Denise Clarke

Denise Clarke is a Canadian dancer and choreographer.[1] Born in Alberta, she became a member of the Order of Canada in 2013.[2] She works as an Associate Artist with One Yellow Rabbit Performance Theater.

Career

Denise Clarke started ballet when she was three years old.[3] She worked as a choreographer and dance teacher.[4]

She began working on "Collective Creations" together with One Yellow Rabbit in 1983.

In 1986, Clarke joined the One Yellow Rabbit Theatre Ensemble and developed its "signature physical style".[5] Clarke was the Director of the One Yellow Rabbit Summer Lab Intensive from 1997-2019. She collaborated with OYR to create shows including Breeder, So Low, Permission, Featherland, Sign Language,[6] Heavens to Murgatroid, A Fabulous Disaster, Smash Cut Freeze, Wag,[7] and Room 333.

In 2014, she performed Wag, her autobiographical dance work at the Magnetic North Theater Festival in Halifax.[4]

In 2018, she published The Big Secret Book: An Intense Guide for Creating Performance Theater.[8]

Achievements

Denise holds an honorary doctorate from the University of Calgary,[4] and was appointed Member of the Order of Canada in 2013.[9]

References

  1. ^ "Featured Fellow: Denise Clarke". canadiangeographic.ca. Retrieved October 25, 2023.
  2. ^ "Denise Clarke". The Shoe Project. September 20, 2023. Retrieved November 6, 2023.
  3. ^ Drag, Sandra (November 15, 2013). "Interview with Denise Clarke" (PDF). Canadian Dance History Project at the University of Victoria.
  4. ^ a b c "Canadian Theatre Encyclopedia - Clarke, Denise". www.canadiantheatre.com. Retrieved October 25, 2023.
  5. ^ "One Yellow Rabbit Performance Theatre". www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca. Retrieved October 27, 2023.
  6. ^ "A very corporeal eloquence". The Globe and Mail. November 19, 2001. Retrieved October 25, 2023.
  7. ^ EIC (October 30, 2014). "Denise Clarke presents a new solo show". The Peak. Retrieved October 25, 2023.
  8. ^ Volmers, Eric. ""Theatre rule breaker Denise Clarke offers a guidebook for creating performance theatre"". Calgary Herald.
  9. ^ "Mlle. Denise Clarke". La gouverneure générale du Canada. Retrieved October 25, 2023.