BRENT FELKER (email) Technical and Marketing Director

An independent filmmaker and video artist, Brent's work spans experimental video projects, commercials, and short narrative film. His most recent piece with SPINE was featured at the Berkshire Fringe Festival, and his work as an editor has been featured in festivals around the world, most recently Tokyo, Johannesburg, and the prestigious Newport Film Festival. For the past seven years he has contributed to countless projects as an editor, director of photography, and interactive media author for artists such as Mike Daisey, Stephen Kidd, John Bush, and Terra Nova Collective and has directed music videos for the bands Sunday Night Social and Oliphant.

Brent got his start in theatre as an actor and director training at Colby College and California Institute of the Arts. He has worked extensively as a film and theatre actor in venues from Los Angeles to London.

Brent continues to be a featured performer and teaching artist with SPINE and a freelance media consultant.

CORY NAKASUE (email) Executive Director/Press Coordinator

Cory got her start in dance, working with Los Angeles based artists Stephanie Gilliland and Rebecca Bobele. As a choreographer, she has received funding from Dancenow/NYC, Arts Council of England, London Arts Board, University of California Regents, Asian American Dance Performances, Dance Theatre Workshop, and has been produced at festivals around the world including Festival Marato De L'Espectecal, Barcelona; Resolution, London; and Captured, NYC.

She presently works as a theatre and video director independently and with SPINE. She has completed three experimental films, which have been screened at the Videodanza Festival in Buenos Aires, Millennium Film Workshop, NYC, California Museum of Photography, and Northern Exposure Festival, London. She debuted her first collection of photography at 3rd Ward, Brooklyn in 2009.

Her work as a director of live performance has been presented at 3LD Art and Technology Center, NYC; Bloomsbury Theatre, London; CounterPULSE, San Francisco; and The Berkshire Fringe Festival, MA.

Cory’s studies and experience have included acting and directing, (California Institute of the Arts, South Coast Rep, Berkeley Rep) and body work (classical and contemporary Pilates, Iyengar yoga, yoga therapy). She received her graduate degree in choreography and performance studies and writes essays and reviews for journals, magazines and news columns. She greatly enjoys her work as a teacher and movement consultant for film, television, and theatre.

KRISTEN REVIER (email) Development Director

Kristen is a co-founding member of performing group SPINE. Her choreography for SPINE has been presented on both US coasts including the Guilded Pony Festival in New York, Celebrate Dance Festival in San Diego, and at international venues including Chats Palace, The Rhythm Factory and The Lion and Unicorn Theatre in London. Her work is based in physical theatre, inspired by comedy and sensuality.

Kristen has studied dance, theatre, and digital arts at University of California, Riverside, California Institute of the Arts, and Middlesex University where she obtained her graduate degree. She has also completed advanced studies in Ashtanga yoga and Thai yoga massage. While in London, she founded dance theatre company Sweet Nobody. She has also performed with the San Diego based Lower Left Performance Collective, Dunn Razo Dance Company and choreographer Kim Gregg, and has been a collaborator on numerous videos, plays, and musical performances.

She is currently residing in NYC working on projects for SPINE, and has recently performed with SPINE in New York City, Massachusetts, San Francisco and Southern California.

ALLEN NORVICK (email) Education/Outreach Director

Allen Norvick received his acting training from Tony award winning writer/director Greg Atkins, who helped him discover his love of theatre and improvisational comedy. He has since worked with the Generic Improvisational Peepshow in Los Angeles, and is a comedy writer and storyteller.

Allen is new to New York City, where he hopes to develop his work with video and solo performance. He has trained and worked with such visionary artists as Kevin Hoggard, Rachel Biello, and fellow SPINE members Brent Felker and Cory Nakasue.

He believes deeply in the power of theatre in educational and community settings, especially for young people, and relishes his new position as the Education/Outreach Director of SPINE. You can read his blog here.

HENRY ARRIAGA

C. ANDREW BAUER

C. Andrew Bauer is a freelance editor, motion graphic designer and video/projections designer with 13 years experience in the theater. He is currently assisting designer Peter Nigrini on the Broadway-bound production of 9 to 5: the Musical at the Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles. Prior to that, he designed the video for Vaclav Havel’s Temptation (dir. Zishan Urgulu, La Mama ETC). Other work with Mr. Nigrini includes an operatic version of Angels in America, composed by Peter Eötvös (dir. David Gately, Fort Worth Opera), the workshop production of Fela Kuti Live (dir. Bill T. Jones, 37 Arts), Camille (dir. Kate Whoriskey, Bard Summerscape), Blind Date (Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance) and Haroun and the Sea of Stories (dir. Mark Lamos, New York City Opera). On Broadway, Andrew assisted designer Howard Werner and artist David McKean on Lestat (dir. Rob Roth). Andrew is a founding member of Lightbox and first joined the company as an actor. He performed in their productions of Hamlet, Gull, Fanatics and Orestes, in addition to writing music for their staged reading of Mother Courage and Her Children. Andrew has also produced and edited an independent feature, Brooklyn Bound, which premiered at the 2004 Tribeca Film Festival. Andrew was a member of the 1998-1999 Actors Theatre of Louisville Apprentice Company and is a graduate of UC Berkeley.

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