany, Inversedance Company in Hungary, and Vietnamese Opera Ballet.  In the UK, he has choreographed for Wayne McGregor Dance, Henry Oguike Dance Company, Doreen Bird College of Performing Arts, CAT London Contemporary Dance School, Robin Howard Royal Opera House 2, Union Dance Company, English National Ballet Education, the Birmingham International Dance Festival, Pulse Festival, The Place Prize 2006, and China Town Art Space and so on.  In Singapore, he has choreographed for NAFA and Dance Ensemble Singapore.  In Hong Kong, he created two works SENSE and Mother, I am Sorry for City Contemporary Dance Company, as well as two works for Hong Kong Ballet: EVOL and Beyond the Line.  He also created Voyages of Hope for the Hong Kong Dance Federation.  He has created more than ten choreography works at the HKAPA.  Mr Nguyen has choreographed and co-produced four full-length productions with Arabesque Dance Company: There Where We Were (2013), Ephemera (2015), Dong Ho (2017), and Sen-Zen (2023).

Mr Nguyen has taught part-time at Laban, London Contemporary Dance School, Doreen Bird College, Laban Centre, Central School of Ballet, Millennium Performing Arts, Danceworks, Pineapple Dance studio London, City Contemporary Dance Company, Hong Kong Dance Company, Vietnamese Dance College.  He has conducted workshops and master classes across the UK, the Americas, Chinese Mainland, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Korea, Philippines, Thailand, Singapore, Vietnam, and Europe.  He is also a judge for various dance competitions and a selected panel member for HDX and HKDA in Hong Kong.

Among some of Mr Nguyen’s diverse portfolio of works are his involvement as a dance assistant for the film Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire and the opening ceremony of the 2009 FINA World Swimming Championships in Rome.  He also choreographed for the Alternative Hair Show in London, the Hennessy launch event in Macau, Motor Show 2014 in Beijing, and Motor Show 2015–2018 in Vietnam.  He was invited to choreograph Shake Shake Speare for the Sunbeam Chinese Club, and was appointed Artistic Director for the 21st Hong Kong Dance Awards Presentation & Gala Performance in 2019.  Mr Nguyen was the Project Director for NEXT MOVE, a collaboration project training ballet choreographers between Hong Kong Ballet and Guangzhou Opera House (2026).