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"The seat of artistic delight is between the shoulder blades. That little shiver behind is quite certainly the highest form of emotion that humanity has attained. Let us worship the spine and its tingle. Let us be proud of our being vertebrates, for we are vertebrates tipped at the head with a divine flame. The brain only continues the spine: the wick really goes through the whole length of the candle." - Vladimir Nabokov | ||
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2006 All Day Permanent Red
Supported in part by dancenOw/NYC, Middlesex University, Awards for All,
and University of California Riverside
All Day Permanent Red is a collection of 4 pieces of aggressive choreography
embellished with intimate portraits using video and text.
Digital Video, Choreography, and Text. 50 min
Premiered at The Berkshire Fringe Festival, 2006
Choreographed by Eric Lorico, John Medina and Cory Nakasue Video by Brent Felker
2006 Springback|Fallforward
Supported in part by the University of California Riverside
A road trip/dance film.
Two men on a journey through California’s deserts, suburbs, and cities encounter diverse treasures and landscapes. Springback|Fallforward is a study and homage to the way Southern California and its people move.
Digital Video. 15 min
Premiered at The Dance on Camera Festival, New York, NY 2007
Choreographed by Eric Lorico and John Medina.
Directed by
Brent Felker
2007 Taptych
Supported in part by dancenOw/NYC
Taptych is a short video exploring conventions of tap and the role of sound and location in international politics.
Digital Video. 5 min
Premiered at The California Museum of Photography, 2007
Choreographed by Kristen Revier
Directed by Brent Felker
In Progress Because There Is Comfort Here
Supported in part by the University of California Riverside and dancenOw/NYC
An intense physical journey that addresses the refuge we take in our perceived self-image, how we construct that imgae and the rituals we use to secure it.
Movement and digital video. 30 min
Excerpt premiered at Dancers For Life, Riverside, CA, 2007
Choreographed by Cory Nakasue
Video by Brent Felker
2006 Solotango
Supported in part by the University of California Riverside and dancenOw/NYC
A dance/movement piece combining projected digital video and live performers examining the quest for companionship in modern society. Also remounted as a dance video.
Digital Video, Live Dance. 7 min
Premiered at The Berkshire Fringe Festival, 2006. As a video at the Video Danza Festivalin Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2006.
Choreographed by Cory Nakasue
Directed by Brent Felker
1999 The Ring
Supported in part by London, England’s Millennium Festival and Middlesex University
A hard-hitting (literally) dance polemic about competition, rivalry, and the price we pay for being greedy. A clever script accompanies daredevil choreography and sensuous performances in this taut trio. Brutal physicality is layered with sublime theatricality to chronicle the disintegration of self and relationships in the performers' quest for power.
Movement and text. 30 min
Premiered at Hoxton Hall, Brighton, UK, 2000
Choreographed by Cory Nakasue
2001 ...stupid...
Supported in part by Middlesex University
A one-woman performance showcasing the physical comedy stylings of Kristen
Revier. Self-Flagellation in all of its masochistic glory.
Monologue, Dance, Prop Comedy. 40 min
Premiered at The Lion & Unicorn, 2001
Choreographed by Kristen Revier
2001 The Bachelor
Supported in part by the Arts Council of England
A modern, surreal interpretation of “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty,” the work of Buster Keaton, and the 1950’s Hollywood musical.
Digital Video, Original Music, Adapted Choreography. 26 min
Choreographed and Directed by Cory Nakasue
2007 True West
A collaboration with theater artist Joan Jubett and video artist C. Andrew Bauer. Using the Sam Shepard play as a jumping off point for a physical exploration of race in America, and what it means to be a family.
Movement, text and video. 60 min
Premiered at 3LD, NY, NY, 2007
Choreographed by Cory Nakasue
Video by C. Andrew Bauer and Brent Felker
Conceived and Directed by Joan Jubett
2001 Faun
Supported in part by Middlesex University
Four men, serving a life sentence. Passing the time with quips, insults and cigarettes. They're in here for life, unless someone finds a cure for being male. A series of dance sketches that redefine what it means to be a man (and manly) in modern society.
Dance and Text. 40 min
Premiered at Battersea Arts Center, London, UK, 2001
Choreographed by Gerardo Romero
2006/In Progress Resident
Supported in part by dancenOw/NYC
A series of 4 videos exploring the Silo residency through the seasons.
Improvised choreography and digital video. 35 min
Directed by Brent Felker
In Progress ...funny...
A reimagining of Kristen Revier's "...stupid..." as a film.
Digital video. 30 min
Directed by Brent Felker
2001 REST
Supported in part by the Arts Council of England
A short, experimental dance video drawing on the haunting aesthetics of
modern Japanese cinema.
Digital video, improvisational choreography, original sound design. 7 min
Premiered at Battersea Arts Center, London, UK, 2001
Directed by Cory Nakasue
Sound by Brent Felker
2009 Reframed
Commissioned by The Berkshire Fringe
“Reframed” asks its audience to restructure their
interpretations of an event and its aftermath. The piece subverts contemporary
situation comedy and drama formulas as we are used to viewing them by presenting
four characters’ interpretation of one event on four screens simultaneously.
The installation is uniquely configured for each venue to encourage repeat
viewing, deepening and even changing audience members’ experience of the
story.
Multi channel looped video, improvisational choreography,
original sound score. 13 min
Premiered at The Berkshire Fringe Festival, 2009
Directed and Edited by Brent Felker
Written by Paul Coffey, Brent Felker and Cory Nakasue
Score by Peter Wise
2009 Common Fictions I
“Common Fictions I” is a collaboration with the band Oliphant. Showing the SPINE films REST, Reframed, Solotango with live music in between and culminating with Oliphant performing the score to Tidal.
Multi channel video, live music. 55 min
Premiered at MonkyTown, 2009
Click on picture for project information or use links below.
| The Ring - | faun - | ...stupid... - | The Bachelor - | REST - | Springback|Fallforward - | Resident - | Solotango - | All Day Permanent Red - | Taptych - | True West - | Reframed - | ...funny... - | Because There Is Comfort Here |