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'''Marie Brassard''' is a Quebec actress, author and theatre director living in Montreal. For many years her professional endeavors were closely linked with Robert Lepage. Under his direction, she participated along with other artists in the creation of several plays and films, among them The Dragons' Trilogy, Polygraph, The Seven Streams of the River Ota and Geometry of Miracles.
'''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.
In 2001, she created her first solo production, Jimmy, within the framework of the Festival de Théâtre des Amériques, now Festival TransAmériques. In the meantime, she has produced four other works - The Darkness, Peepshow, The Glass Eye and The Invisible - in which she has continued to experiment with technology and explore the many ways with which sound can be manipulated in theater. By interlacing voices and music and traversing the planes of reality, she leads us to a world where the boundaries between public and private dissolve and the relationship between human beings and technology becomes intimate. Her unique work, performed both in English and French, has made of her a singular voice in contemporary theater, receiving widespread acclaim in many cities across America, Europe and Australia.
She is the artistic director of the production company Infrarouge.


==Career==
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>


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).
==Solo Shows==


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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*2010: ''Me talking to Myself in the Future'' (in preparation)

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. <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>

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)''
*2014: ''The Darkness, revisited''
*2013: ''La Fureur de ce que je pense''
*2013: ''Trieste''
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*2010: ''Me talking to Myself in the Future''
*2008: ''The Invisible''
*2008: ''The Invisible''
*2007: ''The Glass Eye''
*2007: ''The Glass Eye''
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*2001: ''Jimmy''
*2001: ''Jimmy''


==Film appearances==

*1997: ''[[Polygraph (film)|Polygraph]] (Le Polygraphe)''
==Filmography==
*1997: ''Le Polygraphe''
*: '' ''
*2000: ''[[The Claim (2000 film)|The Claim]]''
*1998: ''Nô''
*2000: ''The Claim''
*: ''The ''
*2001: ''La Loi du cochon''
*2002: ''Past Perfect''
*2002: ''Past Perfect''
*2004: ''Le Bonheur c'est une chanson triste''
*2004: ''Le Bonheur c'est une chanson triste''
*2006: ''Congorama''
*2006: ''Congorama''
*2007: ''Continental, un film sans fusil''
*2007: ''Continental, un film sans fusil''
*2008: ''Babine''
*2008: ''Babine''
*2008: ''Cadavres''
*2008: ''Cadavres''
*2009: ''Les grandes chaleurs''
*2009: ''Les grandes chaleurs''
*2009: ''Les signes vitaux''
*2009: ''Les signes vitaux''
*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]]''
*2022: ''[[Viking (2022 film)|Viking]]''
*2022: ''[[Mistral Spatial]]''
*2023: ''[[Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person]] (Vampire humaniste cherche suicidaire consentant)''


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==References==

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== References ==
<ref>[http://www.nac-cna.ca/en/news/viewnews.cfm?ID=1872 National Art Center]</ref>
<ref>[http://www.infrarouge.org Marie Brassard's Production Company]</ref>


== External links ==
== External links ==
* [http://www.infrarouge.org/ Infrarouge] Marie Brassard's Production Company
* [http://www.infrarouge.org/ Infrarouge] Marie Brassard's Production Company
* {{IMDb name|0105450}}
* [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0105450/ Marie Brassard] in [[Internet Movie Database]]
* [https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/marie-brassard/ "Marie Brassard"]. The Canadian Encyclopedia.

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Latest revision as of 09:45, 29 May 2024

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

[edit]
  • 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

[edit]

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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