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{{short description|French-American artist, author, and singer}}
 
{{coi|date=July 2023}}
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{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Marianne Dissard
| image = Marianne Dissard Selfie 2006.jpg
| caption = Tucson, 2006
| birth_name = Marianne Dissard
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1969|05|20}}
| birth_place = [[Tarbes]], France
| genre = [[Art rock|art rock]], [[baroque rock|baroque rock]], [[chanson|chanson]]
| occupation = [[singing|singer]], [[photography|photographer]], [[writing|author]], [[visual arts|director]]
| instrument = voice, production, visual arts, writing
| years_active = 1989–present
| label = [[Vacilando '68]]/[[Le Pop Musik]]/ [[Trop Exprès Music]]
| associated_acts =[[Amor Belhom Duo]], [[Raphael Mann]]
| website = [http://www.mariannedissard.com/ mariannedissard.com]
| current_members =
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'''Marianne Dissard''' is a French-born American [[Singing|singer]] ,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/12748-lentredeux/ |title=Pitchfork review L'entredeux |publisher=Pitchfork Media |access-date=2023-07-16}}</ref>, photographer, author, producer, and filmmaker.
 
She has released four albums ,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/music/marianne-dissard-blames-the-cat-for-her-dark-new-record-6617314/ |title=Marianne Dissard Blames The Cat For Her Dark New Record |publisher=Phoenix New Times|access-date=2023-07-16}}</ref>, four EPs, and a number of singles and collaborations. She started touring abroad in 2006, including in countries such as China, Turkey, New Zealand ,<ref>{{Cite web|title='The French connection'|url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/the-french-connection/YWSNIKALIAIVOYCXJ3PVYA76RM/|access-date=2023-07-16|publisher=New Zealand Herald|date=January 16, 2010 |language=en}}</ref>, and Australia.
 
 
Her first book, memoir ''Not Me'', was self-published in 2019. Her photography has been exhibited in Ramsgate (UK), Turner Contemporary <ref>{{Cite web|title='Turner Contemporary Open 2021'|url=https://turnercontemporary.org/whats-on/the-turner-contemporary-open/#exhibiting-artists|access-date=2023-07-16|publisher=Turner Contemporary|date=October 23, 2021 |language=en}}</ref> in Margate (UK), Paris (France), and Glasgow (UK) <ref>{{Cite web|title='Glasgow Hosts Exhibition of Striking Images'|url=https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/20587193.glasgow-hosts-exhibition-striking-images-capturing-strange-days-lockdowns/|access-date=2023-07-16|publisher=The Herald News Scotland|date=July 29, 2022 |language=en}}</ref>.
 
Dissard began singing at age twenty-six. She has named [[Jacques Brel]], [[John Parish]], [[Alain Bashung]], and [[PJ Harvey]] as early influences.
 
Her first book, memoir ''Not Me'', was self-published in 2019. Her photography has been exhibited in Ramsgate (UK), Turner Contemporary <ref>{{Cite web|title='Turner Contemporary Open 2021'|url=https://turnercontemporary.org/whats-on/the-turner-contemporary-open/#exhibiting-artists|access-date=2023-07-16|publisher=Turner Contemporary|date=October 23, 2021 |language=en}}</ref> in Margate (UK), Paris (France), and Glasgow (UK) .<ref>{{Cite web|title='Glasgow Hosts Exhibition of Striking Images'|url=https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/20587193.glasgow-hosts-exhibition-striking-images-capturing-strange-days-lockdowns/|access-date=2023-07-16|publisher=The Herald News Scotland|date=July 29, 2022 |language=en}}</ref>.
 
==Personal life==
 
===Early life===
Dissard was born in [[Tarbes, France]]. She moved with her family to [[Mesa, Arizona]] in 1985, studied filmmaking at [[University of Southern California]] in [[Los Angeles, California]] and then settled in [[Tucson, Arizona]] in 1994 until 2013. She attended [[Lycée de Muret]] in [[Muret, France]] and [[Dobson High School]] in [[Mesa, Arizona]].
 
