Martha Clarke is a theater director and a choreographer whose works unify graphic and literary arts with avant-garde performance techniques.

Her pieces are highly pictorial, exhibiting deliberate movements and craftsmanship through music, text, visual images, and dance.  Her works include A Metamorphosis in Miniature (1982), The Garden of Earthly Delights (1984), Vienna: Lusthaus (1986), Miracolo d’Amore (1987-88), Endangered Species (1990), and Vers la Flamme (1999).  Clarke collaborated with Christopher Hampton to create and direct Alice’s Adventures Underground (1995) for the Royal National Theater, and created An Uncertain Hour (1995) for Lincoln Center and the Netherlands Dance Theater.  She directed Mozart’s Magic Flute and Così Fan Tutte at Glimmerglass Opera (1995), and the world premiere of Tan Dun’s opera, Marco Polo, at the Munich Biennale (1996).

Clarke is part of the delegation visiting Cuba as part of a U.S. government cultural mission taking place from April 18-21, 2016. "(President Barack Obama) described his trip as extending the hand of friendship to the Cuban people, and this delegation, including some of America’s most distinguished writers, artists, musicians, as well as arts and cultural leaders, will continue this historic collaboration with the Cuban people." - arts.gov