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