Denise Clark
Applying Theatre Craft to Dance Making and Vice Versa with Denise Clarke
Days: Tuesday & Thursday
Dates: Oct. 8 & 10
Time: 9:15 AM - 10:30 AM
Cost: $20 a class
Class Description:
Clarke has developed a pedagogy researched and determined during the twenty years she directed The One Yellow Rabbit Summer Lab braiding the disciplines of movement and theatre freely to explore personal aesthetic and execution for the stage.
Join Denise for this 75 minute morning class. Perfect for dance & theatre artists, this class welcomes participants with a variety of interests and levels of experience. Denise Clarke is a guest artist of Curtain Razors 2024-25 Learning & Gathering Series in partnership with New Dance Horizons.
Instructor Biography:
Denise Clarke is a theatre artist who works as a choreographer, actor, director, playwright and teacher. She is the Associate Artist and a permanent member of the One Yellow Rabbit Theatre Ensemble. She is also the director of the OYR BeautifulYoungArtist program.
She published The Big Secret Book in 2019.
https://www.amazon.ca/Big-Secret-Book-Creating-Performance/dp/1988824117
Clarke has written/directed several pieces including The Erotic Irony of Old Glory, Touch, Breeder, So Low, Permission, Featherland, Sign Language, A Fabulous Disaster, Smash, Cut, Freeze, Wag, Room 333 and her latest Salon for the 2024 OYR High Performance Rodeo.
Clarke was awarded the Lieutenant Governor of Alberta Distinguished Artist Award in 2007 and the City of Calgary Mayor’s Distinguished Artist Award in 2011. She received an Honourary Doctorate from the University of Calgary in May 2013 and was appointed a member of the Order of Canada in December 2013.
