Sean Nguyen-Hilton is a choreographer/performance artist based in Atlanta. Sean is a Virgo Sun, Pisces Moon, Leo Ascendant, Leo Venus, Scorpio Mars, Scorpio Jupiter, Libra Mercury, Libra Saturn, Libra Pluto, Sagittarius Uranus, Sagittarius Neptune, and Cancer North Node. Sean danced “professionally” for about two decades, and was a full-time Lecturer of Dance at Kennesaw State University for four and a half years after receiving their MFA in Dance from Hollins University.* Sean is a Licensed Massage Therapist, a tarot reader of 27 years and is currently studying Hellenistic astrology, all of which continue to inform their movement practices. In Atlanta, Sean is a Co-Founder and Team Member of Fly on a Wall, an artist-led platform that presents and supports process and performance. Sean invests in care, awareness, sensation, and love, all of which they practice through the lens of queer stamina, movement, and evolution.
*Sean danced with River North Dance Chicago Company performing works by Robert Battle, Lauri Stallings, Lynn Taylor-Corbett, Kevin Iaega Jeff, Julia Rhodes and Harrison McEldowney, among others. They danced with the NYC-based Armitage Gone! Dance and toured throughout the U.S. and Europe, and performed at the Joyce theater NYC and Jacob's Pillow. Sean also danced with the Bay Area Houston Ballet and Theatre, Columbia Classical Ballet, gloATL, and staibdance. Sean has been on faculty at The University of South Carolina, The Northwest Florida Ballet, Ballet Tennessee, The Lou Conte Dance Studio, River North Dance Chicago, Thodos Dance Chicago, Atlanta Ballet Center for Dance Education, Kennesaw State University, ImmerseATL and Hollins University.