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{{Short description|Canadian actress, theatrical writer and director}}
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'''Marie Brassard''' is a Canadian actress,<ref name="DramaDrama1990">''[https://books.google.com/books?id=RcJJAQAAIAAJ Histoire du théâtre au Canada]''. Graduate Centre for Study of Drama, University of Toronto; 1990. p. 158.</ref> theatrical writer and director. She is known for her work with playwright and actor [[Robert Lepage]]<ref name="Times2001">New York Times. ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=geRRHx3m9ZIC&pg=PA274 The New York Times Theater Reviews 1997-1998]''. Psychology Press; 2 January 2001. {{ISBN|978-0-8153-3341-8}}. p. 274–.</ref> and later for her own French and English theatrical pieces, which have been presented in many countries in the Americas, Europe and in Australia.
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'''Marie Brassard''' is an actress, author and director. The international theatre audience is familiar with her as an artistic companion of Robert Lepage, between the years 1985 and 2000 in theatre (The Dragons’ Trilogy, Polygraph, The Seven Streams of the River Ota, The Shakespeare Trilogy: Coriolanus, The Tempest and Macbeth) and in films ( Polygraph, NÔ ). In 2001, she created her first solo play, Jimmy, within the framework of the Festival TransAmériques. The success of the play and the experience itself brought her to found her own production company, Infrarouge, and to begin to work solo.
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Since then, in collaboration with guest artists from different disciplines and origins, she has created surrealist theatre with virtuoso acting skills and innovative video, light and sound installations. The Darkness (2003), Peepshow (2005), The Glass Eye (2007), The Invisible (2008), Me Talking to Myself in the Future (2010) and Trieste (2013).


==Career==
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Her pieces, performed in French or English have been presented and acclaimed in many countries in the Americas, Europe and in Australia, among other cities in Paris, Brussel, London, Dublin and Berlin, in Vienna, Lisbon and Madrid, in Milan, Oslo and Stockholm, New York and Mexico, Sydney and Melbourne, in places as the Théâtre de l’Odéon in Paris, The Studio at the Sydney Opera in Australia, the Barbican Centre in London UK, the Haus der Berliner Festspiele and the Sophiensaele in Berlin, the Halle G im Museums Quartier and Brut im Künstlerhaus in Vienna, the Kulturhuset in Stockholm, The Malthouse, Merlyn Theatre in Melbourne and Le Teatro de La Abadia in Madrid.
Marie Brassard performed and co-created with Robert Lepage between the years 1985 and 2000 in theatre (The Dragons' Trilogy,<ref>''[https://books.google.com/books?id=vCYfAAAAMAAJ London Theatre Record]''. Vol. 11, Issues 14-26. I. Herbert; 1991. p. 1410.</ref> Polygraph,<ref name="Wasserman2001">Jerry Wasserman. ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=YCEsAQAAIAAJ Modern Canadian plays]''. Talonbooks; 1 July 2001. {{ISBN|978-0-88922-437-7}}. p. 70.</ref> The Seven Streams of the River Ota, The Shakespeare Trilogy: Coriolanus, The Tempest and Macbeth), Geometry of Miracles, and in films ( Polygraph, NÔ ).<ref>''[https://books.google.com/books?id=OC0IAQAAMAAJ Theater Week]''. Vol. 10, Issues 14-22. That New Magazine, Incorporated; 1996. p. 18.</ref> In 2001, she created her first solo play, ''Jimmy'', within the framework of the Festival TransAmériques (although it appears it must have first been presented at Montreal's [[Edgy Women]] festival a couple of months prior).<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Moore |first=Nathaniel G. |date=2001 |title=Montreal: Edgy Women Festival |journal=Broken Pencil |issue=16 |pages=8–9}}</ref>