===Activism===
In 2004, Dissard founded The Tucson Suffragettes in Tucson, Arizona to encourage youth [[voter registration]] in the 2004 American presidential election cycle.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tucsonweekly.com/tucson/pick/Content?oid=1077541|title= How to Make Voting Sexy 101 |date=9 September 2004|publisher=Tucson Weekly|language=en|access-date=2023-07-16}}</ref> in Tucson, Arizona to encourage youth [[voter registration]] in the 2004 American presidential [[election]] cycle, with support in kind or cash by [[Linda Rondstat]], [[Charles Bowden]], [[Shepard Fairey]], [[Hotel Congress]], [[Bookmans]] Tucson.
 
Her 2019 memoir "Not Me" details her decades-long struggles with [[eating disorders]] and she has been open in sharing her experience on stage and in the media.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://theisleofthanetnewswww.healthista.com/2018/09/20/memoirhow-ofyoga-performershelped-struggle-withmy-bulimia-comesmarianne-to-tom-thumb-theatre/discard/|title= MemoirHow ofYoga Performer'sHelped Struggle|date=208 SeptemberOctober 20182019|publisher=TheHealthista Isle of Thanet NewsMagazine|language=en|access-date=2023-07-16}}</ref> and in the media <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.healthistatheisleofthanetnews.com/how2018/09/20/memoir-yogaof-helpedperformers-mystruggle-with-bulimia-mariannecomes-discardto-tom-thumb-theatre//|title= HowMemoir Yogaof HelpedPerformer's Struggle|date=820 OctoberSeptember 20192018|publisher=HealthistaThe Isle of MagazineThanet News|language=en|access-date=2023-07-16}}</ref>.
Overarching themes of hope, love, identity, and acceptance are often present in her lyrics. She incorporates themes of [[mental health]], [[social justice]], and [[climate breakdown]] in her recordings, documentary film work, and photography, though she also takes part in activism outside of her creative work.
 
In 1989, she traveled to [[Nicaragua]] to document Tucson's sister city, her photography and videos used to raise relief funds in Tucson.
 
In 2004, Dissard founded The Tucson Suffragettes <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tucsonweekly.com/tucson/pick/Content?oid=1077541|title= How to Make Voting Sexy 101 |date=9 September 2004|publisher=Tucson Weekly|language=en|access-date=2023-07-16}}</ref> in Tucson, Arizona to encourage youth [[voter registration]] in the 2004 American presidential [[election]] cycle, with support in kind or cash by [[Linda Rondstat]], [[Charles Bowden]], [[Shepard Fairey]], [[Hotel Congress]], [[Bookmans]] Tucson.
 
Her 2019 memoir "Not Me" details her decades-long struggles with [[eating disorders]] and she has been open in sharing her experience on stage <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://theisleofthanetnews.com/2018/09/20/memoir-of-performers-struggle-with-bulimia-comes-to-tom-thumb-theatre//|title= Memoir of Performer's Struggle|date=20 September 2018|publisher=The Isle of Thanet News|language=en|access-date=2023-07-16}}</ref> and in the media <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.healthista.com/how-yoga-helped-my-bulimia-marianne-discard/|title= How Yoga Helped |date=8 October 2019|publisher=Healthista Magazine|language=en|access-date=2023-07-16}}</ref>.
 
===Personal life===
 
[[File:Selfie 2006.jpg|thumb|Tucson, 2006]]
Dissard was married to French musician Gabriel [[Naïm Amor]] from 1997 to 2007.
 
She moved to Ramsgate, England in 2017 and to Glasgow, Scotland in 2022. She now lives in Coatbridge, Scotland.
 
==Further reading==
 
*Campbell, Neil. ''The Rhizomatic West: Representing the American West in a Transnational, Global, Media Age''. University of Nebraska Press: Campbell, 2008. 392. Print. <ref>{{Cite webbook|title=The Rhizomatic West: Representing the American West in a Transnational, Global, Media Age|date=2008|publisher=University of Nebraska Press|pages=392|jstor=j.ctt1dgn4wh |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt1dgn4wh|access-date=July 16, 2023 |last1=Campbell |first1=Neil |doi=10.2307/j.ctt1dgn4wh |isbn=978-0-8032-1539-9 }}</ref>
 
*Aquila, Richard. ''Western American Literature: Volume 55, Number 4, Winter 2021''. University of Nebraska Press: Aquila, 2021. 73. Print. <ref>{{Cite web|title=What Is a Western?: Region, Genre, Imagination|date=2008|publisher=University of Nebraska Press|pages=73|jstor=j.ctt1dgn4wh |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt1dgn4wh|access-date=July 16, 2023}}</ref>
 
==Appearances==
 
===Television &and Radio===
 
On May 22, 2000, Marianne Dissard appeared on [[France Inter]]'s Studio 105 ''[[Black Sessions]] no.163'' <ref>{{Cite web|url=
https://blacksession.fr/bsnum.php?id=192/ |title=Black Sessions 163|publisher= Radio France|access-date=2023-07-16}}</ref> and performed with [[Calexico]] their single "[[Ballad of Cable Hogue]]" from album ''Hot Rail''.
 
