Thierry
Thieû Niang
Of franco-vietnamese origin, Thierry Thieû Niang received his college
degrees in Educational Sciences after which he taught and worked as psycho-
motrician and tutor for young children.
Thierry Thieû Niang studied dance with Renate Pook, Christine Gérard,
Carolyn Carlson, Odile Duboc, and Douglas Dunn. Since 1986, he has performed
with some of France's major dance companies. He has also worked in theater
(Claude Régy, François Rancillac ... ) and film (Solweig Dommartin)
as actor, dancer, and / or collaborator.
In 1993, Thierry Thieû Niang began his own work as choreographer,
creating his own company and works ranging from solos to performances with
thirty children. He has staged recitals for musicians and singers (Jeff Cohen,
Carol Robinson, Cathy Milligan, Luis Madureira, Fania, Damon Lee,François
Lasserre, Pierre Badaroux, Catherine Delaunay, Bertand Schacre, Tatiana Mladenovitch
and Klaus Janek) and as collaborated with painters, sculptors and photographers
for perforrnance-exhibits (Richard Deacon, Jean-Charles Blais, Nguyen Cam,
Didier Tisseyre, Isabelle Waternaux, Jenny Holzer and Mahi Grand).
Thierry Thieû Niang has given numerous workshops in schools, universities,
community centers, art and theater schools as well as museums, (the Louvre
and Pompidou Center) for children and adults. He has also written a short
story "Càm ôn", published by Le Bord de l'Eau
in Bordeaux.
Thierry Thieû Niang received the national Villa Medicis scholarship
in 1994 to study traditional dances in Vietnam and, in 2004, the UNESCO -
Aschberg scholarship to work in Nairobi, Kenya, with Opiyo Okach Dance Compagny.