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The success of the play led Brassard to found her own production company, Infrarouge, and to begin to work solo. Since then, in collaboration with guest artists from different disciplines and origins, she has created surreal theatre with innovative video, light and sound installations, including The Darkness (2003), Peepshow (2005), The Glass Eye (2007), The Invisible (2008), Me Talking to Myself in the Future (2010), The Fury of my Thoughts (Nelly Arcan), Trieste (2013), Peepshow (version 2016), La vie utile (Évelyne de la Chenelière), Introduction to Violence (2019), Eclipse (2020) and Violence (2021).
In 2013, she created a collage of texts by Nelly Arcan and stage the piece, titled in French La Fureur de ce que je pense (The Fury of my Thoughts) at Espace Go in Montreal and recently revisited her play Peepshow, this time with actress Monia Chokri as the protagonist. The two plays will be presented soon again, in festivals and on tour. She is now developing the project Vauban, adapted from the Montreal author Alain Farah’s novel, and she is as well devising a new solo play, temporarily titled Léone et le temps, that she began devising in the context of a residency at the Montevideo centre in Marseille.


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Brassard's plays have been performed in numerous countries in the Americas, Australia and Europe, among other places at the [[Théâtre de l'Odéon]] in Paris, The Studio at the [[Sydney Opera House|Sydney Opera]] in Australia, the [[Barbican Centre]] in London UK, the [[Haus der Berliner Festspiele]] and the [[Sophiensæle|Sophiensaele]] in Berlin, the Halle G im Museums Quartier and Brut im Künstlerhaus in Vienna, the Kulturhuset in Stockholm, The Malthouse, Merlyn Theatre in Melbourne and the Teatro Espanol in Madrid.
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Since a few years, she is as well working as a dance dramaturge and director. She has created two dance pieces in collaboration with dancer choreographer Sarah Williams Moving in this World (2014), developed in residency in Potsdam, that was presented in Montreal, Potsdam and in Madrid, and States of Transe (2013) and she choreographed a short solo for her, part of the triptych Ici est toujours ailleurs (2010). She as well elaborated a solo piece with dancer choreographer Anne Plamondon, Les mêmes yeux que toi (The same eyes) (2012), presented in Montreal and on tour in Quebec and Ottawa. Marie danced as well in two Isabelle Van Grimde pieces (Perspectives Montreal and The Bodies in Question), and collaborated and worked in different ways with choreographers and dancers Annik Hamel, Jane Mappin, Dana Gingras and Karine Denault.


In 2013, she created a collage of texts by Nelly Arcan and staged the piece, titled in French ''La Fureur de ce que je pense'' (The Fury of my Thoughts) at Espace Go in Montreal. The piece was later reprised at the FTA in Montreal and Carrefour in Quebec City and performed on tour in Madrid, Limoges and Amsterdam. In 2017, in company of her team, she staged the piece in its Japanese version. Created and originally performed in Tokyo, the play then toured through Japan in Kyoto, Hiroshima, Toyohashi et Kitakyushu.
She occasionnaly works in cinema, and has appeared in films by Robert Lepage, Michael Winterbottom, Guy Maddin, Ryan McKenna, Denis Côté, Sophie Deraspe et Stéphane Lafleur, among others.
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She was recently awarded L'Ordre des arts et des lettres du Québec.


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Later in her career, Brassard began working as a dance [[dramaturge]] and director. She created two dance pieces in collaboration with dancer choreographer Sarah Williams: ''Moving in this World'' (2014), developed in residency in Potsdam, was presented in Montreal, Potsdam and in Madrid, and ''States of Transe'' (2013). Brassard also choreographed several short pieces in collaboration with a number of choreographers. In different contexts, she worked with Dana Gingras, Anne Thériault, Annik Hamel, Jane Mappin, Anne Plamondon and Karine Denault. She danced in two Isabelle Van Grimde pieces (''Perspectives Montreal'' and ''The Bodies in Question'').

Brassard has appeared in a number of films, including those by Robert Lepage, Michael Winterbottom, Guy Maddin, Ryan McKenna, Denis Côté, Sophie Deraspe, Matthew Rankin and Stéphane Lafleur. <ref>[https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/theatre-and-performance/shows-at-montreals-festival-transameriques-explore-memory-from-radically-different-angles/article35147536/ "Shows at Montreal's Festival TransAmériques explore memory from radically different angles"]. ''The Globe and Mail'',
Robert Everett-Green, MONTREAL May 29, 2017</ref>

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In 2016, she was awarded L'Ordre des arts et des lettres du Québec.

