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15 Facts About Martha Clarke

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Martha Clarke was born on June 3,1944 and is an American theater director and choreographer noted for her multidisciplinary approach to theatre, dance, and opera productions.

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In 1990, Clarke received a MacArthur Award, better known as the Genius Grant.

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Martha Clarke then spent three years performing with the modern dance choreographer Anna Sokolow and the Dance Theater Workshop.

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Martha Clarke directed the premiere of Christopher Hampton's Alice's Adventures Underground at the Royal National Theatre in London.

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5.

Martha Clarke created the full-evening work L'altra meta del cielo spring 2012 at La Scala Opera in Milan, Italy.

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In opera, Martha Clarke has directed Mozart's The Magic Flute for the Glimmerglass Opera and the Canadian Opera Company, Cosi fan tutte for Glimmerglass, Tan Dun's Marco Polo for the Munich Biennale, the Hong-Kong Festival, and the New York City Opera, and Gluck's Orfeo and Euridice for the English National Opera and the New York City Opera.

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Martha Clarke has collaborated with playwrights Richard Greenberg, Charles L Mee, and Alfred Uhry.

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Franco Zeffirelli, George Lucas, Pina Bausch, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Robert Wilson and Peter Sellars share with Martha Clarke this striking characteristic: They view the performing arts as a pretext for staging visual spectaculars.

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In 2011, Martha Clarke created Angel Reapers, in a collaboration with Pulitzer prize-winner Alfred Uhry.

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10.

Martha Clarke was married to sculptor Philip Grausman and has one son - jazz musician and actor David Grausman.

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11.

Martha Clarke is the only recipient in the SDC Joe A Callaway award's history to receive two awards for choreography.

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Martha Clarke has received the Drama Desk Award, two Obie Awards, and 1985 Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award.

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In 2016, Martha Clarke won two Lucille Lortel Awards for Angel Reapers: one for "Outstanding Choreography" and another with collaborator Alfred Uhry for "Outstanding Alternative Theatrical Experience".

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In July 2019, Martha Clarke received the Flora Roberts Award, administered by the Dramatists Guild Foundation.

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15.

Martha Clarke was the subject of the film Martha Clarke: Light and Dark for PBS, and her Garden of Earthly Delights has been filmed by the BBC.

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