On September 25, 2009, Dissard appeared on SoundCheck Radio [[WNYC]] New York <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/soundcheck/segments/42705-marianne-dissard-live/ |title=WNYC SoundCheck Session Live |publisher= WNYC Studios, New York|access-date=2023-07-16}}</ref>
 
On October 7, 2011, she appeared on [[Radio France]] in [[Sous Les Etoiles Exactement]] .<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.radiofrance.fr/franceinter/podcasts/sous-les-etoiles-exactement/marianne-dissard-et-festival-le-grand-soufflet-yves-jamait-4653227 |title= Sous Les Étoiles Exactement |last= |first= |date= 2023-10-07 |publisher= Radio France |access-date=2023-07-16 |quote=}}</ref>.
 
On March 18, 2013, Dissard appeared on ''[[Arizona Public Media]]'' Tucson .<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://radio.azpm.org/p/radio-azspot-episodes/2013/3/8/23024-marianne-dissard-moves-on-with-help-from-her-friends/ |title=Marianne Dissard Moves On |publisher=Arizona Public Media|access-date=2023-07-16}}</ref>.
 
===Podcasts===
 
On September 30, 2022, she appeared on the Scots Whay Hae podcast. <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.scotswhayhae.com/post/artful-the-scots-whay-hae-podcast-talks-to-marianne-dissard|title=Scots Whay Hae: Marianne Dissard|publisher=Scot Whay Hae|date=September 30, 2022 |access-date=2023-07-16}}</ref>
 
On June 9, 2021, she appeared on Le Village Pop podcast .<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.podcastics.com/podcast/episode/marianne-dissard-english-version-79917/|title=On The Art of Being A Big Feline|publisher=Le Village Pop|date=June 9, 2021 |access-date=2023-07-16}}</ref>.
 
===Films===
Dissard appeared in Keja Ho Kramer's 2002 film ''Diam's'', Astrid Serafini's 2014 film ''No Spare in New York'', [[Marianne Dissard]]'s 2010 film ''Lonesome Cowgirls'' <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://tucson.com/entertainment/music/cowgirls-wont-be-lonesome-at-keeylocko/article_d27d3ad9-bc96-5adb-b7e4-3218334f4a46.html |title=Arizona Daily Star on film |publisherwork=Arizona Daily Star |date=June 10, 2010 |access-date=2023-07-16}}</ref>
 
==Discography==
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!scope="row"|"Paris One Takes (City Series)"
| 2010
| [[Sergio Mendoza]], [[Brian Lopez (musician)|Brian Lopez]], [[Olivier Samouillan]]
| Trop Exprès Music
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| Trop Exprès Music, Vacilando '68
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!scope="row"|"Cibola Gold: Best Of Compilation (2008-20152008–2015)"
| 2016
| [[Sergio Mendoza]], [[BK-One]], [[Calexico]], Naïm Amor, Christian Ravaglioli
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!scope="row"|"Berlin Two Takes (City Series)"
| 2011
| [[Sergio Mendoza]], [[Brian Lopez (musician)|Brian Lopez]], [[Gabriel Sullivan]]
| Trop Exprès Music
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!scope="row"|"Les draps sourds"
| 2008
| [[Marianne Dissard]]
| ''L'entredeux''
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!scope="row"|"The One and Only"
| 2010
| [[Marianne Dissard]]
| ''L'abandon''
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!scope="row"|"Je ne le savais pas"
| 2013
| [[Marianne Dissard]]
| ''The Cat. Not Me.''
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| ''Orkesta Mendoza''
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== See also ==
* [[Chanson]]
* [[Tucson music]]
* [[British photography]]
 
==References==
{{reflist|30em}}
 
 
 
 
==External links==
*{{Official website|http://www.mariannedissard.com/}}
 
 
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