==Plays==
*2021: ''Violence''
*2020: ''Eclipse''
*2019: ''Introduction à la violence''
*2018: ''La vie utile (texte d'Évelyne de la Chenelière)''
*2017: ''The Fury of my Thoughts (Japanese version)''
*2015: ''Peepshow (2015)''
*2015: ''Peepshow (2015)''
*2014: ''The Darkness, revisited''
*2014: ''The Darkness, revisited''
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*2001: ''Jimmy''
*2001: ''Jimmy''


==Film appearances==
==Filmography==
*1997: ''[[Le Polygraphe]]''
*1997: ''[[Polygraph (film)|Polygraph]] (Le Polygraphe)''
*1998: ''[[Nô (film)|Nô]]''
*1998: ''[[Nô (film)|Nô]]''
*2000: ''[[The Claim]]''
*2000: ''[[The Claim (2000 film)|The Claim]]''
*2001: ''La Loi du cochon''
*2001: ''[[The Pig's Law]] (La Loi du cochon)''
*2002: ''Past Perfect''
*2002: ''Past Perfect''
*2004: ''Le Bonheur c'est une chanson triste''
*2004: ''[[Happiness Is a Sad Song]] (Le Bonheur c'est une chanson triste)''
*2006: ''[[Congorama]]''
*2006: ''[[Congorama]]''
*2007: ''[[Continental, a Film Without Guns]] (Continental, un film sans fusil)''
*2007: ''[[Continental, a Film Without Guns]] (Continental, un film sans fusil)''
*2008: ''[[Babine (film)|Babine]]''
*2008: ''[[Babine (film)|Babine]]''
*2008: ''Cadavres''
*2008: ''[[Cadavres]]''
*2009: ''Les grandes chaleurs''
*2009: ''[[Heat Wave (2009 Canadian film)|Heat Wave]] (Les grandes chaleurs)''
*2009: ''[[Les signes vitaux]]''
*2009: ''[[Vital Signs (2009 film)|Vital Signs]] (Les signes vitaux)''
*2013: ''[[Vic and Flo Saw a Bear]]''
*2012: ''[[Ésimésac]]''
*2012: ''[[Where I Am (film)|Where I Am]] (Là où je suis)''
*2013: ''[[Vic and Flo Saw a Bear]] (Vic+Flo ont vu un ours)''
*2014: ''[[Roberta (2014 film)|Roberta]]''
*2015: ''[[Corbo]]''
*2015: ''[[Corbo]]''
*2022: ''[[Viking (2022 film)|Viking]]''
*2022: ''[[Mistral Spatial]]''
*2023: ''[[Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person]] (Vampire humaniste cherche suicidaire consentant)''


==References==
==References==
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* [http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1ARTA0009994 The Canadian Encyclopedia]
* [https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/marie-brassard/ "Marie Brassard"]. The Canadian Encyclopedia.


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Marie Brassard

Marie Brassard is a Canadian actress,[1] theatrical writer and director. She is known for her work with playwright and actor Robert Lepage[2] and later for her own French and English theatrical pieces, which have been presented in many countries in the Americas, Europe and in Australia.

Career

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Marie Brassard performed and co-created with Robert Lepage between the years 1985 and 2000 in theatre (The Dragons' Trilogy,[3] Polygraph,[4] The Seven Streams of the River Ota, The Shakespeare Trilogy: Coriolanus, The Tempest and Macbeth), Geometry of Miracles, and in films ( Polygraph, NÔ ).[5] In 2001, she created her first solo play, Jimmy, within the framework of the Festival TransAmériques (although it appears it must have first been presented at Montreal's Edgy Women festival a couple of months prior).[6]

The success of the play led Brassard to found her own production company, Infrarouge, and to begin to work solo. Since then, in collaboration with guest artists from different disciplines and origins, she has created surreal theatre with innovative video, light and sound installations, including The Darkness (2003), Peepshow (2005), The Glass Eye (2007), The Invisible (2008), Me Talking to Myself in the Future (2010), The Fury of my Thoughts (Nelly Arcan), Trieste (2013), Peepshow (version 2016), La vie utile (Évelyne de la Chenelière), Introduction to Violence (2019), Eclipse (2020) and Violence (2021).

