Jane delivered tons of medicines, school supplies, and clothing to those in need, and brought American doctors and nurses to Vietnam to volunteer in desperately poor orphanages. She worked on projects devoted to pediatric health and the elimination of malnutrition in young children.
Jane continues to devote her life to enriching the lives of children in need in Vietnam, and supporting the expansion of Vietnamese Traditional Music through her organization, The Vietnam Fund for Education, Music & Infrastructure, Inc.
Brent Felker is a video artist, editor and director and co-artistic director of SPINE. His work as a director and editor has been seen at film festivals and live events the world over including Dance on Camera in New York, The Newport Film Festival, The Rubin Museum and the Marato festival in Barcelona among many others. Brent's video art has been featured at festivals and galleries around New York and abroad with exhibits at The California Museum of Photography, Video de Danza in Buenos Aires and The Berkshire Fringe Festival. Brent's history as a performer and passion for travel allows him to bring a unique perspective to his work on short films, music videos and movement pieces while working with performers from disparate cultures. More about Brent can be found at spineart.com.
Cory Nakasue is the executive director of SPINE; a company that produces live arts events, digital media and video. She has directed several experimental and short narrative films and is a freelance arts consultant and writer. Her background in contemporary dance and performance keeps her involved with projects as a choreographic specialist for film, theater, and other media projects that have a movement component. Cory lives in Brooklyn, NY where she also teaches dance and somatics. More about Cory, SPINE, and her teaching at spineart.com and spineart.com/bi
Lubosh Cech is an artist working in film, design, and photography. He studied painting, design, and art history in his native Prague, Czech Republic. Lubosh is a founder of Oko Design Studio and Naked River Films. His film projects include Tulku: The Art of Transformation and I'm Down With You. He's been working with the Chopra Center for Wellbeing, The Other Person Is You foundation, and Portland State University, among others. More about Lubosh at LuboshCech.com
SPINE (email) is a hybrid-arts collective that is dedicated to the exploration of movement, language, technology, and collaboration with other organizations and independent artists. Ninety percent of all SPINE projects are collaborations between the core members of SPINE and another artist(s). We believe that this process helps us stay informed, flexible, and unpredictable!
SPINE creates and produces films, live and digital art, and installations across all mediums, and are committed teachers with backgrounds in theater, dance, film production, and visual art.
SPINE formed in London, England in 1999 where we received a Millennium Festival Award during our first season. We are now based in Brooklyn, New York where our artistic directors continue to work on independent projects, write, and teach in addition to living under the same roof in one creative household.
Mark Moore is a music producer, designer, writer, and social entrepreneur. He is the founder and chairperson of the Earthville Network, a global charitable organization dedicated to sustainable and compassionate living, and its arts branch, CreatioNation. He divides his time between the Himalayas, the Alps, and the Rockies, and is now joyfully working to establish an eco-friendly service retreat center and sustainable village development project in the Indian Himalayas. More about Mark at MarkMoore.net
Nguyen Nha Duc, cousin of the legendary Vietnamese musician Nguyen Ngoc Khánh, was born into a family with a long tradition of devotion to education and the arts.
After graduating from the Foreign Language University in Hanoi, Duc went on to study at the Hanoi University for Foreign Trade in 1985. Upon graduation he took a position working for a state-owned company dealing in essential oils.
In 1993 Duc was invited to study in England by a British Investment Group and the British Department of Trade. Later he worked as a representative for that Investment Group in Hanoi. At present, he is employed by a Taiwanese Company in Hanoi.
Duc’s devotion to and interest in the legacy of his family as well as his country, led him to become involved with the Vietnam Fund for Education, Music & Infrastructure’s traditional music and film project. This tribute project that includes an audio CD compilation and documentary film, is based on the powerful story of the music and artistry of Duc’s family, and cousin Nguyen Ngoc Khánh.
His sensitivity to both the Vietnamese and American aesthetics, along with his excellent language skills, made him a perfect liaison and translator for both the film and music projects.
