the New York City Opera, and Gluck’s Orfeo and Euridice for the English National Opera and the New York City Opera. She directed Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night’s Dream for the American Repertory Theater and a music/theater work, Belle Epoque, based on the life of Toulouse-Lautrec at Lincoln Center Theater. She has collaborated with playwrights Richard Greenberg, Charles L. Mee, and Alfred Uhry. While Clarke does not compose the musical scores or texts (when present) for her original works, she is engaged in all aspects of production and direction, from conception and structure to details of music, text, lighting, and costumes. Britannica Online summarizes her choreographic approach in saying that her "emotionally evocative work draws extensively on theatrical elements." Clarke's work mostly draws inspiration from the visual arts, especially painting. In this preoccupation, Clarke can be associated with such disparate artists as Peter Sellars, Pina Bausch, and Robert Wilson. New York Times critic Michael Kimmelman wrote of her Miracolo d'Amore in 1988 that it "... can be counted among the recent opera productions, films and theatrical presentations that in one way or another emulate painting. Franco Zeffirelli, George Lucas, Pina Bausch, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Robert Wilson and Peter Sellars share with Clarke this striking characteristic: They view the performing arts as a pretext for staging visual spectaculars." In June 2007, a version of The Garden of Earthly Delights show opened the 30th anniversary of the American Dance Festival. On November 19, 2008, the re-imagined Garden of Earthly Delights opened Off-Broadway at the Minetta Lane Theater in New York City and ran until April 5, 2009. In 2011, Clarke created Angel Reapers, in a collaboration with Pulitzer prize-winner Alfred Uhry. It ran at the Signature Theatre Company (New York City) from February 2, 2016 - March 20, 2016. This production won two Lucille Lortel Awards for "Outstanding Alternative Theatrical Experience" and for "Outstanding Choreography". Angel Reapers also toured New England with performances at The Joyce Theater in 2011. Personal life Clarke was married to sculptor Philip Grausman and has one son - jazz musician and actor David Grausman. Honors and recognition Clarke received several awards including a MacArthur Award (1990), Joe A. Callaway choreography award (2009), Samuel H. Scripps/American Dance Festival Award for Lifetime Achievement (2010), Dance Magazine Award (2013) and two Joe A. Callaway choreography awards (2009 and 2014). She is the only recipient in the SDC Joe A. Callaway award's