Brassard's plays have been performed in numerous countries in the Americas, Australia and Europe, among other places at the Théâtre de l'Odéon in Paris, The Studio at the Sydney Opera in Australia, the Barbican Centre in London UK, the Haus der Berliner Festspiele and the Sophiensaele in Berlin, the Halle G im Museums Quartier and Brut im Künstlerhaus in Vienna, the Kulturhuset in Stockholm, The Malthouse, Merlyn Theatre in Melbourne and the Teatro Espanol in Madrid.

In 2013, she created a collage of texts by Nelly Arcan and staged the piece, titled in French La Fureur de ce que je pense (The Fury of my Thoughts) at Espace Go in Montreal. The piece was later reprised at the FTA in Montreal and Carrefour in Quebec City and performed on tour in Madrid, Limoges and Amsterdam. In 2017, in company of her team, she staged the piece in its Japanese version. Created and originally performed in Tokyo, the play then toured through Japan in Kyoto, Hiroshima, Toyohashi et Kitakyushu.

Later in her career, Brassard began working as a dance dramaturge and director. She created two dance pieces in collaboration with dancer choreographer Sarah Williams: Moving in this World (2014), developed in residency in Potsdam, was presented in Montreal, Potsdam and in Madrid, and States of Transe (2013). Brassard also choreographed several short pieces in collaboration with a number of choreographers. In different contexts, she worked with Dana Gingras, Anne Thériault, Annik Hamel, Jane Mappin, Anne Plamondon and Karine Denault. She danced in two Isabelle Van Grimde pieces (Perspectives Montreal and The Bodies in Question).

Brassard has appeared in a number of films, including those by Robert Lepage, Michael Winterbottom, Guy Maddin, Ryan McKenna, Denis Côté, Sophie Deraspe, Matthew Rankin and Stéphane Lafleur. [7]

In 2016, she was awarded L'Ordre des arts et des lettres du Québec.

Plays

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  • 2021: Violence
  • 2020: Eclipse
  • 2019: Introduction à la violence
  • 2018: La vie utile (texte d'Évelyne de la Chenelière)
  • 2017: The Fury of my Thoughts (Japanese version)
  • 2015: Peepshow (2015)
  • 2014: The Darkness, revisited
  • 2013: La Fureur de ce que je pense
  • 2013: Trieste
  • 2010: Me talking to Myself in the Future
  • 2008: The Invisible
  • 2007: The Glass Eye
  • 2005: Peepshow
  • 2003: The Darkness
  • 2001: Jimmy

Film appearances

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References

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  1. ^ Histoire du théâtre au Canada. Graduate Centre for Study of Drama, University of Toronto; 1990. p. 158.
  2. ^ New York Times. The New York Times Theater Reviews 1997-1998. Psychology Press; 2 January 2001. ISBN 978-0-8153-3341-8. p. 274–.
  3. ^ London Theatre Record. Vol. 11, Issues 14-26. I. Herbert; 1991. p. 1410.
  4. ^ Jerry Wasserman. Modern Canadian plays. Talonbooks; 1 July 2001. ISBN 978-0-88922-437-7. p. 70.
  5. ^ Theater Week. Vol. 10, Issues 14-22. That New Magazine, Incorporated; 1996. p. 18.
  6. ^ Moore, Nathaniel G. (2001). "Montreal: Edgy Women Festival". Broken Pencil (16): 8–9.
  7. ^ "Shows at Montreal's Festival TransAmériques explore memory from radically different angles". The Globe and Mail, Robert Everett-Green, MONTREAL May 29, 2017
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