Originally from Southern Vietnam, Dam Van Huynh was raised and educated in the United States. Dam began dancing at the Los Angeles County High School for the Arts - LACHSA - in Southern California. Furthering his training, he attended and graduated from The Boston Conservatory of Music and Dance with a Bachelor’s Degree in Fine Arts. In the tradition of American Dance, Dam has danced many different styles including works by Martha Graham, José Limón, Seán Curran, Lar Lubovitch and many more.

In his professional career, Dam has worked with various companies and choreographers including The Nevada Ballet, Merce Cunningham Dance Company - RUG, Portugal’s Companhia de Dança Contemporânea - CeDeCe, Richard Alston Dance Company and Phoenix Dance Theatre.

Collision, Dam’s entry for The Place Prize 2008 sponsored by Bloomberg received the audience choice every night for ten nights. Setting a record, Collision was the first work to have achieved such a result in the history of The Place Prize. Following this success, he was commissioned to create a site specific performance for the British Museum. Impressions on a Space was presented as part of the British Museum’s Late night event featuring their Statuephilia exhibition.
Dam was also commissioned to work on a video project in collaboration with Nitin Sawhney, Es Devlin and onedotzero for a production supported by the British Film Institute - BFI.

After founding his own company, Dam created his first full length work Sudden Change of Event along with Mural Studies touring them internationally.
Dam was appointed Artist-in-Residence at The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts – HKAPA in 2010 and created two new major works: [Black Square] and Unexpectedly Here. In 2011 Dam’s residency was extended, allowing him to further develop the research undertaken with his company.
Dam’s choreographic works also include commissions by the Nouveau Chamber Ballet of Fullerton - USA, Fóramen M. Ballet - Mexico, Adugna Dance Company/The Gemini Foundation - Ethiopia and Dance United - UK.