Commissioned Works
In addition to bringing Minh Tran's work to new audiences, commission projects provide opportunities to explore and create new movement, to work with dancers from other backgrounds and training, and to expand artistic dialogue within communities.
Minh Tran has been awarded the following commissions:
2025
- Samsara Commissioned by City of Beaverton’s Ten Tiny Dances
2023
- Where The Mountain Meets The Moon Commissioned by the Oregon Children Theatre, Choreographer
2019
- Anicca / Impermanence Commissioned by Reed College
2016
- Flight by Cathey Pacific
2014
- Unexpected Turbulence - Commissioned by Northwest Dance Project
- The Dance and The Railroad — A one act by David Henry Hwang Commissioned by Media Rites Productions
2013
- X-ing Commissioned by Northwest Dance Project
2011
- Bird of Flames Music Video for David Lynch, Directed by Chel White
2010
- Evanescence Commissioned by Northwest Dance Project
- KISS Commissioned by White Bird Dance
- Twine Commissioned by White Bird Dance
2008
- X’s Commissioned by Northwest Dance Project
2007
- Descending Commissioned by Alaska Dance Theater
- Furious Angels Commissioned by Alaska Dance Theater
2006
- Ancestor -- Revisitied Commissioned by Ten Tiny Dances
- Furious Angels Commissioned by Western Oregon University
- Descending Commissioned by University of Nevada Reno
- Furious Angels Commissioned by University of Nevada Las Vegas
2005
- Furious Angels Commissioned by BodyVox for First Impressions Vol. 4
- Thread Count Commissioned by Ten Tiny Dances
2003
- Nocturnal Path Commissioned by White Bird Dance
- A sound, A motion / An echo of stars / Curtain rises, curtain falls Commissioned by Portland Taiko for Art Explosion!
2002
- 3 X's Commissioned by Portland Taiko for Art Explosion!
1995
- The Road Home Commissioned by Portland International Performance Festival
1993
- Uncharted Territories Commissioned by Oregon Ballet Theatre for the American Choreographer's Showcase
