Martha Clarke

Dancer and choreographer, born in Maryland, USA. She trained at the American Dance Festival in Connecticut and at the Juilliard School, New York City. She spent a few seasons in Anna Sokolow's company before moving to Europe. On her return to the USA she became (1972) one of the first female members of Pilobolus, a collectively-run dance-theatre ensemble, and later helped to form the trio Crowsnest.

Martha Clarke (born June 3, 1944) is one of the most important modern choreographers in America.

Born into an intensely musical family in suburban Baltimore, she studied at the dance program of the Juilliard School. She then spent three years performing with the modern dance choreographer Anna Sokolow and the Dance Theatre Workshop.

Her most famous work is "The Garden of Earthly Delights" (1984), an exploration in dance of the famous painting by Hieronymus Bosch.