Dramaturg & Associate Artist
Mary Ann is a writer and dance, performance dramaturg. Originally from Canada, she came to the UK to do a PhD on the subject of political language. Instead, she became immersed in performance art, worked with Augusto Boal, in particular his Image Theatre, and, later, trained as a screenwriter. She combined the screen side with writing prose, her own short stories and text for artists making artist books.
It was freelance writing of treatments, and hence the ability to write proposals, that brought her back to performance, live art and dance. Wanting an extra specificity of vocabulary for dance and movement, she did a range of choreology workshops with Rosemary Brandt. Now, fusing film, ‘story’, dramatic structure, artist books and installation art as well as a theatrical and dance vocabulary, she has a cross-media dance/performance dramaturgy practice.
With Lizzi Kew Ross & Co, she was the dramaturg for Without Warning, including curating the accompanying events. Currently, using the live performance as source material, she is taking the lead with Alpha-ville (digital developers and producers) to create Without Warning: the artist book as an app. Also currently, she is developing The Discussion Project with and for the company.
She is the Co-President of the dramaturgs’ network (d’n) and is a trustee for the theatre company Cardboard Citizens.
Mary Ann is a writer and dance, performance dramaturg. Originally from Canada, she came to the UK to do a PhD on the subject of political language. Instead, she became immersed in performance art, worked with Augusto Boal, in particular his Image Theatre, and, later, trained as a screenwriter. She combined the screen side with writing prose, her own short stories and text for artists making artist books.
It was freelance writing of treatments, and hence the ability to write proposals, that brought her back to performance, live art and dance. Wanting an extra specificity of vocabulary for dance and movement, she did a range of choreology workshops with Rosemary Brandt. Now, fusing film, ‘story’, dramatic structure, artist books and installation art as well as a theatrical and dance vocabulary, she has a cross-media dance/performance dramaturgy practice.
With Lizzi Kew Ross & Co, she was the dramaturg for Without Warning, including curating the accompanying events. Currently, using the live performance as source material, she is taking the lead with Alpha-ville (digital developers and producers) to create Without Warning: the artist book as an app. Also currently, she is developing The Discussion Project with and for the company.
She is the Co-President of the dramaturgs’ network (d’n) and is a trustee for the theatre company Cardboard Citizens.
