Hieu Nguyen
Captions Color Guard Movement
Bio
Hieu Nguyen is originally from Danbury, CT. He first became involved in the marching arts as a tenor saxophone player in his high school marching band. From there, he began in the colorguard activity by joining his high school winter guard and found a great love for the activity which continues till this day. Since then, Hieu has performed with many successful groups including: Alter Ego, St. John’s of Beverly, and St. Ann’s World Winterguards. He has also performed in DCI with the Cadets in 2001, 2003, and 2004.
Hieu began his extensive movement training at Boston University where he was a member of the dance theatre group. He focused his training in ballet, modern, and hip hop movement. During law school, he expanded his training to contemporary movement and earned a position in the Anna Myer contemporary dance company from Cambridge, MA where he performed professionally for several years.
Hieu has shared his passion in the activity by teaching and choreographing for several successful units. He has been on staff at Bethel High School for several years before taking on the role of Director and choreographer of the award winning and WGI finalist Bethel Independent Winterguard in 2008. Hieu was the choreographer and a show designer for the University of Delaware’s Winterguard program Delazure in 2009 and 2010. Currently, Hieu is on staff at Shenendehowa High School as a choreographer where he has been since 2009.
Hieu began adjudicating in 2006. He is thrilled to be adjudicating for WGI and hopes to be a part of the activity for many years to come. Outside of the activity, Hieu is an Attorney running his own law practice in Boston, MA specializing in family law and domestic violence prevention. Hieu is also an avid runner and is a proud finisher of the 2012, 2013, and 2014 Boston Marathons for team Boston Arts Academy raising over $14,000 for Arts based education. In 2013, Hieu completed the NYC Marathon raising over $2,000 for the WGI Scholarship fund.