From the Art of Dancing to the Art of Slowing Down with Latin Dancer and Third Culture Kid Marc Nguyen

Creators in Vietnam

Marc Nguyen is half Vietnamese, half Mexican, born in California, and spent his teenage years in Italy. Throughout his younger years he felt a sense of incompleteness due to the Vietnamese side of his culture being somewhat of a mystery. He felt compelled to learn to speak the language and get answers to the questions he had, and so came to Vietnam as an NGO volunteer in 2013.

Marc is also a professional Latin dancer and choreographer and is passionate about bringing Salsa and Bachata to anyone willing to learn in Saigon. He is currently training a team for the Saigon Latin Cup--a night of dance competition, social dancing, and delicious Latin American and Caribbean food!

In this episode, we discuss how he finds a sense of belonging in the midst of multiple cultures colliding, his Latin dance journey, and how he thought a broken collarbone would be the end of everything, but was actually the start of something new and better.

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Connect with Marc Nguyen:

Tickets to the Saigon Latin Cup: https://www.facebook.com/events/428065188486901

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/marcthelatindancer

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/marc.rojo.nguyen/?hl=en

Also mentioned: https://www.facebook.com/thaodienecowellness

Get in touch with Tue-Si:

Website: https://tuesi.carrd.co/

Get in touch with Dana Drahos:

Website: https://danadrahos.carrd.co/

Get in touch with Nicolas Thanh:

Website: https://nicolasthanh.com/

Episode Cover Photo Credit & Shirt by Dynasty the Label https://www.facebook.com/dynastythelabel (our previous guest Kimmie, check out her episode here!: https://anchor.fm/creatorsinsaigon/episodes/Kimmie-Berhanu--Founder-of-Dynasty-the-Label--on-Identity-and-Ethical-Fashion-eq269u/a-a4im1ir)