Marie Clements

Reid Gilbert (University of British Columbia)

Ed. by Glen Nichols, Mount Allison University
The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 3.1.5: Indigenous Writing and Culture of North America - Canada.
Vol. editors: Joshua Bartlett (High Point University), Renate Eigenbrod (University of Manitoba), Sarah Henzi (Simon Fraser University), Padraig Kirwan (Goldsmiths College, University of London), Glen Nichols (Mount Allison University), Wendy Roy (University of Saskatchewan), Denis Salter (McGill University), Karis Shearer (University of British Columbia)

Dates

Born 1962
Activity 1990-ongoing

Places

Born in Canada
Active in Canada

Cultural Identities

First Nations/Indigenous Canadian

Activities

Primary

Playwright / Dramatist

Other

Theatre actor
Theatre Director
Theatre Producer

Resources

Clements' Works

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Marie Clements is quickly establishing herself as a major Canadian playwright, director and performer. As Artistic Director of urban ink productions, a First Nations theatre company in Vancouver, she is in the vanguard of new performance; she has been involved in various ways in the development of over seventy productions of new work. As a writer, performer and producer, Clements engages with Aboriginal and multi-cultural issues, women's issues, and the realities of people living in the city core. Her dramatic vision is a multi-layered one, working in rhythms of Native storytelling presented in a rich theatrical semiosis of visual- and sound-scape, movement, ritual and symbolism combined with realistic urban images and language. It is a complex palette, sometimes difficult to stage…

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Citation: Gilbert, Reid. "Marie Clements". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 28 December 2006 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=11788, accessed 21 November 2024.]